Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Malaysia instead of Northern Mariana Islands, you would:
Economy
be 70.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Northern Mariana Islands, 11.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2010. In Malaysia, that number is 3.3% as of 2019.
Life
be 47.2% less likely to die during infancy
In Northern Mariana Islands, approximately 12.5 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.
Basic Needs
be 2.9 times more likely to have internet access
In Northern Mariana Islands, approximately 30.6% of the population has internet access as of 2016. In Malaysia, about 90.0% do as of 2020.
Geography
see 3.2 times more coastline
Northern Mariana Islands has a total of 1,482 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 Northern Mariana Islands? See an in-depth size comparison.