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Indonesia vs Malaysia

128 shared metrics.

IndonesiaLeads in 61

vs128 shared

MalaysiaLeads in 67

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Indonesia

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Indonesia.

CIA 2026

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Indonesia is the world's largest island nation, spread across thousands of islands.

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Malaysia

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Identity

Name origin: devised in the early 19th century by British geographers.

CIA 2026

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Malaysia is split by the South China Sea: one part on the Malay Peninsula, another on Borneo.

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Analysis

Malaysia leads in 67 of 128 shared metrics, while Indonesia leads in 61.

Indonesia's Water Withdrawal is 32.2x that of Malaysia (222.63 B m³ vs 6.7 B m³).

Indonesia's Irrigated Land is 14.2x that of Malaysia (67.2K km² vs 4.4K km²).

Indonesia's Coastline Length is 10.7x that of Malaysia (54.7K km vs 4.7K km).

Indonesia's Water Stress (%) is 8.5x that of Malaysia (11.03% vs 1.2%).

Indonesia's Population is 7.1x that of Malaysia (283.59M vs 34.91M).

Key Comparisons

Water WithdrawalIndonesia leads

Indonesia

222.63 B m³

Malaysia

6.7 B m³

Irrigated LandIndonesia leads

Indonesia

67.2K km²

Malaysia

4.4K km²

Coastline LengthIndonesia leads

Indonesia

54.7K km

Malaysia

4.7K km

Water Stress (%)Indonesia leads

Indonesia

11.03%

Malaysia

1.2%

PopulationIndonesia leads

Indonesia

283.59M

Malaysia

34.91M

Merchant Fleet SizeIndonesia leads

Indonesia

20.6 per 1k births

Malaysia

8.1 per 1k births

154% higher

Comparison of Indonesia and Malaysia across 128 metrics
				Winner
Water Withdrawal	222.63 B m³	6.7 B m³	3219% higher	Indonesia
Irrigated Land	67.2K km²	4.4K km²	1421% higher	Indonesia
Coastline Length	54.7K km	4.7K km	1070% higher	Indonesia
Water Stress (%)	11.03%	1.2%	854% higher	Indonesia
Population	283.59M	34.91M	712% higher	Indonesia
Merchant Fleet Size	11.4K	1.8K	553% higher	Indonesia
Airports	623	100	523% higher	Indonesia
Firms Making Informal Payments	29.5% of firms	4.9% of firms	507% higher	Indonesia
Land Area	1.89M km²	328.6K km²	476% higher	Indonesia
Firms Asked for Bribes	20.34% of firms	3.8% of firms	435% higher	Indonesia
Armed Forces Personnel	676.0K	136.0K	397% higher	Indonesia
Forest Area	903.2K km²	189.6K km²	376% higher	Indonesia
Teen Birth Rate	26.42 per 1k	6.0 per 1k	343% higher	Indonesia
Railway Length	8.2K km	1.9K km	341% higher	Indonesia
Time Zones Count	7.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	250% higher	Indonesia
GDP (Nominal)	$1,396,300,098,190.97	$422,227,005,428.69	231% higher	Indonesia
Total CO2 Emissions	812.2 Mt CO2e	295.95 Mt CO2e	174% higher	Indonesia
Renewable Energy (%)	20.2%	7.5%	169% higher	Indonesia
All-Time Olympic Medals	40 medals	15 medals	167% higher	Indonesia
Child Mortality	20.6 per 1k births	8.1 per 1k births	154% higher	Indonesia
Infant Mortality	17 per 1k births	6.8 per 1k births	150% higher	Indonesia
Political Corruption Index	0.80	0.32	147% higher	Indonesia
Air Passengers	97.05M	46.70M	108% higher	Indonesia
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.03 per 100k people	0.59 per 100k people	94% lower	Malaysia
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.74 per 1M people	10.11 per 1M people	93% lower	Malaysia
