Malaysia’s coastline is 3.7 times as long as Finland’s

Finland: 1,250 km (2026 edition) · Malaysia: 4,675 km (2026 edition)

Malaysia’s highest peak towers 2,767 m above Finland’s

Finland: 1,328 m (2026 edition) · Malaysia: 4,095 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 25% of Malaysia, versus 7.4% of Finland

Finland: 7.4% (2024) · Malaysia: 24.8% (2024)

Malaysia has 6.4 times as many people as Finland

Finland: 5.65 million (2025) · Malaysia: 36 million (2025)

Malaysia is 5.9 times as densely populated as Finland

Finland: 19 per km² (2025) · Malaysia: 110 per km² (2025)

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

Finland: 42.8 years (2023) · Malaysia: 30.1 years (2023)

Women in Malaysia have 0.3 more children on average than in Finland

Finland: 1.25 children per woman (2024) · Malaysia: 1.54 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Finland are 65 or older, versus 8.0% in Malaysia

Finland: 24.2% (2025) · Malaysia: 8% (2025)

Finland hosts 4.4 times as many refugees per resident as Malaysia

Finland: 18.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Malaysia: 4.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Finland has produced 8.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Malaysia none

Finland: 8.9 (2026) · Malaysia: 0 (2026)

Finland and Malaysia are practically level

Finland: 2 (2026) · Malaysia: 2 (2026)

Malaysia’s economy is 49% larger than Finland’s

Finland: $317 billion (2025) · Malaysia: $472 billion (2025)

Finland produces 59% more per person than Malaysia

Finland: Int$65,885 (2025) · Malaysia: Int$41,498 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Malaysia than in Finland (Gini 13.3 points higher)

Finland: 27.4 (2023) · Malaysia: 40.7 (2021)

Finland and Malaysia are practically level

Finland: 0.2% (2023) · Malaysia: 0% (2021)

Unemployment is 9.5% in Finland, versus 3.8% in Malaysia

Finland: 9.5% (2025) · Malaysia: 3.8% (2025)

Finland spends 2.6% of its GDP on the military, Malaysia 1.0%

Finland: 2.6% (2025) · Malaysia: 1% (2025)

Finland’s central government collects 25% of GDP in tax, Malaysia’s 12%

Finland: 25.3% (2024) · Malaysia: 12.4% (2024)

Finland’s price level (US = 100) is 2.7× Malaysia’s

Finland: 85% (2025) · Malaysia: 32% (2025)

Finland spends 12 times as much on health per person as Malaysia

Finland: $5,515 (2023) · Malaysia: $450 (2023)

A baby in Malaysia is 3.7 times as likely to die before turning one as in Finland

Finland: 1.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Malaysia: 7 per 1,000 (2024)

Finland has 54% more doctors per person than Malaysia

Finland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2021) · Malaysia: 2.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Finland has 33% more hospital beds per person than Malaysia

Finland: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Malaysia: 2 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Finland is 2.6 times that in Malaysia

Finland: 13.1 per 100k (2023) · Malaysia: 5 per 100k (2023)

26% of adults in Finland are obese, versus 24% in Malaysia

Finland: 26.2% (2024) · Malaysia: 23.6% (2024)

21% of adults in Finland smoke, versus 17% in Malaysia

Finland: 21.4% (2024) · Malaysia: 16.9% (2024)

People in Finland rate their lives 1.76 points higher than in Malaysia

Finland: 7.76 (2025) · Malaysia: 6.01 (2025)

Adults in Finland drink 12 times as much alcohol as in Malaysia

Finland: 9.4 litres (2023) · Malaysia: 0.8 litres (2023)

Finland and Malaysia are nearly identical here

Finland: 69.4 kg (2023) · Malaysia: 69.1 kg (2023)

Finland has 419 kcal more food per person per day than Malaysia

Finland: 3,346 kcal (2023) · Malaysia: 2,927 kcal (2023)

Workers in Malaysia put in 811 more hours a year than in Finland

Finland: 1,497 hours (2023) · Malaysia: 2,308 hours (2023)

Adults in Finland went to school 1.9 years longer than in Malaysia

Finland: 13 years (2023) · Malaysia: 11.1 years (2023)

Finland welcomed 2.7 times as many tourists per resident as Malaysia (2019)

Finland: 0.8 (2024) · Malaysia: 0.29 (2022)

Finland has 2 more World Heritage sites than Malaysia (8 against 6)

Finland: 8 (2026) · Malaysia: 6 (2026)

Finland has won 486 Olympic medals, Malaysia 15

Finland: 486 (2026 edition) · Malaysia: 15 (2026 edition)

98% of people in Malaysia are online, versus 94% in Finland

Finland: 94% (2024) · Malaysia: 98% (2024)

Home internet in Malaysia is 9% faster than in Finland

Finland: 247 Mbps (2026) · Malaysia: 269 Mbps (2026)

Finland and Malaysia are practically level

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

77% of people in Malaysia live in cities, versus 75% in Finland

Finland: 75% (2025) · Malaysia: 77% (2025)

Malaysia has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Finland 126

Finland: 126 (2024) · Malaysia: 140 (2024)

Finland’s railway network is 3.6 times as long as Malaysia’s

Finland: 5,918 km (2021) · Malaysia: 1,655 km (2021)

Airlines from Finland fly 47% more passengers per resident than those from Malaysia

Finland: 1.91 (2023) · Malaysia: 1.3 (2023)

Forest covers 74% of Finland, but only 58% of Malaysia

Finland: 74.2% (2024) · Malaysia: 57.7% (2024)

The average person in Malaysia emits 54% more CO₂ than someone in Finland

Finland: 5.3 t (2024) · Malaysia: 8.2 t (2024)

56% of Finland’s electricity is renewable, versus 21% in Malaysia

Finland: 56.5% (2025) · Malaysia: 20.7% (2025)

The air in Malaysia carries 2.8 times as much fine dust as in Finland

Finland: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Malaysia: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 34% more likely to be murdered in Finland than in Malaysia

Finland: 1 per 100k (2023) · Malaysia: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Malaysia are 3.1 times as deadly as in Finland

Finland: 5.3 per 100k (2023) · Malaysia: 16.2 per 100k (2023)

Malaysia is on average 22.4 °C warmer than Finland

Finland: 3.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Malaysia: 26°C (2016–2025 avg)

Malaysia gets 4.1 times as much rain as Finland

Finland: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Malaysia: 3,081 mm (2016–2025 avg)