Malaysia’s coastline is 94% longer than Peru’s

Malaysia: 4,675 km (2026 edition) · Peru: 2,414 km (2026 edition)

Peru’s highest peak towers 2,651 m above Malaysia’s

Malaysia: 4,095 m (2026 edition) · Peru: 6,746 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 25% of Malaysia, versus 19% of Peru

Malaysia: 24.8% (2024) · Peru: 19% (2024)

Malaysia has 4% more people than Peru

Malaysia: 36 million (2025) · Peru: 34.6 million (2025)

Malaysia is 4.1 times as densely populated as Peru

Malaysia: 110 per km² (2025) · Peru: 27 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Malaysia is 0.61 years older than in Peru

Malaysia: 30.1 years (2023) · Peru: 29.5 years (2023)

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

Malaysia: 1.54 children per woman (2024) · Peru: 1.97 children per woman (2024)

9.5% of people in Peru are 65 or older, versus 8.0% in Malaysia

Malaysia: 8% (2025) · Peru: 9.5% (2025)

Malaysia hosts 21 times as many refugees per resident as Peru

Malaysia: 4.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Peru: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Peru has produced 0.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Malaysia none

Malaysia: 0 (2026) · Peru: 0.3 (2026)

Peru has 3 official languages, Malaysia 2

Malaysia: 2 (2026) · Peru: 3 (2026)

Malaysia’s economy is 41% larger than Peru’s

Malaysia: $472 billion (2025) · Peru: $335 billion (2025)

Malaysia produces 2.2 times as much per person as Peru

Malaysia: Int$41,498 (2025) · Peru: Int$18,816 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Malaysia than in Peru (Gini 0.6 points higher)

Malaysia: 40.7 (2021) · Peru: 40.1 (2024)

5.1% of people in Peru live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Malaysia

Malaysia: 0% (2021) · Peru: 5.1% (2024)

Unemployment is 5.1% in Peru, versus 3.8% in Malaysia

Malaysia: 3.8% (2025) · Peru: 5.1% (2025)

Malaysia and Peru are practically level

Malaysia: 1% (2025) · Peru: 0.8% (2025)

Peru’s central government collects 16% of GDP in tax, Malaysia’s 12%

Malaysia: 12.4% (2024) · Peru: 15.9% (2021)

Peru’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Malaysia’s

Malaysia: 32% (2025) · Peru: 51% (2025)

Malaysia spends 1% more on health per person than Peru

Malaysia: $450 (2023) · Peru: $446 (2023)

A baby in Peru is 57% more likely to die before turning one than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 7 per 1,000 (2024) · Peru: 11 per 1,000 (2024)

Malaysia has 39% more doctors per person than Peru

Malaysia: 2.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Peru: 1.7 per 1,000 (2023)

Malaysia has 26% more hospital beds per person than Peru

Malaysia: 2 per 1,000 (2023) · Peru: 1.6 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Malaysia is 72% higher than in Peru

Malaysia: 5 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 2.9 per 100k (2023)

29% of adults in Peru are obese, versus 24% in Malaysia

Malaysia: 23.6% (2024) · Peru: 29.1% (2024)

17% of adults in Malaysia smoke, versus 12% in Peru

Malaysia: 16.9% (2024) · Peru: 12.4% (2024)

People in Malaysia rate their lives 0.03 points higher than in Peru

Malaysia: 6.01 (2025) · Peru: 5.97 (2025)

Adults in Peru drink 5.9 times as much alcohol as in Malaysia

Malaysia: 0.8 litres (2023) · Peru: 4.8 litres (2023)

Malaysia has 25% more meat per person than Peru

Malaysia: 69.1 kg (2023) · Peru: 55.4 kg (2023)

Malaysia has 116 kcal more food per person per day than Peru

Malaysia: 2,927 kcal (2023) · Peru: 2,811 kcal (2023)

Workers in Malaysia put in 165 more hours a year than in Peru

Malaysia: 2,308 hours (2023) · Peru: 2,143 hours (2023)

Adults in Malaysia went to school 0.94 years longer than in Peru

Malaysia: 11.1 years (2023) · Peru: 10.2 years (2023)

Malaysia welcomed 4.8 times as many tourists per resident as Peru (2019)

Malaysia: 0.29 (2022) · Peru: 0.06 (2022)

Peru has 7 more World Heritage sites than Malaysia (13 against 6)

Malaysia: 6 (2026) · Peru: 13 (2026)

Malaysia has won 15 Olympic medals, Peru 5

Malaysia: 15 (2026 edition) · Peru: 5 (2026 edition)

98% of people in Malaysia are online, versus 82% in Peru

Malaysia: 98% (2024) · Peru: 82% (2024)

Home internet in Peru is 9% faster than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 269 Mbps (2026) · Peru: 294 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Malaysia have electricity, versus 97% in Peru

Malaysia: 100% (2024) · Peru: 96.5% (2024)

86% of people in Peru live in cities, versus 77% in Malaysia

Malaysia: 77% (2025) · Peru: 86% (2025)

Malaysia has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Peru 125

Malaysia: 140 (2024) · Peru: 125 (2024)

Peru’s railway network is 12% longer than Malaysia’s

Malaysia: 1,655 km (2021) · Peru: 1,854 km (2017)

Airlines from Malaysia fly 2.5 times as many passengers per resident as those from Peru

Malaysia: 1.3 (2023) · Peru: 0.51 (2023)

Forest covers 58% of Malaysia, but only 53% of Peru

Malaysia: 57.7% (2024) · Peru: 52.7% (2024)

The average person in Malaysia emits 4 times as much CO₂ as someone in Peru

Malaysia: 8.2 t (2024) · Peru: 2.1 t (2024)

64% of Peru’s electricity is renewable, versus 21% in Malaysia

Malaysia: 20.7% (2025) · Peru: 63.6% (2025)

The air in Peru carries 80% more fine dust than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Peru: 27.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 12 times as likely to be murdered in Peru as in Malaysia

Malaysia: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 8.6 per 100k (2021)

Roads in Peru are 3% deadlier than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 16.2 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 16.7 per 100k (2023)

Malaysia is on average 6.8 °C warmer than Peru

Malaysia: 26°C (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 19.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

Malaysia gets 42% more rain than Peru

Malaysia: 3,081 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 2,164 mm (2016–2025 avg)