Malaysia's hdi rose from 0.7 in 1994 to 0.8 in 2023.
Malaysia · Quality of life
Human development, happiness, safety, access and environment.
14 indicators · 13 with data
Malaysia's life satisfaction rose from 5.8 in 2011 to 6.0 in 2025.
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs86th of 217
- Healthy life expectancy at birthdown −3.1 yrs71st of 185
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- Gini indexdown −1.2 %67th of 81*
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- Air pollution (PM2.5)up +3.5 %91st of 200
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- Homicide rateup +6.2 %17th of 83
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- Safe drinking waterup +0.1 pts53rd of 148
- Access to electricity (% of population)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 215
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- Internet usersup +0.3 pts12th of 182
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- Expected years of schoolingup +0.2 yrs125th of 195
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- Unemploymentdown −0.1 pts67th of 185
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- Women in parliamentunchanged +0.0 pts152nd of 184
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Malaysia.
- Housing cost overburden rateNo data