Malaysia

Unemployment rate: 3.4% in 2017

Population below poverty line: 3.8 % in 2009

Household income or consumption by percentage share: 1.8% for the lowest 10% and 34.7% for the highest 10% in 2009

Political parties and leaders: National Front (Barisan Nasional) or BN: Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia Party or GERAKAN [MAH Siew Keong], Liberal Democratic Party (Parti Liberal Demokratik – Sabah) or LDP [TEO Chee Kang], Malaysian Chinese Association (Persatuan China Malaysia) or MCA [LIOW Tiong Lai], and others.

International organizations: –

Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Muhammad V

Prime Minister: Najib Razak

Female representation in parliament: –

Government type: Federal dominant-party parliamentary elective constitutional monarchy

Administrative districts: 13 states (negeri-negeri, singular – negeri); Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Pulau Pinang, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor, Terengganu; and 1 federal territory (Wilayah Persekutuan) with 3 components, Kuala Lumpur, Labuan, and Putrajaya

Independence: 31 August 1957 (from the UK)

National holidays: Independence Day (or Merdeka Day), 31 August (1957) (independence of Malaya); Malaysia Day, 16 September (1963) (formation of Malaysia)

Military expenditure: 1.41% of GDP in 2016

Military branches: Malaysian Armed Forces (Angkatan Tentera Malaysia, ATM): Malaysian Army (Tentera Darat Malaysia), Royal Malaysian Navy (Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia, TLDM), Royal Malaysian Air Force (Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia, TUDM) in 2013

Nationality: Malaysian

Population: 31,381,992 in July 2017

Ethnic groups: Bumiputera 61.7% (Malays and indigenous peoples, including Orang Asli, Dayak, Anak Negeri), Chinese 20.8%, Indian 6.2%, other 0.9%, non-citizens 10.4% in 2017

Religions: Muslim (official) 61.3%, Buddhist 19.8%, Christian 9.2%, Hindu 6.3%, Confucianism, Taoism, other traditional Chinese religions 1.3%, other 0.4%, none 0.8%, unspecified 1% in 2010

Age structure: 0-14 years: 27.83% (male 4,493,084/female 4,238,991), 15-24 years: 16.81% (male 2,677,834/female 2,598,958), 25-54 years: 41% (male 6,507,499/female 6,358,762), 55-64 years: 8.27% (male 1,316,331/female 1,277,558), and 65 years and over: 6.1% (male 907,850/female 1,005,125) (2017 est.) in 2017

Dependency ratio: total dependency ratio: 44.6, youth dependency ratio: 36.1, elderly dependency ratio: 8.5, and potential support ratio: 11.8 in 2015

Population growth rate: 1.37% in 2017

Birth rate: 19.1 births/1,000 population in 2017

Death rate: 5.1 deaths/1,000 population in 2017

Urban population: 76% of total population in 2017

Rate of urbanization: 2.19% annual rate of change in 2015-20

Education expenditures: 5% of GDP in 2014

Literacy rate (age 15 and over can read and write): 94.6% of total population with ratio male: female 96.2%: 93.2% in 2015

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): 13 years total in 2015

Unemployment: 10.7% in total with ratio male: female 9.9%: 11.8% in 2010

Female labour force participation rate: –

Natural resources: tin, petroleum, timber, copper, iron ore, natural gas, and bauxite

Agriculture products: Peninsular Malaysia – palm oil, rubber, cocoa, rice; Sabah – palm oil, subsistence crops; rubber, timber; Sarawak – palm oil, rubber, timber; pepper

Industries: Peninsular Malaysia – rubber and oil palm processing and manufacturing, petroleum and natural gas, light manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, medical technology, electronics and semiconductors, timber processing; Sabah – logging, petroleum and natural gas production; Sarawak – agriculture processing, petroleum and natural gas production, logging

Industrial production growth rate: 4.6% in 2017

Labor force: 14.94 million in 2017

Labor force by occupation: agriculture (11%), industry (36%), and services (53%) in 2012

Exports: $188.2 billion in 2017

Commodities: semiconductors and electronic equipment, palm oil, petroleum and liquefied natural gas, wood and wood products, palm oil, rubber, textiles, chemicals, and solar panels

Imports: $163.4 billion in 2017

Commodities: electronics, machinery, petroleum products, plastics, vehicles, iron and steel products, and chemicals

World Press Freedom Index: –

Total subscriptions of fixed lines: 4,510,200 and the subscriptions per 100 inhabitants was 15 in July 2016

Total subscriptions of mobile cellular: 43,912,600 and the subscriptions per 100 inhabitants was 142 in July 2016

International country code: 60 (international service is available)

Broadcast media: state-owned TV broadcaster operates 2 TV networks with relays throughout the country, and the leading private commercial media group operates 4 TV stations with numerous relays throughout the country; satellite TV subscription service is available; state-owned radio broadcaster operates multiple national networks, as well as regional and local stations; many private commercial radio broadcasters and some subscription satellite radio services are available; about 55 radio stations overall  in 2012

Internet country code: .my

Internet users: 24,384,952 in total that is 78.8 % of population in July 2016

Area: 329,847 sq km in total with 328,657 sq km of land and 1,190 sq km of water

Land boundaries: 2,742 km in total

Border country: Brunei 266 km, Indonesia 1,881 km, Thailand 595 km

Climate: tropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons

Land use: 23.2% for agricultural land (2.9% arable land; 19.4% permanent crops; and 0.9% permanent pasture); 62% for forest; and 14.8% for other in 2011

Irrigated land: 3,800 sq km in 2012

Maternal mortality ratio: 40 deaths/100,000 live births in 2015

Infant mortality rate: 12.5 deaths/1,000 live births in total in 2017

Life expectancy at birth: 75.2 years in total population in 2017

Total fertility rate: 2.1 children born/woman in 2017

Contraceptive prevalence: 52.2% in 2010.

Health expenditures: 4.2% of GDP in 2014.

Physicians density: 1.28 physicians/1,000 population in 2011

Hospital bed density: 1.9 beds/1,000 population in 2010.