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Key facts
- Currency: Malaysian ringgit
- Capital city: Kuala Lumpur
- Region: South-Eastern Asia
- Continent: Asia
- Land area: 328,550 km²
- Population: 33,938,221
- Political Leader: Muhyiddin Yassin (Prime Minister)
Latest news (see all)
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General information
Business
| Central government debt | 63.26 % of GDP |
| Expense | 17.25 % of GDP |
| GDP | 407,027,000,000.00 current US$ |
| Inflation | 3.38 annual % |
| Self-employed | 24.74 % of total employment |
| Tax revenue | 11.21 % of GDP |
| Unemployment | 3.61 % of total labor force |
| Vulnerable employment | 21.53 % of total employment |
Environment
| Agricultural land | 85,710.00 km² |
| Alternative and nuclear energy | 1.18 % of total energy use |
| Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) | 245,139.00 kt |
| Electricity production from coal sources | 42.28 % of total |
| Electricity production from natural gas sources | 46.60 % of total |
| Electricity production from hydroelectric sources | 9.28 % of total |
| Electricity production from nuclear sources | 0.00 % of total |
| Electricity production from oil sources | 1.16 % of total |
| Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric | 0.68 % of total |
| Net energy imports | -5.51 % of energy use |
| Fertility rate | 1.80 births per woman |
| Forest area | 190,639 km² |
| Fossil fuel energy consumption | 96.63 % of total |
| Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 | -29,431.50 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Median age | 26.30 years |
| Methane emissions | 37,175.60 kt of CO2 equivalent |
| Nitrous oxide emissions | 9,265.10 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Female Population | 16,596,389 |
| Male Population | 17,341,833 |
| Renewable energy consumption | 5.84 % of total final energy consumption |
| Rural land area | 318,198.00 km² |
| Rural population | 7,393,781 |
| Urban land area | 11,417.60 km² |
| Urban population | 26,544,440 |
| Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters | 6.52 % of total population |
Health
| Birth rate | 15.24 per 1,000 people |
| Death rate | 6.03 per 1,000 people |
| Health expenditure per capita | 418.66 current US$ |
| Health expenditure | 4.12 % of GDP |
| Incidence of HIV | 0.17 per 1,000 uninfected population |
| Hospital beds | 1.88 per 1,000 people |
| Life expectancy at birth | 75 years |
| Suicide mortality rate | 5.70 per 100,000 population |
Other
| Access to electricity | 100.00 % of population |
| Individuals using the Internet | 97.40 % of population |
| Net migration | 48,997 |
| Press freedom | 2.13 |
Politics
| Armed forces personnel | 136,000 |
| Democracy score | 6.88 |
| Democracy type | Flawed democracy |
| Military expenditure | 0.96 % of GDP |
| Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments | 13.57 % |
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SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
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