Malaysia vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Labor force, total, per capita

Malaysia
0.5203 units per person
in 2025
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
0.2974 units per person
in 2025
Malaysia rank
42nd
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
43rd

Labor force, total, per capita over time

  • Malaysia
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
00.20.40.6199020072025

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 0.5203 units per person against 0.2974 units per person in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 0.2229 units per person.

That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.7 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Malaysia has been ahead every year.

Malaysia ranks 42nd and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 43rd of 186 countries.

Malaysia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Malaysia Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1990s 0.3695 units per person 0.2736 units per person 0.0959 units per person Malaysia
2000s 0.4126 units per person 0.2938 units per person 0.1189 units per person Malaysia
2010s 0.4749 units per person 0.3005 units per person 0.1744 units per person Malaysia
2020s 0.5105 units per person 0.2953 units per person 0.2153 units per person Malaysia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher labor force, total, per capita, Malaysia or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Malaysia, at 0.5203 units per person against 0.2974 units per person in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2025.
What is the difference in labor force, total, per capita between Malaysia and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
0.2229 units per person, with Malaysia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
How do Malaysia and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for labor force, total, per capita?
Malaysia ranks 42nd and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 43rd of 186 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Labor force, total, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Labor force, total, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
234 places, 8,410 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed

Labor force, total divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.