Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Malaysia instead of Oman, you would:
Health
be 42.2% less likely to be obese
In Oman, 27.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Malaysia, that number is 15.6% of people as of 2016.
live 0.8 years less
In Oman, the average life expectancy is 77 years (75 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022. In Malaysia, that number is 76 years (74 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2022.
Life
be 54.4% less likely to die during infancy
In Oman, approximately 14.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Malaysia, on the other hand, 6.6 children do as of 2022.
be 52.6% more likely to die during childbirth
In Oman, approximately 19.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Malaysia, 29.0 women do as of 2017.
have 34.2% fewer children
In Oman, there are approximately 22.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Malaysia, there are 14.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 22.2% less on education
Oman spends 5.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Malaysia spends 4.2% of total GDP on education as of 2019.
Geography
see 2.2 times more coastline
Oman has a total of 2,092 km of coastline. In Malaysia, that number is 4,675 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Malaysia: At a glance
How big is Malaysia compared to Oman? See an in-depth size comparison.