Germany vs Malaysia: country comparison

A UN member state, or a continent's average.

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In US dollars, spent in each country.

$100 spent in Germany buys about what

$39.42

buys in Malaysia, at purchasing power parity

And $100 in Malaysia buys what $254 buys in Germany. Prices across Germany's economy average 254% of Malaysia's, so a dollar goes 2.5 times as far in Malaysia.

World Bank figures for 2025 unless another year is shown
MeasureGermanyMalaysia
Economy
Population83.5 million36.0 million
GDPUS dollars, market exchange rates$5.05 trillion$472 billion
GDP per personUS dollars$60,496$13,125
GDP per person at PPPInternational dollars$75,407$41,498
Prices
Price levelUS prices = 100%80%32%
A US dollar goes as far as$1.25 in the US$3.16 in the US
Income
Median income or consumptionPer person, international dollars$64.18 a day2022 survey · $23,426 a year · income$29.55 a day2021 survey · $10,786 a year · income
More figures: GDP at PPP, conversion factor and GNI
Gross national income is what residents earn, at home and abroad
MeasureGermanyMalaysia
GDP at PPPInternational dollars$6.30 trillion$1.49 trillion
PPP conversion factorLocal currency per international dollar0.7100Euro1.355Malaysian ringgit
GNI per person, Atlas methodUS dollars$60,200$12,380
GNI per person at PPPInternational dollars$78,140$40,070

World Bank income groups: Germany, high income; Malaysia, upper middle income.

GDP per person at PPP · 2000 to 2025, in constant 2021 international dollarsAdjusted for inflation, so recent years read lower than the current-dollar figures above.
  • Germany
  • Malaysia
Year-by-year table
YearGermanyMalaysia
2025$62,824$35,461
2024$62,655$34,116
2023$63,140$32,858
2022$63,778$32,129
2021$62,631$29,823
2020$60,300$29,200
2019$62,950$31,301
2018$62,481$30,460
2017$61,965$29,552
2016$60,505$28,425
2015$59,669$27,700
2014$59,203$26,818
2013$58,182$25,736
2012$58,110$25,006
2011$57,951$24,116
2010$54,826$23,308
2009$52,569$22,107
2008$55,514$22,898
2007$54,921$22,305
2006$53,307$21,444
2005$51,265$20,768
2004$50,786$20,169
2003$50,192$19,329
2002$50,487$18,709
2001$50,688$18,186
2000$49,956$18,533

Germany vs Malaysia: country comparison by Points Frog ↗ · An educational estimate, not financial advice.