Beer Consumption	0.04 L/person/yr	0.51 L/person/yr	92% lower	Malaysia
Spirits Consumption	0.01 L/person/yr	0.11 L/person/yr	90% lower	Malaysia
Alcohol Consumption	0.07 L/adult/yr	0.74 L/adult/yr	90% lower	Malaysia
Electric Generating Capacity	70.83M kW	37.22M kW	90% higher	Indonesia
Electricity Generation	375.11 TWh	198.22 TWh	89% higher	Indonesia
Capital Elevation	8.0 m	66 m	88% lower	Malaysia
High-Tech Exports (%)	8.7%	58.63%	85% lower	Malaysia
Solar Electricity Share	0.36%	2.2%	84% lower	Malaysia
Tobacco Use Prevalence	31% of adults	16.9% of adults	83% higher	Indonesia
Suicide Rate	1.2 per 100k	5.7 per 100k	79% lower	Malaysia
Meat Consumption per Person	11.7 kg/person/yr	52.9 kg/person/yr	78% lower	Malaysia
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.52 per 1k	2.3 per 1k	78% lower	Malaysia
Smoking Rate	38.2%	22%	74% higher	Indonesia
Health Spending Per Capita	$127.44	$458.22	72% lower	Malaysia
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	1.4K kWh/person	5.0K kWh/person	71% lower	Malaysia
R&D Spending (% GDP)	0.28% of GDP	0.95% of GDP	70% lower	Malaysia
Exports (% GDP)	22.18% of GDP	71.34% of GDP	69% lower	Malaysia
Imports (% GDP)	20.39% of GDP	66.02% of GDP	69% lower	Malaysia
Safe Drinking Water (%)	30.46%	94.7%	68% lower	Malaysia
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	10 sites	6.0 sites	67% higher	Indonesia
Energy Use (Per Capita)	976.95 kg oil eq/person	2.9K kg oil eq/person	66% lower	Malaysia
CO2 Per Capita	2.9 t/person/yr	8.2 t/person/yr	65% lower	Malaysia
Education Spending (% GDP)	1.3% of GDP	3.5% of GDP	64% lower	Malaysia
Broadband Access (%)	5.0 per 100 people	13 per 100 people	62% lower	Malaysia
Homicide Rate	0.30 per 100k	0.73 per 100k	59% lower	Malaysia
Domestic Patents	1.4K	883	58% higher	Indonesia
GNI Per Capita	$4,910	$11,650	58% lower	Malaysia
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$16,448.28	$38,779.28	58% lower	Malaysia
Women in Parliament (%)	21.03%	13.51%	56% higher	Indonesia
Shipping Traffic	12.38M	27.29M	55% lower	Malaysia
Credit Card Ownership	5.9% of adults	13.18% of adults	55% lower	Malaysia
Insufficient Physical Activity	18.72% of adults	40.6% of adults	54% lower	Malaysia
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	1.7% of GDP	3.7% of GDP	53% lower	Malaysia
Mobile Money Accounts	22.01% of adults	44.5% of adults	51% lower	Malaysia
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	12 days/yr	8.0 days/yr	50% higher	Indonesia
Obesity Rate	11.5%	22.4%	49% lower	Malaysia
Digital Payments Used	42.69% of adults	77.47% of adults	45% lower	Malaysia
Researchers	395.34 per 1M	711.51 per 1M	44% lower	Malaysia
Vehicles per 1,000 People	485.2 per 1k people	868.62 per 1k people	44% lower	Malaysia
Firms Hit by Power Outages	12.7% of firms	22.32% of firms	43% lower	Malaysia
Milk Consumption per Person	14.82 kg/person/yr	25.28 kg/person/yr	41% lower	Malaysia
Population Density	148.58 /km²	106.91 /km²	39% higher	Indonesia
Coal Electricity Share	61.48%	44.56%	38% higher	Indonesia
Corruption Perceptions Index	34 pts	52 pts	35% lower	Malaysia
Renewable Energy (%)	10.95%	8.3%	32% higher	Indonesia
Food Waste per Person	143.5 kg/person/yr	209.53 kg/person/yr	32% lower	Malaysia
Health Spending (% GDP)	2.7% of GDP	3.9% of GDP	31% lower	Malaysia
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	1.4 per 1k	2.0 per 1k	30% lower	Malaysia
Government Debt (% GDP)	45.34% of GDP	64.3% of GDP	29% lower	Malaysia
Big Mac Price	$2.52	$3.39	26% lower	Malaysia
