Malaysia vs Venezuela: Compare Statistics

Side-by-side comparison of 167 key metrics across economy, population, geography, and more — latest data through 2026.

Summary

Malaysia has 27% more people than Venezuela (36.4 million vs 28.63 million). Malaysia's economy is 2.9 times the size of Venezuela's ($466.53 billion vs $162.01 billion GDP).

Comparing Malaysia and Venezuela: Malaysia leads on Oil Exports (644,900) against Venezuela (1.87); Malaysia leads on Oil Production (664,800) against Venezuela (2.38); Malaysia leads on Malaria Incidence Rate (0.07 cases per 1,000) against Venezuela (31.56 cases per 1,000). Across 167 compared metrics, Malaysia wins on 107 and Venezuela wins on 52.

Communications: 9 metrics compared
Economy: 60 metrics compared
Environment: 12 metrics compared
Geography: 7 metrics compared
Government: 9 metrics compared
Health: 23 metrics compared
Military and Security: 3 metrics compared
People and Society: 38 metrics compared
Transportation: 4 metrics compared
Travel and Tourism: 1 metric compared
Other: 1 metric compared

Communications

9 metrics

Metric	🇲🇾 Malaysia	🇻🇪 Venezuela	Year
Fixed Broadband Penetration	13.55 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants★	12.94 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	2024
Internet Penetration Rate (%)	98.02 %★	76.68 %	2024
Internet Usage Rate by Country (% of Population)	80.14 %★	61.6 %	2017
Internet Users	percent of population: 98% (2023 est.)	percent of population: 62% (2017 est.)	2025
Mobile Internet Speed	13.55 Mbps★	12.94 Mbps	2024
Press Freedom Index Score	56.09 points★	29.21 points	2025
Radios	10.9★	10.75	2002
Televisions	10.8★	4.1	2002
Waterways	7,200★	7,100	2024

Economy

60 metrics

Metric	🇲🇾 Malaysia	🇻🇪 Venezuela	Year
Agriculture Value Added as a Share of GDP by Country	47.38B $★	8.19B $	2026
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Country in Current US Dollars	466.53B $★	162.01B $	2026
AI Investment (% of GDP)	21.95 %★	4.9 %	2024
Bank Account Ownership Rate	88.69 %★	87.32 %	2024
Central Bank Discount Rate (%)	3 %	29.5 %★	2019
Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate (%)	4.61 %	21.1 %★	2019
Current Health Expenditure (% of GDP)	3.8 % of GDP★	3.6 % of GDP	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index	83.3★	0	2020
Electricity Consumption	136.9★	71.96	2021
Electricity Exports	3★	0	2021
Electricity from Fossil Fuels	78★	51	2021
Electricity from Hydroelectric Plants	18	49★	2021
Electricity from Nuclear Fuels	0	0	2021
Electricity from Other Renewables	4★	0	2021
Electricity Imports	33★	0	2021
Electricity Installed Capacity	33★	31	2021
Electricity Production	148.3★	109.3	2021
Energy Consumption per Capita (USD)	113.16 USD per capita★	54.47 USD per capita	2025
Female Labor Force Participation Rate	56.67 %★	41.58 %	2025
Gender Pay Gap Percentage	-2.57 %	0.42 %★	2012
Gender Wage Gap	-2.57 %★	0.42 %	2012
Gini Index Coefficient	41.1★	39	2023
Gross Fixed Investment	25.2★	19.3	2012
Gross National Saving	28.5★	12.1	2020
High-Tech Export Percentage	63.18 %★	9.65 %	2022
Industrial Production Growth Rate (%)	1.43 %★	-5.84 %	2024
Inflation Rate	2.09 %★	254.95 %	2016
Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices)	1.8 %★	200.9 %	2025
Military Expenditures (% of GDP)	1 % of GDP★	0.6 % of GDP	2025
Natural Gas Consumption	30.44★	24.21	2021
Natural Gas Exports	38.23★	0	2021
Natural Gas Imports	2.8★	0	2021
Natural Gas Production	69.49★	27.07	2021
Natural Gas Proved Reserves	1.18	5.74★	2021
Oil Consumption	561,000	746,000★	2011
Oil Exports	644,900★	1.87	2011
Oil Imports	355,300★	0	2011
Oil Production	664,800★	2.38	2011
Oil Proved Reserves	4	211.2★	2011
Population Below Poverty Line	6.2 people★	33.1 people	2025
Private Investment (% of GDP)	12.59 % of GDP★	0 % of GDP	2011
Public Debt	64.3	38.9★	2025
R&D Expenditure (% of GDP)	1.26 %★	0.34 %	2014
Real GDP Growth Rate (USD)	5.1 USD★	-19.67 USD	2025
Real Interest Rate Trends	0.8 %★	-89.47 %	2017
Refined Petroleum Products Consumption	704,000★	659,000	2021
Refined Petroleum Products Exports	208,400	325,800★	2023
Refined Petroleum Products Imports	304,600★	20,640	2023
Refined Petroleum Products Production	528,300	926,300★	2023
Remittances	0.44★	0.03	2024
Researchers in R&D per Million	1,218.33 researchers★	350.38 researchers	2022
Robotics Research Funding	1.26 USD★	0.34 USD	2014
Share of population in poverty ($3 a day)	1.66★	9.71	2006
Taxes and Other Revenues	11.65	44.2★	2024
Top Exporting Countries	301.22B USD★	20.20B USD	2024
Top FDI Inflows (% of GDP)	3.69 %★	1.35 %	2024
Total Number of Billionaires	19★	1	2026
Unemployment Rate	3.9 %★	5.5 %	2025
Youth Labor Force Participation Rate	66.12 %	51.93 %★	2025
Youth Unemployment Rate	11.95 %	10.44 %★	2025

