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

Human development rose from 0.653 in 1990 to 0.819 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 76.8 years2024at birthUp 2.4 years from 74.4 years in 2005
Internet users: 98%2024of people onlineUp 46 points from 52% in 2006
Urban population: 77%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 9 points from 68% in 2006
Births per woman: 1.542024births per womanDown 0.85 from 2.39 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 8%2021of energy usedUp 4 points from 3% in 2004
Access to electricity: 100%2024of people with electricityUp 1 point from 99% in 2005
Infant mortality: 72024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsUp 1 from 7 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 8.3 t2024of CO2 per person a yearUp 1.3 t from 7 t in 2005
Forest area: 58%2023of land under forestDown 1 point from 59% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each 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	0.653	71.0	—	—	3.30	8.3	—	12	3.6	62.8	—	—
1991	0.661	71.2	—	50.5	3.34	7.6	—	12	4.1	62.5	—	—
1992	0.670	71.5	0.0	51.9	3.37	6.9	—	11	4.2	62.2	—	—
1993	0.677	71.7	0.0	53.2	3.36	6.7	—	11	4.1	61.9	—	—
1994	0.684	71.9	0.1	54.6	3.35	6.8	—	10	4.4	61.6	—	—
1995	0.691	72.0	0.1	55.9	3.32	6.1	—	10	4.5	61.4	—	—
1996	0.701	72.1	0.8	57.2	3.30	4.9	—	10	5.0	61.1	—	—
1997	0.713	72.3	2.3	58.5	3.23	4.2	—	9	5.3	60.8	—	—
1998	0.718	72.4	6.8	59.7	3.12	4.5	—	9	5.0	60.5	—	—
1999	0.723	72.4	12.3	60.9	3.07	4.9	—	8	5.3	60.2	—	—
2000	0.733	72.7	21.4	62.0	2.94	4.4	99	8	5.7	59.9	—	—
2001	0.731	73.1	26.7	63.0	2.81	4.2	99	7	5.9	59.7	—	—
2002	0.732	73.5	32.3	64.1	2.66	3.5	99	7	6.1	59.5	—	—
2003	0.737	73.7	35.0	65.1	2.60	3.3	99	7	6.3	59.3	—	—
2004	0.739	74.0	42.3	66.1	2.49	3.2	99	7	6.7	59.0	—	—
2005	0.736	74.4	48.6	67.0	2.39	3.0	99	7	7.0	58.8	—	—
2006	0.742	74.7	51.6	67.9	2.31	3.1	99	7	7.1	58.6	6158	17426
2007	0.754	75.0	55.7	68.8	2.25	2.8	99	7	7.6	58.4	7169	18617
2008	0.765	75.2	55.8	69.5	2.26	3.0	99	7	7.8	58.1	8372	19480
2009	0.773	75.3	55.9	70.3	2.22	2.3	99	7	7.0	57.9	7191	18923
2010	0.779	75.4	56.3	70.9	2.14	2.0	100	7	7.5	57.7	8899	20193
2011	0.782	75.5	61.0	71.4	2.15	2.2	100	7	7.5	58.0	10217	21324
2012	0.787	75.5	65.8	72.0	2.12	2.5	100	7	7.4	58.3	10601	22639
2013	0.791	75.5	57.1	72.5	2.07	2.8	100	7	7.9	58.6	10714	23161
2014	0.795	75.3	63.7	73.0	2.06	3.0	100	7	8.2	58.9	11013	24307
2015	0.800	75.3	71.1	73.4	2.01	3.4	100	7	8.1	59.2	9649	24526
2016	0.805	75.4	78.8	73.9	1.94	4.4	100	7	7.8	58.8	9477	25286
2017	0.807	75.5	80.1	74.2	1.89	5.2	100	7	7.3	58.6	9863	26416
2018	0.809	75.7	81.2	74.6	1.84	5.3	100	7	7.7	58.5	10902	27794
2019	0.812	75.9	84.2	74.8	1.78	5.7	100	7	7.6	58.3	10920	28934
2020	0.810	76.1	89.6	75.0	1.68	7.0	100	7	7.5	58.2	9958	27475
2021	0.802	73.9	96.8	75.5	1.56	7.5	100	7	7.5	58.0	10903	29823
2022	0.810	75.4	97.4	76.0	1.55	—	100	7	8.0	57.9	11755	34414
2023	0.819	76.7	97.7	76.4	1.55	—	100	7	8.0	57.7	11386	36497
2024	—	76.8	98.0	76.9	1.54	—	100	7	8.3	—	11874	38836
2025	—	—	—	77.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	13125	41498
On the profile	0.819	76.8	98.0	77.4	1.54	7.5	—	—	8.3	57.7	13125	41498

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; 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 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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. The last row, On the profile, is the figure the country profile shows today, set under its series so the two can be checked against each other. ≠ marks a difference of more than 2%: none on this page.

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