Side by side
Indonesia and Malaysia compared
Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.
31 August 1957 — The Federation of Malaya becomes independent of Britain
- Shared indicators
- 43
- Domains
- 9
- Crossed events
- 1
- Data through
- 2026-08-10
The figures, side by side
Each figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two dossiers. Every value shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation. A “—” is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Metric names link to the world ranking; values open the figure on its own dossier.
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Entangled histories
One event in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.
- 1963–1966
Indonesian Confrontation (Konfrontasi)
Indonesia's President Sukarno opposes the new federation and wages an undeclared campaign of armed confrontation against Malaysia until 1966, drawing in Britain, Australia and the United States.
War & Rupture · from the Malaysia chronicle · The Formation of Malaysia and Singapore's Separation · Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964–1968: Indonesia/Malaysia (Konfrontasi and separation), Malaysia: Political transformation (occupation, federation, NEP)