Greece’s coastline is 2.9 times as long as Malaysia’s

Greece: 13,676 km (2026 edition) · Malaysia: 4,675 km (2026 edition)

Malaysia’s highest peak towers 1,178 m above Greece’s

Greece: 2,917 m (2026 edition) · Malaysia: 4,095 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 39% of Greece, versus 25% of Malaysia

Greece: 38.9% (2024) · Malaysia: 24.8% (2024)

Malaysia has 3.5 times as many people as Greece

Greece: 10.4 million (2025) · Malaysia: 36 million (2025)

Malaysia is 36% more densely populated than Greece

Greece: 81 per km² (2025) · Malaysia: 110 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Greece is 16 years older than in Malaysia

Greece: 45.7 years (2023) · Malaysia: 30.1 years (2023)

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

Greece: 1.24 children per woman (2024) · Malaysia: 1.54 children per woman (2024)

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

Greece: 24.4% (2025) · Malaysia: 8% (2025)

Greece hosts 3.1 times as many refugees per resident as Malaysia

Greece: 12.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Malaysia: 4.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Greece has produced 1.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Malaysia none

Greece: 1 (2026) · Malaysia: 0 (2026)

Malaysia has 2 official languages, Greece 1

Greece: 1 (2026) · Malaysia: 2 (2026)

Malaysia’s economy is 68% larger than Greece’s

Greece: $281 billion (2025) · Malaysia: $472 billion (2025)

Greece produces 9% more per person than Malaysia

Greece: Int$45,264 (2025) · Malaysia: Int$41,498 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Malaysia than in Greece (Gini 7.3 points higher)

Greece: 33.4 (2023) · Malaysia: 40.7 (2021)

0.6% of people in Greece live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Malaysia

Greece: 0.6% (2023) · Malaysia: 0% (2021)

Unemployment is 8.5% in Greece, versus 3.8% in Malaysia

Greece: 8.5% (2025) · Malaysia: 3.8% (2025)

Greece spends 3.0% of its GDP on the military, Malaysia 1.0%

Greece: 3% (2025) · Malaysia: 1% (2025)

Greece’s central government collects 27% of GDP in tax, Malaysia’s 12%

Greece: 27.4% (2024) · Malaysia: 12.4% (2024)

Greece’s price level (US = 100) is 1.9× Malaysia’s

Greece: 60% (2025) · Malaysia: 32% (2025)

Greece spends 4.4 times as much on health per person as Malaysia

Greece: $1,963 (2023) · Malaysia: $450 (2023)

A baby in Malaysia is 2.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Greece

Greece: 3.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Malaysia: 7 per 1,000 (2024)

Greece has 2.8 times as many doctors per person as Malaysia

Greece: 6.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Malaysia: 2.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Greece has 2.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Malaysia

Greece: 4.3 per 1,000 (2022) · Malaysia: 2 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Malaysia is 28% higher than in Greece

Greece: 3.9 per 100k (2023) · Malaysia: 5 per 100k (2023)

34% of adults in Greece are obese, versus 24% in Malaysia

Greece: 33.7% (2024) · Malaysia: 23.6% (2024)

30% of adults in Greece smoke, versus 17% in Malaysia

Greece: 30.2% (2024) · Malaysia: 16.9% (2024)

People in Malaysia rate their lives 0.31 points higher than in Greece

Greece: 5.70 (2025) · Malaysia: 6.01 (2025)

Adults in Greece drink 11 times as much alcohol as in Malaysia

Greece: 8.6 litres (2023) · Malaysia: 0.8 litres (2023)

Greece has 19% more meat per person than Malaysia

Greece: 82 kg (2023) · Malaysia: 69.1 kg (2023)

Greece has 455 kcal more food per person per day than Malaysia

Greece: 3,382 kcal (2023) · Malaysia: 2,927 kcal (2023)

Workers in Malaysia put in 414 more hours a year than in Greece

Greece: 1,893 hours (2023) · Malaysia: 2,308 hours (2023)

Adults in Greece went to school 0.46 years longer than in Malaysia

Greece: 11.6 years (2023) · Malaysia: 11.1 years (2023)

Greece welcomed 9.2 times as many tourists per resident as Malaysia (2019)

Greece: 2.67 (2022) · Malaysia: 0.29 (2022)

Greece has 15 more World Heritage sites than Malaysia (21 against 6)

Greece: 21 (2026) · Malaysia: 6 (2026)

Greece has won 129 Olympic medals, Malaysia 15

Greece: 129 (2026 edition) · Malaysia: 15 (2026 edition)

98% of people in Malaysia are online, versus 86% in Greece

Greece: 86% (2024) · Malaysia: 98% (2024)

Home internet in Malaysia is 44% faster than in Greece

Greece: 186 Mbps (2026) · Malaysia: 269 Mbps (2026)

Greece and Malaysia are practically level

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

79% of people in Greece live in cities, versus 77% in Malaysia

Greece: 79% (2025) · Malaysia: 77% (2025)

Malaysia has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Greece 114

Greece: 114 (2024) · Malaysia: 140 (2024)

Greece’s railway network is 41% longer than Malaysia’s

Greece: 2,339 km (2021) · Malaysia: 1,655 km (2021)

Airlines from Greece fly 41% more passengers per resident than those from Malaysia

Greece: 1.83 (2023) · Malaysia: 1.3 (2023)

Forest covers 58% of Malaysia, but only 37% of Greece

Greece: 36.9% (2024) · Malaysia: 57.7% (2024)

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

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

50% of Greece’s electricity is renewable, versus 21% in Malaysia

Greece: 49.7% (2025) · Malaysia: 20.7% (2025)

The air in Malaysia carries 1% more fine dust than in Greece

Greece: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Malaysia: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 14% more likely to be murdered in Greece than in Malaysia

Greece: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Malaysia: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Malaysia are 50% deadlier than in Greece

Greece: 10.8 per 100k (2023) · Malaysia: 16.2 per 100k (2023)

Malaysia is on average 10.3 °C warmer than Greece

Greece: 15.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Malaysia: 26°C (2016–2025 avg)

Malaysia gets 3.9 times as much rain as Greece

Greece: 800 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Malaysia: 3,081 mm (2016–2025 avg)