Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Oman instead of Malaysia, you would:
Health
live 0.8 years longer
In Malaysia, the average life expectancy is 76 years (74 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2022. In Oman, that number is 77 years (75 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022.
be 73.1% more likely to be obese
In Malaysia, 15.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Oman, that number is 27.0% of people as of 2016.
Life
be 34.5% less likely to die during childbirth
In Malaysia, approximately 29.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Oman, 19.0 women do as of 2017.
have 52.0% more children
In Malaysia, there are approximately 14.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Oman, there are 22.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 2.2 times more likely to die during infancy
In Malaysia, approximately 6.6 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Oman, on the other hand, 14.4 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 28.6% more on education
Malaysia spends 4.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Oman spends 5.4% of total GDP on education as of 2019.
Geography
see 55.3% less coastline
Malaysia has a total of 4,675 km of coastline. In Oman, that number is 2,092 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Oman: At a glance
How big is Oman compared to Malaysia? See an in-depth size comparison.