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Society profile

Malaysia

Malaysia: 57 indicators from open sources, newest value for each.

Demography

Population, total 36 MWorld Bank2025 Population aged 0-14 21.3%World Bank2025 Population aged 15-64 70.7%World Bank2025 Population aged 65+ 8.0%World Bank2025 Female share of population 47.7%World Bank2025 Urban population 77.4%World Bank2025 Fertility rate 1.5World Bank2024 Adolescent fertility rate 5.7World Bank2024 Life expectancy at birth 76.8yearsWorld Bank2024 Infant mortality 7.0‰World Bank2024 Net migration 166 615World Bank2025

Education

Adult literacy rate 95.8%World Bank2022 Secondary school enrolment 80.3%World Bank2024 Tertiary enrolment 38.5%World Bank2024 Education spending 3.5%World Bank2023

Income

GDP per capita, PPP $41 498$World Bank2025 GNI per capita, PPP $40 070$World Bank2025 Gini index 40.7World Bank2021 Poverty headcount at $2.15/day 0.0%World Bank2021 Income share held by richest 10% 30.9%World Bank2021

Health

Suicide rate 5.7per 100kWorld Bank2021 Health spending 4.0%World Bank2023

Connectivity

Individuals using the internet 98.0%World Bank2024 Mobile subscriptions 139.7per 100World Bank2024 Access to electricity 100.0%World Bank2024

Environment

CO2 emissions per capita 8.3tWorld Bank2024

Religiosity

Religion is very important in life survey72.3%World Values Survey2018

Religious Practice

Attends religious services monthly or more survey60.3%World Values Survey2018 Believes in God survey95.2%World Values Survey2018

Trust People

Most people can be trusted survey19.6%World Values Survey2018 Trusts people met for the first time survey14.9%World Values Survey2018

Trust Institutions

Confidence in the government survey50.1%World Values Survey2018 Confidence in parliament survey42.3%World Values Survey2018 Confidence in the police survey59.5%World Values Survey2018 Confidence in the courts survey62.7%World Values Survey2018 Confidence in the press survey38.4%World Values Survey2018

Family Structure

Family is very important in life survey96.3%World Values Survey2018

Gender Roles

Women in national parliament 13.5%World Bank2025 When jobs are scarce, men should have more right to a job survey47.8%World Values Survey2018 Men make better political leaders than women survey58.3%World Values Survey2018

Democracy

It is important to live in a democracy survey68.6%World Values Survey2018 Satisfied with how democracy works survey51.2%World Values Survey2018 A strong leader without elections is good survey69.9%World Values Survey2018

Participation

Has signed a petition or joined a demonstration survey29.4%World Values Survey2018

Immigration Attitudes

Would not want immigrants as neighbours survey50.6%World Values Survey2018

Employment

Unemployment rate 3.8%World Bank2025 Youth unemployment rate 12.0%World Bank2025 Female labour force participation 51.6%World Bank2025 Male labour force participation 79.2%World Bank2025 Self-employed share 25.4%World Bank2025

Redistribution

Incomes should be made more equal survey16.9%World Values Survey2018 Work is very important in life survey54.6%World Values Survey2018

Happiness

Very happy or rather happy survey85.6%World Values Survey2018

Safety

Intentional homicides 0.7per 100kWorld Bank2023 Feels safe walking alone at night survey90.5%UN SDG2021

Tolerance

Homosexuality is justifiable survey28.1%World Values Survey2018 Would not want people of another race as neighbours survey5.5%World Values Survey2018

Socially closest countries

Distance is computed on 23 value questions the two societies were both asked, standardised within each survey so that a different questionnaire does not pass for a different society. Similarity is relative to the widest distance in the world.

Every number carries its source and year. Where a country is missing, it is missing — we do not interpolate.