Environment

12 metrics

Metric	🇲🇾 Malaysia	🇻🇪 Venezuela	Year
Annual CO₂ Emissions Growth (abs)	13.93M	-3.55M★	2024
Annual Forest Area Change Rate	-60,000 %	-49,292.19 %★	2025
Average Annual Temperature	25.87 °C	25.99 °C★	2025
Carbon Dioxide Emissions	260.01	76.73★	2025
Continental Shelf	200	200	1990
Global Precipitation Distribution	3,150.09 mm★	2,174.37 mm	2025
Population Distribution	a highly uneven distribution, with over 80% of the population residing on the Malay Peninsula	most of the population is concentrated in the northern and western highlands along an eastern spur at the northern end of the Andes, an area that includes the capital of Caracas	2025
Protected Land Area for Adaptation	13.3 sq km	56.77 sq km★	2026
Protected Land Area Percentage	13.3 %	56.8 %★	2025
Total Renewable Groundwater Resources by Country	64 Cubic meters per year	227 Cubic meters per year★	2026
Total Renewable Water Resources	580★	1.33	2025
Total Threatened Mammal Species	80 species	37 species★	2022

Geography

7 metrics

Metric	🇲🇾 Malaysia	🇻🇪 Venezuela	Year
Percentage of land area by degree of urbanization	4.11 %★	0.83 %	2026
Above-Ground Biomass in Forest (tonnes/ha)	209.87★	204.72	2020
Agricultural land	85,710 sq. km	215,000 sq. km★	2026
Airports per 1,000 Sq Km	328,550	882,050★	2023
Coastline Length (km)	4,675 km★	2,800 km	2025
Dam capacity per capita	611.58 cubic meters per inhabitant	5,928.85 cubic meters per inhabitant★	2026
Irrigated Land	4,420	10,550★	2025

Government

9 metrics

Metric	🇲🇾 Malaysia	🇻🇪 Venezuela	Year
Rule of Law Index by Country	67.87 %★	0.52 %	2026
Administrative Divisions	13	23★	2025
Corruption Perception Index	50 index	10 index★	2024
Corruption Perceptions Index Score	50 index★	10 index	2024
Independence	31★	5	2025
LGBT Rights Index Score	-2.46	2.07★	2019
Prison Population Rate	206 per 100,000	113 per 100,000★	2020
Public Sector Corruption Perception	50	10★	2024
Suffrage Participation Rate	18	18	2025

Health

23 metrics

Metric	🇲🇾 Malaysia	🇻🇪 Venezuela	Year
Average BMI for Adults	25.3 kg/m²	26.6 kg/m²★	2016
Change in Measles Immunization Rate	96 %★	71 %	2024
Diabetes Deaths Per 100,000 (Age-Std)	7.47★	55.85	2016
Diabetes Prevalence (% of Population)	21.1★	8.6	2024
Female Life Expectancy Leaders	76.82 years★	72.67 years	2024
Global Stillbirth Rate Trends	0.48 per 1,000 births★	1.03 per 1,000 births	2023
Health Care Spending per Capita	1,703.34 USD★	158.19 USD	2026
Health Coverage Index Score	80 score★	75 score	2023
Health Expenditure (% of GDP)	4.4 % of GDP★	4 % of GDP	2025
Highest Male Life Expectancy	76.82 years★	72.67 years	2024
HIV/AIDS Adult Prevalence Rate	0.3 %★	0.5 %	2022
Hospital Bed Density	2 people/sq km★	1 people/sq km	2025
Hospital Beds per Capita	1.93 beds per 1,000★	0.99 beds per 1,000	2020
Low Birth Weight Prevalence	13.81 %	9.3 %★	2020
Malaria Incidence Rate	0.07 cases per 1,000★	31.56 cases per 1,000	2017
Maternal Mortality Ratio (%)	26 %★	227 %	2025
Nurses and Midwives Density	3.95 per 1,000 people★	2 per 1,000 people	2018
Obesity Adult Prevalence Rate (%)	15.6 %★	25.6 %	2025
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending	37.09 %	29.69 %★	2023
People Living With HIV/AIDS	92,000★	100,000	2021
Psychiatrist Density Per 100,000 People	1 per 100,000 people	1 per 100,000 people	2019
Total Number of Doctors	1.79★	1.66	2017
Underweight Children Under 5	14.1	NA	2024

