COMCEC Transport and Communications
Outlook 2018
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Malaysia
Population (million people) 30.3 2015
GDP (current million US$) 296,218 2015
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2011 international $) 25,308 2015
Global Competitiveness Index 5.16 2016
Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high) 3.43 2016
Quality of overall infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 5.48 2016
Quality of roads, 1-7 (best) 5.46 2016
Quality of railroad infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 5.06 2016
Quality of port infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 5.44 2016
Quality of air transport infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 5.70 2016
Liner shipping connectivity index 106.79 2016
Burden of customs procedure, (7=extremely efficient) 5.19 2015
Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) 22,718,784 2014
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, number of ships 621 2016
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, tonnage 16,791 2016
Container penetration (incl. transhipment) TEU/1,000 capita 760 2014
Motorways (Km)
Highways, main or national roads (Km)
Secondary or regional roads (Km)
Other roads (Km)
Total length of roads (Km) 180,882 2012
Paved roads (%) 78 2012
Paved roads (Km) 141,195 2012
Non-paved roads (Km) 39,687 2012
Length of roads by GDP per capita (Km/$) 17 2012
Road network density (km/1,000 population) 5.96 2012
Density of roads (Km/Km2) 0.55 2012
Vehicle ownership (vehicle/1,000 population) 802 2013
Estimated road deaths annually 7,129 2013
Mortality rate [deaths/100,000 population] 24 2013
Rail lines (total route-km) 2,250 2014
Rail network density (km/100,000 km2 land area) 685 2014
Rail network density (km/1 million population) 74 2014
Railways, goods transported (million ton-km) 3,071 2014
Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) 3,293 2014
Air transport, freight (million ton-km) 2006.0 2015
Air transport, passengers carried 50,347,150 2015
Per capita air passengers 1.660 2015
CO2 emissions of transport per capita
CO2 emissions from transport (% of total fuel combustion) 27.4 2013
Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 14.50 2016
Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 141.17 2016
Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 8.74 2016
Percentage of individuals using the Internet 78.79 2016