Malaysia: 4,675 km (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 0 km (2026 edition)

Uzbekistan’s highest peak towers 548 m above Malaysia’s

Malaysia: 4,095 m (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 4,643 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 59% of Uzbekistan, versus 25% of Malaysia

Malaysia: 24.8% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 58.9% (2024)

Uzbekistan has 3% more people than Malaysia

Malaysia: 36 million (2025) · Uzbekistan: 37.1 million (2025)

Malaysia is 30% more densely populated than Uzbekistan

Malaysia: 110 per km² (2025) · Uzbekistan: 84 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Malaysia is 3.1 years older than in Uzbekistan

Malaysia: 30.1 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 26.9 years (2023)

Women in Uzbekistan have 1.9 more children on average than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 1.54 children per woman (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.49 children per woman (2024)

8.0% of people in Malaysia are 65 or older, versus 6.1% in Uzbekistan

Malaysia: 8% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.1% (2025)

Malaysia hosts 30,931 times as many refugees per resident as Uzbekistan

Malaysia: 4.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 0.00013 per 1,000 (2025)

Malaysia and Uzbekistan are practically level

Malaysia: 0 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 0 (2026)

Malaysia and Uzbekistan are practically level

Malaysia: 2 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 2 (2026)

Malaysia’s economy is 3.2 times the size of Uzbekistan’s

Malaysia: $472 billion (2025) · Uzbekistan: $147 billion (2025)

Malaysia produces 3.1 times as much per person as Uzbekistan

Malaysia: Int$41,498 (2025) · Uzbekistan: Int$13,601 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Malaysia than in Uzbekistan (Gini 8 points higher)

Malaysia: 40.7 (2021) · Uzbekistan: 32.7 (2025)

2.3% of people in Uzbekistan live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Malaysia

Malaysia: 0% (2021) · Uzbekistan: 2.3% (2025)

Unemployment is 4.6% in Uzbekistan, versus 3.8% in Malaysia

Malaysia: 3.8% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 4.6% (2025)

Uzbekistan spends 2.5% of its GDP on the military, Malaysia 1.0%

Malaysia: 1% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 2.5% (2018)

Malaysia’s central government collects 12% of GDP in tax, Uzbekistan’s 11%

Malaysia: 12.4% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 11% (2023)

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

Malaysia: 32% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 29% (2025)

Malaysia spends 2.3 times as much on health per person as Uzbekistan

Malaysia: $450 (2023) · Uzbekistan: $192 (2023)

A baby in Uzbekistan is 83% more likely to die before turning one than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 7 per 1,000 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 12.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Uzbekistan has 20% more doctors per person than Malaysia

Malaysia: 2.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.8 per 1,000 (2021)

Uzbekistan has 2.5 times as many hospital beds per person as Malaysia

Malaysia: 2 per 1,000 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 4.9 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Uzbekistan is 56% higher than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 5 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 7.8 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Uzbekistan are obese, versus 24% in Malaysia

Malaysia: 23.6% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30.6% (2024)

17% of adults in Malaysia smoke, versus 16% in Uzbekistan

Malaysia: 16.9% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 16.3% (2024)

People in Uzbekistan rate their lives 0.28 points higher than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 6.01 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.28 (2025)

Adults in Uzbekistan drink 2.6 times as much alcohol as in Malaysia

Malaysia: 0.8 litres (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.1 litres (2023)

Malaysia has 46% more meat per person than Uzbekistan

Malaysia: 69.1 kg (2023) · Uzbekistan: 47.4 kg (2023)

Uzbekistan has 371 kcal more food per person per day than Malaysia

Malaysia: 2,927 kcal (2023) · Uzbekistan: 3,297 kcal (2023)

Workers in Malaysia put in 209 more hours a year than in Uzbekistan

Malaysia: 2,308 hours (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2,099 hours (2023)

Adults in Uzbekistan went to school 0.82 years longer than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 11.1 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 11.9 years (2023)

Malaysia welcomed 33% more tourists per resident than Uzbekistan (2019)

Malaysia: 0.29 (2022) · Uzbekistan: 0.22 (2024)

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

Malaysia: 6 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 8 (2026)

Uzbekistan has won 50 Olympic medals, Malaysia 15

Malaysia: 15 (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 50 (2026 edition)

98% of people in Malaysia are online, versus 90% in Uzbekistan

Malaysia: 98% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 90% (2024)

Home internet in Malaysia is 25% faster than in Uzbekistan

Malaysia: 269 Mbps (2026) · Uzbekistan: 215 Mbps (2026)

Malaysia and Uzbekistan are practically level

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

77% of people in Malaysia live in cities, versus 51% in Uzbekistan

Malaysia: 77% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 51% (2025)

Malaysia has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uzbekistan 110

Malaysia: 140 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 110 (2024)

Uzbekistan’s railway network is 2.9 times as long as Malaysia’s

Malaysia: 1,655 km (2021) · Uzbekistan: 4,732 km (2021)

Airlines from Malaysia fly 9.9 times as many passengers per resident as those from Uzbekistan

Malaysia: 1.3 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 0.13 (2023)

Forest covers 58% of Malaysia, but only 8.8% of Uzbekistan

Malaysia: 57.7% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 8.8% (2024)

The average person in Malaysia emits 2.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Uzbekistan

Malaysia: 8.2 t (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.8 t (2024)

21% of Malaysia’s electricity is renewable, versus 19% in Uzbekistan

Malaysia: 20.7% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 19.4% (2025)

The air in Uzbekistan carries 2 times as much fine dust as in Malaysia

Malaysia: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 90% more likely to be murdered in Uzbekistan than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 1.4 per 100k (2021)

Roads in Malaysia are 25% deadlier than in Uzbekistan

Malaysia: 16.2 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 13 per 100k (2023)

Malaysia is on average 11.6 °C warmer than Uzbekistan

Malaysia: 26°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 14.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Malaysia gets 14 times as much rain as Uzbekistan

Malaysia: 3,081 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 221 mm (2016–2025 avg)