Malaysia’s coastline is 5.5 times as long as Nigeria’s

Malaysia: 4,675 km (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 853 km (2026 edition)

Malaysia’s highest peak towers 1,676 m above Nigeria’s

Malaysia: 4,095 m (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 2,419 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 77% of Nigeria, versus 25% of Malaysia

Malaysia: 24.8% (2024) · Nigeria: 77.1% (2024)

Nigeria has 6.6 times as many people as Malaysia

Malaysia: 36 million (2025) · Nigeria: 238 million (2025)

Nigeria is 2.4 times as densely populated as Malaysia

Malaysia: 110 per km² (2025) · Nigeria: 261 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Malaysia is 12 years older than in Nigeria

Malaysia: 30.1 years (2023) · Nigeria: 17.8 years (2023)

Women in Nigeria have 2.8 more children on average than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 1.54 children per woman (2024) · Nigeria: 4.38 children per woman (2024)

8.0% of people in Malaysia are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Nigeria

Malaysia: 8% (2025) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2025)

Malaysia hosts 8 times as many refugees per resident as Nigeria

Malaysia: 4.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Nigeria: 0.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Nigeria has produced 0.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Malaysia none

Malaysia: 0 (2026) · Nigeria: 0.042 (2026)

Malaysia has 2 official languages, Nigeria 1

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

Malaysia’s economy is 62% larger than Nigeria’s

Malaysia: $472 billion (2025) · Nigeria: $291 billion (2025)

Malaysia produces 4.4 times as much per person as Nigeria

Malaysia: Int$41,498 (2025) · Nigeria: Int$9,532 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Malaysia than in Nigeria (Gini 6.8 points higher)

Malaysia: 40.7 (2021) · Nigeria: 33.9 (2022)

42% of people in Nigeria live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Malaysia

Malaysia: 0% (2021) · Nigeria: 41.8% (2022)

Unemployment is 3.8% in Malaysia, versus 3.1% in Nigeria

Malaysia: 3.8% (2025) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2025)

Malaysia and Nigeria are practically level

Malaysia: 1% (2025) · Nigeria: 0.9% (2025)

Malaysia: 12.4% (2024) · Nigeria: no data

Malaysia’s price level (US = 100) is 2.5× Nigeria’s

Malaysia: 32% (2025) · Nigeria: 13% (2025)

Malaysia spends 6.7 times as much on health per person as Nigeria

Malaysia: $450 (2023) · Nigeria: $67 (2023)

A baby in Nigeria is 10 times as likely to die before turning one as in Malaysia

Malaysia: 7 per 1,000 (2024) · Nigeria: 69.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Malaysia has 6.2 times as many doctors per person as Nigeria

Malaysia: 2.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Nigeria: 0.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Malaysia: 2 per 1,000 (2023) · Nigeria: no data

The suicide rate in Nigeria is 30% higher than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 5 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 6.5 per 100k (2023)

24% of adults in Malaysia are obese, versus 12% in Nigeria

Malaysia: 23.6% (2024) · Nigeria: 12.1% (2024)

17% of adults in Malaysia smoke, versus 3.1% in Nigeria

Malaysia: 16.9% (2024) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2024)

People in Malaysia rate their lives 1.22 points higher than in Nigeria

Malaysia: 6.01 (2025) · Nigeria: 4.79 (2025)

Adults in Nigeria drink 2.5 times as much alcohol as in Malaysia

Malaysia: 0.8 litres (2023) · Nigeria: 2 litres (2023)

Malaysia has 9.7 times as much meat per person as Nigeria

Malaysia: 69.1 kg (2023) · Nigeria: 7.1 kg (2023)

Malaysia has 456 kcal more food per person per day than Nigeria

Malaysia: 2,927 kcal (2023) · Nigeria: 2,470 kcal (2023)

Workers in Malaysia put in 246 more hours a year than in Nigeria

Malaysia: 2,308 hours (2023) · Nigeria: 2,062 hours (2023)

Adults in Malaysia went to school 3.5 years longer than in Nigeria

Malaysia: 11.1 years (2023) · Nigeria: 7.6 years (2023)

Malaysia welcomed 125 times as many tourists per resident as Nigeria (2019)

Malaysia: 0.29 (2022) · Nigeria: 0.0023 (2024)

Malaysia has 4 more World Heritage sites than Nigeria (6 against 2)

Malaysia: 6 (2026) · Nigeria: 2 (2026)

Nigeria has won 27 Olympic medals, Malaysia 15

Malaysia: 15 (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 27 (2026 edition)

98% of people in Malaysia are online, versus 41% in Nigeria

Malaysia: 98% (2024) · Nigeria: 41% (2024)

Home internet in Malaysia is 6.1 times as fast as in Nigeria

Malaysia: 269 Mbps (2026) · Nigeria: 44 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Malaysia have electricity, versus 63% in Nigeria

Malaysia: 100% (2024) · Nigeria: 62.5% (2024)

77% of people in Malaysia live in cities, versus 64% in Nigeria

Malaysia: 77% (2025) · Nigeria: 64% (2025)

Malaysia has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Nigeria 71

Malaysia: 140 (2024) · Nigeria: 71 (2024)

Nigeria’s railway network is 2.1 times as long as Malaysia’s

Malaysia: 1,655 km (2021) · Nigeria: 3,528 km (2015)

Airlines from Malaysia fly 59 times as many passengers per resident as those from Nigeria

Malaysia: 1.3 (2023) · Nigeria: 0.02 (2023)

Forest covers 58% of Malaysia, but only 19% of Nigeria

Malaysia: 57.7% (2024) · Nigeria: 18.9% (2024)

The average person in Malaysia emits 14 times as much CO₂ as someone in Nigeria

Malaysia: 8.2 t (2024) · Nigeria: 0.6 t (2024)

31% of Nigeria’s electricity is renewable, versus 21% in Malaysia

Malaysia: 20.7% (2025) · Nigeria: 31.3% (2025)

The air in Nigeria carries 3.3 times as much fine dust as in Malaysia

Malaysia: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Nigeria: 50 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 21 times as likely to be murdered in Nigeria as in Malaysia

Malaysia: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 15.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Nigeria are 52% deadlier than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 16.2 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 24.7 per 100k (2023)

Nigeria is on average 1.4 °C warmer than Malaysia

Malaysia: 26°C (2016–2025 avg) · Nigeria: 27.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Malaysia gets 3 times as much rain as Nigeria

Malaysia: 3,081 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Nigeria: 1,044 mm (2016–2025 avg)