Japan vs Malaysia
Japan vs Malaysia: GDP per person
GDP per person in 2025: $38,620 in Japan and $12,350 in Malaysia, by World Bank estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by $26,270, or 3.13 times that in Malaysia.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Japan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
- In 2025, Japan ranked 26 and Malaysia ranked 66 of 186 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: $12,130 in 2025.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Japan | Malaysia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $38,620 | $12,350 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $37,980 | $11,880 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $37,900 | $11,450 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $37,450 | $11,190 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $36,790 | $10,390 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $35,360 | $10,170 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $36,840 | $10,900 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $36,900 | $10,610 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $36,550 | $10,290 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $35,930 | $9,901 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $35,660 | $9,649 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $35,000 | $9,342 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $34,640 | $8,965 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $33,910 | $8,711 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $33,310 | $8,400 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $33,310 | $8,119 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $31,990 | $7,700 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $34,010 | $7,976 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $34,430 | $7,770 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $33,880 | $7,470 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $33,390 | $7,234 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $32,780 | $7,025 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $32,120 | $6,733 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $31,750 | $6,517 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $31,790 | $6,335 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $31,780 | $6,456 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $30,910 | $6,071 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $31,080 | $5,858 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $31,720 | $6,481 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $31,370 | $6,190 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $30,500 | $5,771 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $29,880 | $5,390 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $29,670 | $5,063 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $29,920 | $4,726 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $29,780 | $4,457 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $28,900 | $4,185 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $27,650 | $3,954 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $26,470 | $3,737 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $24,890 | $3,508 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $23,880 | $3,444 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $23,240 | $3,515 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $22,220 | $3,670 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $21,400 | $3,519 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $20,820 | $3,420 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $20,290 | $3,333 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $19,610 | $3,216 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $19,230 | $3,078 | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $18,380 | $2,883 | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $17,620 | $2,769 | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $17,050 | $2,632 | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $16,570 | $2,417 | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $16,280 | $2,455 | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $16,700 | $2,322 | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $15,680 | $2,129 | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $14,670 | $1,993 | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $14,320 | $1,855 | $4,964 |
| 1969 | $14,430 | $1,791 | $4,885 |
| 1968 | $12,980 | $1,747 | $4,707 |
| 1967 | $11,630 | $1,655 | $4,535 |
| 1966 | $10,580 | $1,631 | $4,461 |
| 1965 | $9,648 | $1,551 | $4,321 |
| 1964 | $9,216 | $1,478 | $4,176 |
| 1963 | $8,339 | $1,440 | $3,999 |
| 1962 | $7,766 | $1,377 | $3,889 |
| 1961 | $7,197 | $1,328 | $3,759 |
| 1960 | $6,481 | $1,266 | $3,667 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- Ranks count the 186 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Japan vs Malaysia
Health
- Life expectancyJapan: 84.7 years in 2023Malaysia: 76.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityJapan: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024Malaysia: 0.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityJapan: 1.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Malaysia: 6.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterJapan: 98.7% in 2022Malaysia: 93.9% in 2022
- DepressionJapan: 3.34% in 2017Malaysia: 3.52% in 2017
- Suicide rateJapan: 15.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Malaysia: 7.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationJapan: 124 million people in 2023Malaysia: 35.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthJapan: -0.48% a year in 2023Malaysia: 1.24% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateJapan: 1.21 births per woman in 2023Malaysia: 1.55 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationJapan: 92.3% in 2025Malaysia: 77.4% in 2025
- Median ageJapan: 49 years in 2023Malaysia: 30.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overJapan: 29.6% in 2023Malaysia: 7.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateJapan: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Malaysia: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingJapan: 1.41% of GDP in 2025Malaysia: 1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsJapan: $59.5B in 2025Malaysia: $4.55B in 2025
- Military spending per personJapan: $504 in 2025Malaysia: $138 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingJapan: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Malaysia: 4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelJapan: 261,000 people in 2020Malaysia: 136,000 people in 2020
- National powerJapan: 2.47% of world capability in 2022Malaysia: 0.46% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersJapan: 0.38% of the labour force in 2020Malaysia: 0.81% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsJapan: 1.72 billion TIV in 2025Malaysia: 7 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsJapan: 28 million TIV in 2025Malaysia: 20 million TIV in 2024