Internet Users (%)	72.78%	98.02%	26% lower	Malaysia
Firms with Female Top Manager	31.8% of firms	25.54% of firms	25% higher	Indonesia
Urban Population (%)	58.75%	76.92%	24% lower	Malaysia
Inflation Rate	2.2%	1.8%	21% higher	Indonesia
Scientific Publications	31.9K	26.5K	21% higher	Indonesia
Military Spending	0.78% of GDP	0.99% of GDP	21% lower	Malaysia
Highest Elevation	4.9K m	4.1K m	19% higher	Indonesia
Road Traffic Death Rate	11.3 per 100k	13.9 per 100k	19% lower	Malaysia
Death Rate	6.8 per 1k	5.8 per 1k	18% higher	Indonesia
University Enrollment Rate	44.88%	38.5%	17% higher	Indonesia
Liberal Democracy Index	0.30	0.35	17% lower	Malaysia
Forest Coverage (%)	47.72%	57.72%	17% lower	Malaysia
Freedom of Expression Index	0.69	0.59	17% higher	Indonesia
Seafood Consumption per Person	44.71 kg/person/yr	53.33 kg/person/yr	16% lower	Malaysia
Inequality (Gini)	34.9	40.7	14% lower	Malaysia
Average Weekly Work Hours	38.36 hrs/week	44.7 hrs/week	14% lower	Malaysia
Unemployment Rate	3.3%	3.8%	14% lower	Malaysia
Youth Population (%)	24.6%	21.79%	13% higher	Indonesia
Electricity Carbon Intensity	680.25 gCO2/kWh	601.97 gCO2/kWh	13% higher	Indonesia
Dependency Ratio	46.81% of working-age pop.	41.89% of working-age pop.	12% higher	Indonesia
Agricultural Land (%)	29.13%	26.09%	12% higher	Indonesia
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	123 per 100 people	140 per 100 people	12% lower	Malaysia
Fertility Rate	1.9 children/woman	1.7 children/woman	12% higher	Indonesia
Human Development Index	0.73	0.82	11% lower	Malaysia
Foreign Patents	7.4K	6.7K	11% higher	Indonesia
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	46.04 per 100k	51.84 per 100k	11% lower	Malaysia
Protected Land (%)	12%	13.3%	10% lower	Malaysia
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	17.88 µg/m³	16.19 µg/m³	10% higher	Indonesia
Youth Unemployment Rate	12.98% of youth labor force	11.95% of youth labor force	9% higher	Indonesia
Sanitation Access (%)	88.2%	96.02%	8% lower	Malaysia
Electoral Democracy Index	0.46	0.50	8% lower	Malaysia
Land Border Length	3.0K km	2.7K km	8% higher	Indonesia
Life Expectancy	71.1 years	76.7 years	7% lower	Malaysia
Women in Senior Management	24.82% of managers	23.22% of managers	7% higher	Indonesia
Can Raise Emergency Money	95.35% of adults	89.37% of adults	7% higher	Indonesia
Tourist Arrivals	4.05M	4.33M	6% lower	Malaysia
Women's Political Empowerment	0.73	0.77	6% lower	Malaysia
Life Evaluation Score	5.6 pts	6.0 pts	6% lower	Malaysia
Elderly Population (%)	7.3%	7.7%	6% lower	Malaysia
Hypertension Prevalence	39% of adults	41% of adults	5% lower	Malaysia
Birth Rate	14.55 per 1k	14.05 per 1k	4% higher	Indonesia
Tourism Revenue	$3,533,000,000	$3,386,000,000	4% higher	Indonesia
Median Age	29.8 years	30.1 years	1% lower	Malaysia
Electricity Access (%)	99.4%	100%	1% lower	Malaysia
GDP Growth Rate	5.0%	5.1%	1% lower	Malaysia
Wind Electricity Share	0.13%	0%	ranked higher	Indonesia
Adult Literacy Rate	96%	95.77%	equal	Indonesia
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.00 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Indonesia
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Indonesia
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Indonesia
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-0.1% of GDP	1.6% of GDP	ranked lower	Malaysia
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	10 gold medals	0 gold medals	ranked higher	Indonesia
Border Neighbors	3.0	3.0	equal	Indonesia

