The Philippines’ coastline is 7.8 times as long as Malaysia’s

Malaysia: 4,675 km (2026 edition) · Philippines: 36,289 km (2026 edition)

Malaysia’s highest peak towers 1,141 m above the Philippines’

Malaysia: 4,095 m (2026 edition) · Philippines: 2,954 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 43% of the Philippines, versus 25% of Malaysia

Malaysia: 24.8% (2024) · Philippines: 42.7% (2024)

The Philippines has 3.2 times as many people as Malaysia

Malaysia: 36 million (2025) · Philippines: 117 million (2025)

The Philippines is 3.6 times as densely populated as Malaysia

Malaysia: 110 per km² (2025) · Philippines: 392 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Malaysia is 4.8 years older than in the Philippines

Malaysia: 30.1 years (2023) · Philippines: 25.3 years (2023)

Women in the Philippines have 0.4 more children on average than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 1.54 children per woman (2024) · Philippines: 1.89 children per woman (2024)

8.0% of people in Malaysia are 65 or older, versus 5.7% in the Philippines

Malaysia: 8% (2025) · Philippines: 5.7% (2025)

Malaysia hosts 472 times as many refugees per resident as the Philippines

Malaysia: 4.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Philippines: 0.0088 per 1,000 (2025)

The Philippines has produced 0.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Malaysia none

Malaysia: 0 (2026) · Philippines: 0.1 (2026)

Malaysia and the Philippines are practically level

Malaysia: 2 (2026) · Philippines: 2 (2026)

The Philippines’ economy is 3% larger than Malaysia’s

Malaysia: $472 billion (2025) · Philippines: $487 billion (2025)

Malaysia produces 3.3 times as much per person as the Philippines

Malaysia: Int$41,498 (2025) · Philippines: Int$12,577 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Malaysia than in the Philippines (Gini 1.4 points higher)

Malaysia: 40.7 (2021) · Philippines: 39.3 (2023)

5.3% of people in the Philippines live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Malaysia

Malaysia: 0% (2021) · Philippines: 5.3% (2023)

Unemployment is 3.8% in Malaysia, versus 2.2% in the Philippines

Malaysia: 3.8% (2025) · Philippines: 2.2% (2025)

The Philippines and Malaysia are practically level

Malaysia: 1% (2025) · Philippines: 1.3% (2025)

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

Malaysia: 12.4% (2024) · Philippines: 14.4% (2024)

The Philippines’ price level (US = 100) is 1× Malaysia’s

Malaysia: 32% (2025) · Philippines: 33% (2025)

Malaysia spends 2.3 times as much on health per person as the Philippines

Malaysia: $450 (2023) · Philippines: $194 (2023)

A baby in the Philippines is 3.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Malaysia

Malaysia: 7 per 1,000 (2024) · Philippines: 21.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Malaysia has 3 times as many doctors per person as the Philippines

Malaysia: 2.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Philippines: 0.8 per 1,000 (2021)

Malaysia has 2 times as many hospital beds per person as the Philippines

Malaysia: 2 per 1,000 (2023) · Philippines: 1 per 1,000 (2021)

The suicide rate in Malaysia is 61% higher than in the Philippines

Malaysia: 5 per 100k (2023) · Philippines: 3.1 per 100k (2023)

24% of adults in Malaysia are obese, versus 9.7% in the Philippines

Malaysia: 23.6% (2024) · Philippines: 9.7% (2024)

20% of adults in the Philippines smoke, versus 17% in Malaysia

Malaysia: 16.9% (2024) · Philippines: 19.9% (2024)

People in the Philippines rate their lives 0.20 points higher than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 6.01 (2025) · Philippines: 6.21 (2025)

Adults in the Philippines drink 7.5 times as much alcohol as in Malaysia

Malaysia: 0.8 litres (2023) · Philippines: 6.1 litres (2023)

Malaysia has 2.1 times as much meat per person as the Philippines

Malaysia: 69.1 kg (2023) · Philippines: 33.6 kg (2023)

The Philippines has 56 kcal more food per person per day than Malaysia

Malaysia: 2,927 kcal (2023) · Philippines: 2,983 kcal (2023)

Workers in Malaysia put in 212 more hours a year than in the Philippines

Malaysia: 2,308 hours (2023) · Philippines: 2,096 hours (2023)

Adults in Malaysia went to school 1.1 years longer than in the Philippines

Malaysia: 11.1 years (2023) · Philippines: 10 years (2023)

Malaysia welcomed 12 times as many tourists per resident as the Philippines (2019)

Malaysia: 0.29 (2022) · Philippines: 0.02 (2022)

Malaysia and the Philippines are practically level

Malaysia: 6 (2026) · Philippines: 6 (2026)

The Philippines has won 18 Olympic medals, Malaysia 15

Malaysia: 15 (2026 edition) · Philippines: 18 (2026 edition)

98% of people in Malaysia are online, versus 67% in the Philippines

Malaysia: 98% (2024) · Philippines: 67% (2024)

Home internet in Malaysia is 62% faster than in the Philippines

Malaysia: 269 Mbps (2026) · Philippines: 166 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Malaysia have electricity, versus 95% in the Philippines

Malaysia: 100% (2024) · Philippines: 94.8% (2024)

77% of people in Malaysia live in cities, versus 56% in the Philippines

Malaysia: 77% (2025) · Philippines: 56% (2025)

Malaysia has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, the Philippines 115

Malaysia: 140 (2024) · Philippines: 115 (2024)

Malaysia’s railway network is 3.3 times as long as the Philippines’

Malaysia: 1,655 km (2021) · Philippines: 509 km (2016)

Airlines from Malaysia fly 3.7 times as many passengers per resident as those from the Philippines

Malaysia: 1.3 (2023) · Philippines: 0.36 (2023)

Forest covers 58% of Malaysia, but only 25% of the Philippines

Malaysia: 57.7% (2024) · Philippines: 24.8% (2024)

The average person in Malaysia emits 5.4 times as much CO₂ as someone in the Philippines

Malaysia: 8.2 t (2024) · Philippines: 1.5 t (2024)

23% of the Philippines’ electricity is renewable, versus 21% in Malaysia

Malaysia: 20.7% (2025) · Philippines: 23.3% (2025)

The air in the Philippines carries 51% more fine dust than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Philippines: 23.1 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 5.9 times as likely to be murdered in the Philippines as in Malaysia

Malaysia: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Philippines: 4.3 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Malaysia are 17% deadlier than in the Philippines

Malaysia: 16.2 per 100k (2023) · Philippines: 13.8 per 100k (2023)

The Philippines is on average 0.4 °C warmer than Malaysia

Malaysia: 26°C (2016–2025 avg) · Philippines: 26.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Malaysia gets 3% more rain than the Philippines

Malaysia: 3,081 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Philippines: 3,001 mm (2016–2025 avg)