Military and Security

3 metrics

Metric	🇲🇾 Malaysia	🇻🇪 Venezuela	Year
Active Military Personnel	113,000 personnel	123,000 personnel★	2022
Military Expenditure (% of GDP)	1.1 %★	2.23 %	2017
Total Armed Forces Personnel (PPP)	136,000	343,000★	2020

People and Society

38 metrics

Metric	🇲🇾 Malaysia	🇻🇪 Venezuela	Year
Currently married (Percent)	58.88 %★	47.71 %	2026
Life expectancy at birth	80.87 years★	77.19 years	2026
Median age of population	31.44 years★	29.62 years	2026
Population Change	428,622.9 persons★	207,929.9 persons	2026
Population density	110.8 per sq. km	31.16 per sq. km★	2026
Total population	36.40M persons★	28.63M persons	2026
Academic Freedom Index	0.29★	0.13	2025
Average Female Breast Size by Country: Worldwide Data & Rankings	AA	B-C★	2026
Beer Consumption per Capita	0.51 liters	0.86 liters★	2022
Birth Rate (%)	14.05 %	16.45 %★	2025
Contraceptive Prevalence Rate	52.2 %	75 %★	2024
Crude Birth Rate	12.36 per 1,000 people	15.23 per 1,000 people★	2024
Death Rate (%)	5.8 %★	6.54 %	2025
Education Expenditure (% of GDP)	3.5 % of GDP★	0 % of GDP	2025
Female population of reproductive age	9.69M persons★	7.03M persons	2026
Female Tertiary Enrollment Rate (%)	38.46 %	98.84 %★	2008
Fixed Broadband Penetration Rate	13.55 %★	12.94 %	2024
Global Average Sex Ratio at Birth	106.37 male/female★	104.96 male/female	2023
Human Development Index	0.48★	0.3	2020
Labor Force Participation Rate	18.26★	11.14	2025
Length of paid parental leave for mother	0 days	0 days	2026
Major Urban Areas Population	8.62 people★	2.97 people	2025
Mean Male Height (cm)	167.88	171.59★	1996
Mean Years of Schooling	11.96 years★	9.33 years	2020
Military Manpower at Military Age	21★	18	2003
Military Service Age and Obligation	17	18★	2025
Old-Age Dependency Ratio	10.6 %★	14.47 %	2023
Percentage of population by degree of urbanization	83.21 %	88.66 %★	2026
Physician Density	2.34 people/sq km★	1.66 people/sq km	2025
Population Growth Rate	0.97 %★	0.88 %	2025
Population living in slums	0.2 %	25.03 %★	2026
Total deaths	179,998.3 persons★	220,071.7 persons	2026
Total demand for family planning (Percent)	42.17 %	61.52 %★	2026
Total fertility rate	1.53 per woman	2.05 per woman★	2026
Total net-migration	162,673.4 persons★	-8,316.8 persons	2026
Under-five mortality rate	5.53 per live births★	17.21 per live births	2026
Urban Population Annual Growth Rate	1.79 %★	0.43 %	2025
Voting Age Population	62.14 millions★	43.67 millions	2018

Transportation

4 metrics

Metric	🇲🇾 Malaysia	🇻🇪 Venezuela	Year
Air Travel Trips Per Capita (PPP)	1.58★	0.06	2019
Airports	100	509★	2025
Civil Air Travel	53	56★	1992
Heliports	24	88★	2025

Travel and Tourism

1 metric

Metric	🇲🇾 Malaysia	🇻🇪 Venezuela	Year	Share
Tourism Receipts per Capita	19.68B USD★	546.00M USD	2016

Other

1 metric

Metric	🇲🇾 Malaysia	🇻🇪 Venezuela	Year	Share
Current Bank Rate	2.75 %	58.91 %★	2026

Frequently Asked Questions About Malaysia vs Venezuela

Which has a larger population, Malaysia or Venezuela?▾

Malaysia. Malaysia has 27% more people than Venezuela (36.4 million vs 28.63 million). Data for 2026.

Which has a bigger economy, Malaysia or Venezuela?▾

Malaysia. Malaysia's economy is 2.9 times the size of Venezuela's ($466.53 billion vs $162.01 billion GDP). Data for 2026.

Which is richer per person, Malaysia or Venezuela?▾

Malaysia is richer per person: GDP per capita is about $12,818 in Malaysia vs $5,659 in Venezuela (2026 GDP in current US dollars divided by population).