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Analysis

Malaysia leads in 67 of 128 shared metrics, while Indonesia leads in 61.

Indonesia's Water Withdrawal is 32.2x that of Malaysia (222.63 B m³ vs 6.7 B m³).

Indonesia's Irrigated Land is 14.2x that of Malaysia (67.2K km² vs 4.4K km²).

Indonesia's Coastline Length is 10.7x that of Malaysia (54.7K km vs 4.7K km).

Indonesia's Water Stress (%) is 8.5x that of Malaysia (11.03% vs 1.2%).

Indonesia's Population is 7.1x that of Malaysia (283.59M vs 34.91M).

Key Comparisons

Water WithdrawalIndonesia leads

Indonesia

222.63 B m³

Malaysia

6.7 B m³

Irrigated LandIndonesia leads

Indonesia

67.2K km²

Malaysia

4.4K km²

Coastline LengthIndonesia leads

Indonesia

54.7K km

Malaysia

4.7K km

Water Stress (%)Indonesia leads

Indonesia

11.03%

Malaysia

1.2%

PopulationIndonesia leads

Indonesia

283.59M

Malaysia

34.91M

Merchant Fleet SizeIndonesia leads

Indonesia

11.4K

Malaysia

1.8K

Water Withdrawal

222.63 B m³

6.7 B m³

Irrigated Land

67.2K km²

4.4K km²

Coastline Length

54.7K km

4.7K km

Water Stress (%)

11.03%

1.2%

Population

283.59M

34.91M

Merchant Fleet Size

11.4K

1.8K

Airports

623

100

Firms Making Informal Payments

29.5% of firms

4.9% of firms

Land Area

1.89M km²

328.6K km²

Firms Asked for Bribes

20.34% of firms

3.8% of firms

Armed Forces Personnel

676.0K

136.0K

Forest Area

903.2K km²

189.6K km²

Teen Birth Rate

26.42 per 1k

6.0 per 1k

Railway Length

8.2K km

1.9K km

Time Zones Count

7.0 time zones

2.0 time zones

GDP (Nominal)

$1,396,300,098,190.97

$422,227,005,428.69

Total CO2 Emissions

812.2 Mt CO2e

295.95 Mt CO2e

Renewable Energy (%)

20.2%

7.5%

All-Time Olympic Medals

40 medals

15 medals

Child Mortality

20.6 per 1k births

8.1 per 1k births

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Water Withdrawal

Irrigated Land

Coastline Length

Water Stress (%)

Population

Merchant Fleet Size

Airports

Firms Making Informal Payments

Land Area

Firms Asked for Bribes

Armed Forces Personnel

Forest Area

Teen Birth Rate

Railway Length

Time Zones Count

GDP (Nominal)

Total CO2 Emissions

Renewable Energy (%)

All-Time Olympic Medals

Child Mortality

Infant Mortality

Political Corruption Index

Air Passengers

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Beer Consumption

Spirits Consumption

Alcohol Consumption

Electric Generating Capacity

Electricity Generation

Capital Elevation

High-Tech Exports (%)

Solar Electricity Share

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Suicide Rate

Meat Consumption per Person

Doctors (per 1,000)

Smoking Rate

Health Spending Per Capita

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Exports (% GDP)

Imports (% GDP)

Safe Drinking Water (%)

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Energy Use (Per Capita)

CO2 Per Capita

Education Spending (% GDP)

Broadband Access (%)

Homicide Rate

Domestic Patents

GNI Per Capita

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Women in Parliament (%)

Shipping Traffic

Credit Card Ownership

Insufficient Physical Activity

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Mobile Money Accounts

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Obesity Rate

Digital Payments Used

Researchers

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Milk Consumption per Person

Population Density

Coal Electricity Share

Corruption Perceptions Index

Renewable Energy (%)

Food Waste per Person

Health Spending (% GDP)