IndonesiaandMalaysia

17 August 1945 · 31 August 1957

Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.

Indonesia

17 August 1945 — Sukarno and Hatta proclaim Indonesian independence

Dossier →Chronicle →

Malaysia

31 August 1957 — The Federation of Malaya becomes independent of Britain

Dossier →Chronicle →

Shared indicators
43
Domains
9
Crossed events
1
Data through
2026-08-22

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.

Economy

IDNMYS
  • GDP
    $1.45 T2025$472 B2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP per capita
    $5,0602025$13,1252025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP growth
    5.1%20255.2%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Inflation
    1.9%20251.4%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Trade openness
    43.4%2025136.4%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded

Society

IDNMYS
  • Population
    286 m202536 m2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Life expectancy
    71.3 yrs202476.8 yrs2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Urban population
    59.4%202577.4%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Fertility rate
    2.120241.52024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Governance

IDNMYS

Health

IDNMYS
  • Health spending
    2.7%20234.0%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Physicians
    0.5220232.342023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Under-5 mortality
    17.720248.32024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Measles immunisation
    85.0%202496.0%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Safe drinking water
    30.5%202494.7%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Education

IDNMYS
  • Adult literacy
    96.0%202095.8%2022
    Observed 2020 / 2022 · figures compared, never graded
  • Education spending
    1.3%20233.5%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Primary enrolment
    100.4%202590.4%2024
    Observed 2025 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Secondary enrolment
    97.2%202580.3%2024
    Observed 2025 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Tertiary enrolment
    44.9%202338.5%2024
    Observed 2023 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Technology

IDNMYS
  • R&D spending
    0.3%20201.0%2022
    Observed 2020 / 2022 · figures compared, never graded
  • Researchers (per million)
    39520201,2182022
    Observed 2020 / 2022 · figures compared, never graded
  • Internet users
    72.8%202498.0%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mobile subscriptions
    12320241402024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • High-tech exports
    8.7%202458.6%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Geography

IDNMYS
  • Land area
    1,892,555 km²2023328,550 km²2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest area
    47.7%202357.7%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Agricultural land
    29.1%202326.1%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • CO₂ per capita (t)
    2.920248.32024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Renewable energy
    20.2%20217.5%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded

Resources

IDNMYS
  • Resource rents
    5.2%20216.9%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Oil rents
    0.8%20211.8%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mineral rents
    1.9%20210.0%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest rents
    0.4%20211.7%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Electricity access
    99.9%2024100.0%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Copper (mined)
    710 kt2025—
    Observed 2025 / — · figures compared, never graded
  • Gold (mined)
    90 t2025—
    Observed 2025 / — · figures compared, never graded
  • Cobalt (mined)
    44.0 kt2025—
    Observed 2025 / — · figures compared, never graded
  • Nickel (mined)
    2.6 Mt2025—
    Observed 2025 / — · figures compared, never graded
  • Bauxite
    10 Mt2025—
    Observed 2025 / — · figures compared, never graded
  • Rare earths
    —110 t2025
    Observed — / 2025 · figures compared, never graded

Military

IDNMYS
  • Military burden
    0.8%20241.0%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Defense spending
    $11 B2024$4.3 B2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Armed forces
    676,0002020136,0002020
    Observed 2020 / 2020 · figures compared, never graded

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.

  1. 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 · REFS 2 — Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964–1968: Indonesia/Malaysia (Konfrontasi and separation), Malaysia: Political transformation (occupation, federation, NEP)