Austria: 0 km (2026 edition) · Malaysia: 4,675 km (2026 edition)

Malaysia’s highest peak towers 297 m above Austria’s

Austria: 3,798 m (2026 edition) · Malaysia: 4,095 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 31% of Austria, versus 25% of Malaysia

Austria: 31.1% (2024) · Malaysia: 24.8% (2024)

Malaysia has 3.9 times as many people as Austria

Austria: 9.21 million (2025) · Malaysia: 36 million (2025)

Austria is 2% more densely populated than Malaysia

Austria: 112 per km² (2025) · Malaysia: 110 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Austria is 13 years older than in Malaysia

Austria: 43.1 years (2023) · Malaysia: 30.1 years (2023)

Women in Malaysia have 0.2 more children on average than in Austria

Austria: 1.31 children per woman (2024) · Malaysia: 1.54 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Austria are 65 or older, versus 8.0% in Malaysia

Austria: 21.1% (2025) · Malaysia: 8% (2025)

Austria hosts 7.5 times as many refugees per resident as Malaysia

Austria: 31.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Malaysia: 4.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Austria has produced 20.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Malaysia none

Austria: 20.6 (2026) · Malaysia: 0 (2026)

Malaysia has 2 official languages, Austria 1

Austria: 1 (2026) · Malaysia: 2 (2026)

Austria’s economy is 23% larger than Malaysia’s

Austria: $579 billion (2025) · Malaysia: $472 billion (2025)

Austria produces 85% more per person than Malaysia

Austria: Int$76,778 (2025) · Malaysia: Int$41,498 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Malaysia than in Austria (Gini 9.5 points higher)

Austria: 31.2 (2023) · Malaysia: 40.7 (2021)

0.5% of people in Austria live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Malaysia

Austria: 0.5% (2023) · Malaysia: 0% (2021)

Unemployment is 5.6% in Austria, versus 3.8% in Malaysia

Austria: 5.6% (2025) · Malaysia: 3.8% (2025)

Austria and Malaysia are practically level

Austria: 1.1% (2025) · Malaysia: 1% (2025)

Austria’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Malaysia’s 12%

Austria: 25.8% (2024) · Malaysia: 12.4% (2024)

Austria’s price level (US = 100) is 2.6× Malaysia’s

Austria: 82% (2025) · Malaysia: 32% (2025)

Austria spends 15 times as much on health per person as Malaysia

Austria: $6,739 (2024) · Malaysia: $450 (2023)

A baby in Malaysia is 2.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in Austria

Austria: 2.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Malaysia: 7 per 1,000 (2024)

Austria has 2.4 times as many doctors per person as Malaysia

Austria: 5.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Malaysia: 2.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Austria has 3.4 times as many hospital beds per person as Malaysia

Austria: 6.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Malaysia: 2 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Austria is 2.5 times that in Malaysia

Austria: 12.7 per 100k (2023) · Malaysia: 5 per 100k (2023)

24% of adults in Malaysia are obese, versus 18% in Austria

Austria: 18.3% (2024) · Malaysia: 23.6% (2024)

24% of adults in Austria smoke, versus 17% in Malaysia

Austria: 23.8% (2024) · Malaysia: 16.9% (2024)

People in Austria rate their lives 0.84 points higher than in Malaysia

Austria: 6.85 (2025) · Malaysia: 6.01 (2025)

Adults in Austria drink 14 times as much alcohol as in Malaysia

Austria: 11.6 litres (2023) · Malaysia: 0.8 litres (2023)

Austria has 7% more meat per person than Malaysia

Austria: 73.7 kg (2023) · Malaysia: 69.1 kg (2023)

Austria has 829 kcal more food per person per day than Malaysia

Austria: 3,756 kcal (2023) · Malaysia: 2,927 kcal (2023)

Workers in Malaysia put in 869 more hours a year than in Austria

Austria: 1,438 hours (2023) · Malaysia: 2,308 hours (2023)

Adults in Austria went to school 1.3 years longer than in Malaysia

Austria: 12.4 years (2023) · Malaysia: 11.1 years (2023)

Austria welcomed 10 times as many tourists per resident as Malaysia (2019)

Austria: 2.9 (2022) · Malaysia: 0.29 (2022)

Austria has 6 more World Heritage sites than Malaysia (12 against 6)

Austria: 12 (2026) · Malaysia: 6 (2026)

Austria has won 367 Olympic medals, Malaysia 15

Austria: 367 (2026 edition) · Malaysia: 15 (2026 edition)

98% of people in Malaysia are online, versus 92% in Austria

Austria: 92% (2025) · Malaysia: 98% (2024)

Home internet in Malaysia is 54% faster than in Austria

Austria: 174 Mbps (2026) · Malaysia: 269 Mbps (2026)

Austria and Malaysia are practically level

Austria: 100% (2024) · Malaysia: 100% (2024)

77% of people in Malaysia live in cities, versus 70% in Austria

Austria: 70% (2025) · Malaysia: 77% (2025)

Malaysia has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Austria 124

Austria: 124 (2024) · Malaysia: 140 (2024)

Austria’s railway network is 3 times as long as Malaysia’s

Austria: 4,962 km (2021) · Malaysia: 1,655 km (2021)

Airlines from Austria fly 3.9 times as many passengers per resident as those from Malaysia

Austria: 5 (2023) · Malaysia: 1.3 (2023)

Forest covers 58% of Malaysia, but only 47% of Austria

Austria: 47.3% (2024) · Malaysia: 57.7% (2024)

The average person in Malaysia emits 32% more CO₂ than someone in Austria

Austria: 6.2 t (2024) · Malaysia: 8.2 t (2024)

84% of Austria’s electricity is renewable, versus 21% in Malaysia

Austria: 83.6% (2025) · Malaysia: 20.7% (2025)

The air in Malaysia carries 49% more fine dust than in Austria

Austria: 10.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Malaysia: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 19% more likely to be murdered in Austria than in Malaysia

Austria: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Malaysia: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Malaysia are 2.5 times as deadly as in Austria

Austria: 6.5 per 100k (2023) · Malaysia: 16.2 per 100k (2023)

Malaysia is on average 18.2 °C warmer than Austria

Austria: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Malaysia: 26°C (2016–2025 avg)

Malaysia gets 2.4 times as much rain as Austria

Austria: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Malaysia: 3,081 mm (2016–2025 avg)