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MALAYSIA VS ASEAN · PRODUCTIVITY · 2025
How much output is produced per employed person?
World Bank GDP per person employed in constant 2021 PPP dollars, using same-year ASEAN observations only.
SHOW ME THE DATA2025 · GDP per person employed · constant 2021 PPP $
VIEW DATA ASSame source · different visual lens
2025
1Singapore233KGDP per person employed · constant 2021 PPP $
2Brunei Darussalam164KGDP per person employed · constant 2021 PPP $
3Malaysia71KGDP per person employed · constant 2021 PPP $
4Thailand40KGDP per person employed · constant 2021 PPP $
5Indonesia30KGDP per person employed · constant 2021 PPP $
6Viet Nam28KGDP per person employed · constant 2021 PPP $
7Philippines25KGDP per person employed · constant 2021 PPP $
8Lao PDR19KGDP per person employed · constant 2021 PPP $
9Myanmar13KGDP per person employed · constant 2021 PPP $
10Cambodia13KGDP per person employed · constant 2021 PPP $
11Timor-Leste9KGDP per person employed · constant 2021 PPP $
WBWWorld Bank World Development IndicatorsGDP per person employed · constant 2021 PPP $
SourceWorld Bank World Development Indicators ↗2025 same-year request · checked 3 Oct 2026HIGH CONFIDENCE
Method & notes
Malaysia is #3/11 in the verified 2025 ASEAN subset by GDP per person employed.
METHOD & LIMITATIONSHow the numbers were calculated
PulseKita requests World Bank indicator SL.GDP.PCAP.EM.KD for all 11 ASEAN members and fixes the comparison to 2025. This is an economy-wide output-per-employed-person measure in constant purchasing-power-parity dollars. Older observations are not carried forward.
- Malaysia records about PPP $70,821 per employed person in 2025 and ranks #3/11 among ASEAN members returned for the same year.
- All requested ASEAN members returned a 2025 value.
- GDP per person employed is not a wage measure. It does not tell us what the typical worker earns.
- Higher output per worker can reflect capital intensity, sector mix and technology as well as worker productivity.
Evidence trail
EVIDENCE CHAINtransformation inherited from methodology
- 1Declared sourceGDP per person employed (constant 2021 PPP $)
- 2TransformationPulseKita requests World Bank indicator SL.GDP.PCAP.EM.KD for all 11 ASEAN members and fixes the comparison to 2025. This is an economy-wide output-per-employed-person measure in constant purchasing-power-parity dollars. Older observations are not carried forward.
- 3Published visualRanked snapshot
Source
HIGH CONFIDENCEofficial primary
COVERAGE2025
UNITGDP per person employed · constant 2021 PPP $
SOURCEofficial publication
UPDATED2025 same-year request · checked 3 Oct 2026