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Malaysia

How well is Malaysia respecting people's human rights?

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Malaysia at a glance

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Quality of Life

Economic and Social Rights

(2021)

Summary score

78.4%

How well is Malaysia doing compared to what is possible at its level of income?

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% of income adjusted benchmark achieved

HRMI score

100%

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Safety from the State

Civil and Political Rights

(2023)

Summary score

5.8

How well is Malaysia's government respecting each right?

Right to freedom from

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Score

10

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Bad

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Empowerment

Civil and Political Rights

(2023)

Summary score

4.8

How well is Malaysia's government respecting each right?

Right to

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Score

10

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Bad

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Source: HRMI 2024 rightstracker.org

Quality of Life

Malaysia scores 78.4% on Quality of Life when scored against the 'Income adjusted' benchmark.

Compared with the other countries in East Asia, Malaysia is performing lower than average on Quality of Life rights (this comparison is calculated using the 'Income adjusted' benchmark).

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Safety from the State

Malaysia's Safety from the State score of 5.8 out of 10 suggests that many people are not safe from one or more of the following: arbitrary arrest, torture and ill-treatment, forced disappearance, execution, or extrajudicial killing.

For civil and political rights, we don't have sufficient data across East Asia and Pacific countries to allow for a regional comparison. However, when compared to the other countries in our sample, Malaysia is performing close to average on the right to be safe from the state.

Empowerment

Malaysia's Empowerment score of 4.8 out of 10 suggests that many people are not enjoying their civil liberties and political freedoms (freedom of speech, assembly and association, democratic rights, and religion and belief).

For civil and political rights, we don't have sufficient data across East Asia and Pacific countries to allow for a regional comparison. However, when compared to the other countries in our sample, Malaysia is performing close to average on empowerment rights.