Malaysia Malaysia

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Malaysia, is a country located at South-Eastern Asia, it has an area of 330,241 Km2.

Malaysia, with a population of 32,652,000 people, it is ranked at 45º position by population of 196 countries and it has a moderate population density, 99 people per km2.

It's capital is Kuala Lumpur and its currency is Malaysian ringgit

Malaysia is holding the 36 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2022 was 253,333 millions of euros (266,982 millions of dollars), ( 65.59% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €7,759 euros per inhabitant$8,177 dollars per inhabitant.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Malaysia, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.803 points in 2021, leaving it in 62th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Malaysia are business, you must know it's in the 12th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Malaysia, if you want to see information about other countries click here

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Malaysia Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2022€386,218M
Annual GDP [+]2022$407,027M
GDP per capita [+]2022€11,828
GDP per capita [+]2022$12,466
Debt (M.€.) [+]2022253,333
Debt ($M) [+]2022266,982
Debt (%GDP) [+]202265.59%
Debt Per Capita [+]2022€7,759
Debt Per Capita [+]2022$8,177
Deficit (M.€) [+]2022-22,707
Deficit ($M) [+]2022-23,931
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2022-5.88%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]202297,868.2
Expenditure ($M) [+]2022103,141.2
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]202011,581.7
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]202013,218.1
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202116.37%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]20175,513.7
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]20176,226.5
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20178.92%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]20223,698.2
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]20223,897.4
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20224.28%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202225.34%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022€2,997
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022$3,159
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020€357
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020$407
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017€172
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$194
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€113
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$119
Moody's Rating [+]04/14/2023A3
S&P Rating [+]06/27/2022A-
Fitch Rating [+]12/04/2020BBB+
Corruption Index [+]202247
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201927º
Fragile States Index [+]201863.6
Innovation Ranking [+]201835º
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]2017Q13.4%
Unemployed [+]2017Q1513K
NMW [+]2022$340.8
NMW [+]2022€317.9
Human Capital Ranking [+]201733º
Markets
Euro / Malaysian ringgit [+]03/18/20245.1394
US Dollar exchange rate [+]03/18/20244.7165
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]03/18/20243.89%
Money Market
Key rates [+]05/03/20233.00%
Business
Doing Business [+]202012º
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 2022544,838
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 202218.59
Motor vehicle production [+]2022702,275
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2020547.01
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202111.8%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/201910.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202030.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]201926,100,784
Exports [+]2021€252,835.1M
Exports [+]2021$299,028.1M
Exports % GDP [+]202180.05%
Imports [+]2021€201,217.4M
Imports [+]2021$237,979.8M
Imports % GDP [+]202163.70%
Trade balance [+]2021€51,617.7M
Trade balance [+]2021$61,048.3M
Trade balance % GDP [+]202116.34%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]202299
Global Peace Ranking [+]202319º
Remittance received ($M) [+]20171,634.0
% Immigrant [+]202010.71%
% Emigrant [+]20205.73%
Birth Rate [+]202115.24‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]20176,187.2
Crude death rate [+]20216.03‰
Fertility Rate [+]20211.80
% risk of poverty [+]20216.2%
Population [+]202232,652,000
Immigrant stock [+]20203,476,560
Emigrant stock [+]20201,860,037
HDI [+]20210.803
Gender Gap Ranking [+]2023102º
Life expectancy [+]202174.88
Suicides [+]20151,752
Suicide rate [+]20155.62
Number of homicides [+]2021243
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20210.72
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20217.56
Annual crude oil production [+]2022505
Crude Oil Reserves [+]20213,600.0
Consumption GWh [+]2021150,761
Generation GWh [+]2021165,002
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]03/05/202437,347
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]03/05/20245,274,786
Fully vaccinated [+]03/17/202427,550,931
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]03/05/20241,143.79
Doses administered [+]03/17/202472,653,686