Malaysia’s coastline is 8.7 times as long as Kenya’s

Kenya: 536 km (2026 edition) · Malaysia: 4,675 km (2026 edition)

Kenya’s highest peak towers 1,104 m above Malaysia’s

Kenya: 5,199 m (2026 edition) · Malaysia: 4,095 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 50% of Kenya, versus 25% of Malaysia

Kenya: 50% (2024) · Malaysia: 24.8% (2024)

Kenya has 60% more people than Malaysia

Kenya: 57.5 million (2025) · Malaysia: 36 million (2025)

Malaysia is 11% more densely populated than Kenya

Kenya: 99 per km² (2025) · Malaysia: 110 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Malaysia is 11 years older than in Kenya

Kenya: 19.5 years (2023) · Malaysia: 30.1 years (2023)

Women in Kenya have 1.6 more children on average than in Malaysia

Kenya: 3.17 children per woman (2024) · Malaysia: 1.54 children per woman (2024)

8.0% of people in Malaysia are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Kenya

Kenya: 3% (2025) · Malaysia: 8% (2025)

Kenya hosts 2.6 times as many refugees per resident as Malaysia

Kenya: 10.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Malaysia: 4.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Kenya has produced 0.2 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Malaysia none

Kenya: 0.2 (2026) · Malaysia: 0 (2026)

Kenya and Malaysia are practically level

Kenya: 2 (2026) · Malaysia: 2 (2026)

Malaysia’s economy is 3.5 times the size of Kenya’s

Kenya: $136 billion (2025) · Malaysia: $472 billion (2025)

Malaysia produces 5.9 times as much per person as Kenya

Kenya: Int$7,016 (2025) · Malaysia: Int$41,498 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Malaysia than in Kenya (Gini 2.2 points higher)

Kenya: 38.5 (2022) · Malaysia: 40.7 (2021)

46% of people in Kenya live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Malaysia

Kenya: 45.5% (2022) · Malaysia: 0% (2021)

Unemployment is 5.4% in Kenya, versus 3.8% in Malaysia

Kenya: 5.4% (2025) · Malaysia: 3.8% (2025)

Kenya and Malaysia are practically level

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

Kenya’s central government collects 14% of GDP in tax, Malaysia’s 12%

Kenya: 14.1% (2023) · Malaysia: 12.4% (2024)

Kenya’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Malaysia’s

Kenya: 34% (2025) · Malaysia: 32% (2025)

Malaysia spends 5.3 times as much on health per person as Kenya

Kenya: $85 (2023) · Malaysia: $450 (2023)

A baby in Kenya is 4.9 times as likely to die before turning one as in Malaysia

Kenya: 34.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Malaysia: 7 per 1,000 (2024)

Malaysia has 8.1 times as many doctors per person as Kenya

Kenya: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Malaysia: 2.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Malaysia has 47% more hospital beds per person than Kenya

Kenya: 1.3 per 1,000 (2019) · Malaysia: 2 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Kenya is 3.8 times that in Malaysia

Kenya: 19.1 per 100k (2023) · Malaysia: 5 per 100k (2023)

24% of adults in Malaysia are obese, versus 10% in Kenya

Kenya: 10.4% (2024) · Malaysia: 23.6% (2024)

17% of adults in Malaysia smoke, versus 9.6% in Kenya

Kenya: 9.6% (2024) · Malaysia: 16.9% (2024)

People in Malaysia rate their lives 1.33 points higher than in Kenya

Kenya: 4.67 (2025) · Malaysia: 6.01 (2025)

Adults in Kenya drink 2.8 times as much alcohol as in Malaysia

Kenya: 2.2 litres (2023) · Malaysia: 0.8 litres (2023)

Malaysia has 6.8 times as much meat per person as Kenya

Kenya: 10.2 kg (2023) · Malaysia: 69.1 kg (2023)

Malaysia has 781 kcal more food per person per day than Kenya

Kenya: 2,146 kcal (2023) · Malaysia: 2,927 kcal (2023)

Workers in Malaysia put in 273 more hours a year than in Kenya

Kenya: 2,035 hours (2023) · Malaysia: 2,308 hours (2023)

Adults in Malaysia went to school 2.5 years longer than in Kenya

Kenya: 8.6 years (2023) · Malaysia: 11.1 years (2023)

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

Kenya: 0.03 (2017) · Malaysia: 0.29 (2022)

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

Kenya: 8 (2026) · Malaysia: 6 (2026)

Kenya has won 124 Olympic medals, Malaysia 15

Kenya: 124 (2026 edition) · Malaysia: 15 (2026 edition)

98% of people in Malaysia are online, versus 35% in Kenya

Kenya: 35% (2024) · Malaysia: 98% (2024)

Home internet in Malaysia is 6.5 times as fast as in Kenya

Kenya: 41 Mbps (2026) · Malaysia: 269 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Malaysia have electricity, versus 77% in Kenya

Kenya: 77% (2024) · Malaysia: 100% (2024)

77% of people in Malaysia live in cities, versus 32% in Kenya

Kenya: 32% (2025) · Malaysia: 77% (2025)

Malaysia has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Kenya 126

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

Kenya’s railway network is 2.3 times as long as Malaysia’s

Kenya: 3,819 km (2018) · Malaysia: 1,655 km (2021)

Airlines from Malaysia fly 15 times as many passengers per resident as those from Kenya

Kenya: 0.09 (2023) · Malaysia: 1.3 (2023)

Forest covers 58% of Malaysia, but only 6.6% of Kenya

Kenya: 6.6% (2024) · Malaysia: 57.7% (2024)

The average person in Malaysia emits 22 times as much CO₂ as someone in Kenya

Kenya: 0.4 t (2024) · Malaysia: 8.2 t (2024)

90% of Kenya’s electricity is renewable, versus 21% in Malaysia

Kenya: 90% (2025) · Malaysia: 20.7% (2025)

The air in Kenya carries 44% more fine dust than in Malaysia

Kenya: 22 µg/m³ (2024) · Malaysia: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 6.6 times as likely to be murdered in Kenya as in Malaysia

Kenya: 4.9 per 100k (2022) · Malaysia: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Kenya are 3.4 times as deadly as in Malaysia

Kenya: 55.3 per 100k (2023) · Malaysia: 16.2 per 100k (2023)

Malaysia is on average 0.3 °C warmer than Kenya

Kenya: 25.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Malaysia: 26°C (2016–2025 avg)

Malaysia gets 4.4 times as much rain as Kenya

Kenya: 696 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Malaysia: 3,081 mm (2016–2025 avg)