Malaysia vs the Marshall Islands: Economic Indicators Comparison

Malaysia with a GDP of $358.6B ranked the 37th largest economy in the world, while the Marshall Islands ranked 193rd with $221.3M. By GDP per capita, Malaysia and the Marshall Islands ranked 67th vs 123rd, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Malaysia	Marshall Islands
GDP	$358.6B	$221.3M
GDP growth, 1 year	4.7%	3.62%
GDP growth, 5-years average	5.2%	N/A
Population	31.6M	53k
GDP per capita	$11k	$3.8k
GDP per capita growth	3.33%	2.99%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	1.44	0.95
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.36	0.95
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$31k	$4k
GNI, Atlas method	$333.8B	$283.7M
GNI per capita	$11k	$4.9k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$966.3B	$297.6M
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$31k	$5.1k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Malaysia	Marshall Islands
Income Tax Rate	25%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	25%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	1%	N/A
Inflation, GDP deflator	0.7%	0.3%
Unemployment	3.4%	4.7%
Economic Freedom Index	74.7	58
Personal Freedom Index	6.23	6.2
Human Freedom Index	6.38	6.2
Property Rights Index	86.5	N/A
Judical Effectiveness Index	74.6	N/A
Business Freedom Index	87.8	N/A
Fiscal Health Index	80.2	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	74.5	N/A
Investment Freedom Index	60	N/A
Financial Freedom Index	50	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	82	N/A
Monetary Freedom Index	81.6	N/A
Government Spending Index	84.6	N/A
Tax Burden Index	85.7	N/A
Government Integrity Index	49.4	N/A
Corruption Perceptions Index	47	64
Life expectancy at birth, years	75.8	65.2
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	5.5	1
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	23.6	5.7
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	2.1	4
International tourism, number of arrivals	25.8M	6.8k

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Malaysia	Marshall Islands
Central government debt, % of GDP	56.2%	48.9%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	N/A	N/A
External debt stocks	N/A	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	N/A	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	N/A	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	10%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	25.7%	17.2%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	23.6%	23.4%
Total reserves including gold	$101.5B	N/A
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$8.6B	$9.8M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Malaysia	Marshall Islands
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	68.8%	40.4%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	61.7%	85.3%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	$7.6B	$53M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	16.1%	32.2%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$26.2M	$50.6M
Personal remittances received	$1.7B	$31.5M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	38.3%	12.8%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	7.5%	15.2%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$2B	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$267.4M	N/A
Expense, % of GDP	15.9%	57.9%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	22.6%	N/A