Italy’s coastline is 63% longer than Malaysia’s

Italy: 7,600 km (2026 edition) · Malaysia: 4,675 km (2026 edition)

Italy’s highest peak towers 653 m above Malaysia’s

Italy: 4,748 m (2026 edition) · Malaysia: 4,095 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 44% of Italy, versus 25% of Malaysia

Italy: 43.6% (2024) · Malaysia: 24.8% (2024)

Italy has 64% more people than Malaysia

Italy: 58.9 million (2025) · Malaysia: 36 million (2025)

Italy is 82% more densely populated than Malaysia

Italy: 199 per km² (2025) · Malaysia: 110 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Italy is 17 years older than in Malaysia

Italy: 47.5 years (2023) · Malaysia: 30.1 years (2023)

Women in Malaysia have 0.4 more children on average than in Italy

Italy: 1.18 children per woman (2024) · Malaysia: 1.54 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Italy are 65 or older, versus 8.0% in Malaysia

Italy: 25.1% (2025) · Malaysia: 8% (2025)

Malaysia hosts 27% more refugees per resident than Italy

Italy: 3.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Malaysia: 4.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Italy has produced 3.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Malaysia none

Italy: 3.4 (2026) · Malaysia: 0 (2026)

Malaysia has 2 official languages, Italy 1

Italy: 1 (2026) · Malaysia: 2 (2026)

Italy’s economy is 5.4 times the size of Malaysia’s

Italy: $2.55 trillion (2025) · Malaysia: $472 billion (2025)

Italy produces 51% more per person than Malaysia

Italy: Int$62,803 (2025) · Malaysia: Int$41,498 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Malaysia than in Italy (Gini 6.4 points higher)

Italy: 34.3 (2023) · Malaysia: 40.7 (2021)

0.9% of people in Italy live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Malaysia

Italy: 0.9% (2023) · Malaysia: 0% (2021)

Unemployment is 6.4% in Italy, versus 3.8% in Malaysia

Italy: 6.4% (2025) · Malaysia: 3.8% (2025)

Italy spends 1.9% of its GDP on the military, Malaysia 1.0%

Italy: 1.9% (2025) · Malaysia: 1% (2025)

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

Italy: 25.6% (2024) · Malaysia: 12.4% (2024)

Italy’s price level (US = 100) is 2.2× Malaysia’s

Italy: 69% (2025) · Malaysia: 32% (2025)

Italy spends 7.5 times as much on health per person as Malaysia

Italy: $3,398 (2024) · Malaysia: $450 (2023)

A baby in Malaysia is 3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Italy

Italy: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Malaysia: 7 per 1,000 (2024)

Italy has 79% more doctors per person than Malaysia

Italy: 4.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Malaysia: 2.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Italy has 56% more hospital beds per person than Malaysia

Italy: 3.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Malaysia: 2 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Italy is 14% higher than in Malaysia

Italy: 5.7 per 100k (2023) · Malaysia: 5 per 100k (2023)

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

Italy: 17.9% (2024) · Malaysia: 23.6% (2024)

22% of adults in Italy smoke, versus 17% in Malaysia

Italy: 22.4% (2024) · Malaysia: 16.9% (2024)

People in Italy rate their lives 0.57 points higher than in Malaysia

Italy: 6.57 (2025) · Malaysia: 6.01 (2025)

Adults in Italy drink 10 times as much alcohol as in Malaysia

Italy: 8.4 litres (2023) · Malaysia: 0.8 litres (2023)

Italy has 3% more meat per person than Malaysia

Italy: 71.2 kg (2023) · Malaysia: 69.1 kg (2023)

Italy has 826 kcal more food per person per day than Malaysia

Italy: 3,753 kcal (2023) · Malaysia: 2,927 kcal (2023)

Workers in Malaysia put in 606 more hours a year than in Italy

Italy: 1,701 hours (2023) · Malaysia: 2,308 hours (2023)

Adults in Malaysia went to school 0.26 years longer than in Italy

Italy: 10.8 years (2023) · Malaysia: 11.1 years (2023)

Italy welcomed 3.4 times as many tourists per resident as Malaysia (2019)

Italy: 0.98 (2024) · Malaysia: 0.29 (2022)

Italy has 56 more World Heritage sites than Malaysia (62 against 6)

Italy: 62 (2026) · Malaysia: 6 (2026)

Italy has won 829 Olympic medals, Malaysia 15

Italy: 829 (2026 edition) · Malaysia: 15 (2026 edition)

98% of people in Malaysia are online, versus 89% in Italy

Italy: 89% (2024) · Malaysia: 98% (2024)

Home internet in Italy is 2% faster than in Malaysia

Italy: 274 Mbps (2026) · Malaysia: 269 Mbps (2026)

Italy and Malaysia are practically level

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

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

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

Malaysia has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Italy 133

Italy: 133 (2024) · Malaysia: 140 (2024)

Italy’s railway network is 10 times as long as Malaysia’s

Italy: 17,305 km (2021) · Malaysia: 1,655 km (2021)

Airlines from Malaysia fly 3.8 times as many passengers per resident as those from Italy

Italy: 0.34 (2023) · Malaysia: 1.3 (2023)

Forest covers 58% of Malaysia, but only 32% of Italy

Italy: 31.8% (2024) · Malaysia: 57.7% (2024)

The average person in Malaysia emits 60% more CO₂ than someone in Italy

Italy: 5.1 t (2024) · Malaysia: 8.2 t (2024)

49% of Italy’s electricity is renewable, versus 21% in Malaysia

Italy: 48.8% (2025) · Malaysia: 20.7% (2025)

Malaysia and Italy are nearly identical here

Italy: 15.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Malaysia: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 29% more likely to be murdered in Malaysia than in Italy

Italy: 0.6 per 100k (2023) · Malaysia: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Malaysia are 91% deadlier than in Italy

Italy: 8.5 per 100k (2023) · Malaysia: 16.2 per 100k (2023)

Malaysia is on average 12.1 °C warmer than Italy

Italy: 13.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Malaysia: 26°C (2016–2025 avg)

Malaysia gets 3 times as much rain as Italy

Italy: 1,030 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Malaysia: 3,081 mm (2016–2025 avg)