Malaysia, year by year

Every index this site holds for Malaysia, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

0.649 → 0.807 (+0.158)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth74.4 → 76.8 (+2.4)

Internet users52 → 98 (+46)

Urban population68 → 77 (+9)

Births per woman2.39 → 1.54 (-0.85)

Renewable share of energy3 → 8 (+4)

Access to electricity99 → 100 (+1)

Infant mortality7 → 7 (+1)

CO2 emissions per person7 → 8.3 (+1.3)

Forest area59 → 58 (-1)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 1 value marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.649	71.0	—	—	3.30	8	—	12	3.6	62.8	—	—
1991	0.657	71.2	—	50	3.34	8	—	12	4.1	62.5	—	—
1992	0.665	71.5	0	52	3.37	7	—	11	4.2	62.2	—	—
1993	0.671	71.7	0	53	3.36	7	—	11	4.1	61.9	—	—
1994	0.679	71.9	0	55	3.35	7	—	10	4.4	61.6	—	—
1995	0.686	72.0	0	56	3.32	6	—	10	4.5	61.4	—	—
1996	0.696	72.1	1	57	3.30	5	—	10	5.0	61.1	—	—
1997	0.707	72.3	2	59	3.23	4	—	9	5.3	60.8	—	—
1998	0.710	72.4	7	60	3.12	5	—	9	5.0	60.5	—	—
1999	0.715	72.4	12	61	3.07	5	—	8	5.3	60.2	—	—
2000	0.726	72.7	21	62	2.94	4	99	8	5.7	59.9	—	—
2001	0.726	73.1	27	63	2.81	4	99	7	5.9	59.7	—	—
2002	0.725	73.5	32	64	2.66	4	99	7	6.1	59.5	—	—
2003	0.730	73.7	35	65	2.60	3	99	7	6.3	59.3	—	—
2004	0.731	74.0	42	66	2.49	3	99	7	6.7	59.0	—	—
2005	0.728	74.4	49	67	2.39	3	99	7	7.0	58.8	—	—
2006	0.732	74.7	52	68	2.31	3	99	7	7.1	58.6	6158	17426
2007	0.744	75.0	56	69	2.25	3	99	7	7.6	58.4	7169	18617
2008	0.754	75.2	56	70	2.26	3	99	7	7.8	58.1	8372	19480
2009	0.761	75.3	56	70	2.22	2	99	7	7.0	57.9	7191	18923
2010	0.768	75.4	56	71	2.14	2	100	7	7.5	57.7	8899	20193
2011	0.771	75.5	61	71	2.15	2	100	7	7.5	58.0	10217	21324
2012	0.777	75.5	66	72	2.12	3	100	7	7.4	58.3	10601	22639
2013	0.782	75.5	57	72	2.07	3	100	7	7.9	58.6	10714	23161
2014	0.787	75.3	64	73	2.06	3	100	7	8.2	58.9	11013	24307
2015	0.792	75.3	71	73	2.01	3	100	7	8.1	59.2	9649	24526
2016	0.798	75.4	79	74	1.94	4	100	7	7.8	58.8	9477	25286
2017	0.800	75.5	80	74	1.89	5	100	7	7.3	58.6	9863	26416
2018	0.802	75.7	81	75	1.84	5	100	7	7.7	58.5	10902	27794
2019	0.805	75.9	84	75	1.78	6	100	7	7.6	58.3	10920	28934
2020	0.802	76.1	90	75	1.68	7	100	7	7.5	58.2	9958	27475
2021	0.798	73.9	97	76	1.56	8	100	7	7.5	58.0	10903	29823
2022	0.807	75.4	97	76	1.55	—	100	7	8.0	57.9	11755	34414
2023	—	76.7	98	76	1.55	—	100	7	8.0	57.7	11386	36497
2024	—	76.8	98	77	1.54	—	100	7	8.3	—	11874	38836
2025	—	—	—	77	—	—	—	—	—	—	13125	41498
Profile shows	0.807	76.8	98	77	1.54	8	—	—	8.3	57.7	13125	41498

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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