Rankings · Malaysia
Each ranking lists every office-holder by how one indicator moved from their first day in office, next to Malaysia over the same months. A ranking of what happened during a tenure, not of who did it. Data as of Sep 2026. The worldwide rankings set them against every other country's.
Prime ministers
- Real GDP during each prime minister's tenureDepartment of Statistics Malaysia (OpenDOSM, data.gov.my), quarterly GDP at constant 2015 prices (gdp_qtr_real) summed over the trailing four quarters, from 2015; yearly GDP at 2015 prices (gdp_gni_annual_real) before, dated at the year's last quarter
- Real GDP per person during each prime minister's tenureDepartment of Statistics Malaysia (OpenDOSM, data.gov.my), GDP per capita at constant 2015 prices (gdp_gni_annual_real), yearly
- Unemployment rate during each prime minister's tenureDepartment of Statistics Malaysia (OpenDOSM, data.gov.my), Labour Force Survey, unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64, seasonally adjusted, monthly from 2010 (lfs_month_sa); the yearly rate before (lfs_year)
- Employment rate, 15–64 during each prime minister's tenureDepartment of Statistics Malaysia (OpenDOSM, data.gov.my), Labour Force Survey, employment-to-population ratio, ages 15 to 64, monthly from 2010 (lfs_month); the yearly ratio before (lfs_year)
- Real median pay during each prime minister's tenureDepartment of Statistics Malaysia (OpenDOSM, data.gov.my), Salaries & Wages Survey, real median monthly salaries and wages of all employees, citizens and non-citizens, at 2010 prices (wages_real_state)
- Inflation (CPI) during each prime minister's tenureDepartment of Statistics Malaysia (OpenDOSM, data.gov.my), consumer price index, all items, change on the same month a year earlier (cpi_2d_inflation)
- Consumer prices (CPI) during each prime minister's tenureDepartment of Statistics Malaysia (OpenDOSM, data.gov.my), consumer price index, all items, 2010 = 100 (cpi_2d)
- House prices during each prime minister's tenureNational Property Information Centre (NAPIC), Malaysian House Price Index, via the BIS's residential property prices (WS_SPP, Q.MY.N.628), not adjusted for inflation
- Real median household income during each prime minister's tenureDepartment of Statistics Malaysia (OpenDOSM, data.gov.my), Household Income Survey, median gross monthly household income (hh_income), the survey years, adjusted for inflation with the CPI
- Poverty rate during each prime minister's tenureDepartment of Statistics Malaysia (OpenDOSM, data.gov.my), Household Income Survey, absolute poverty: households under the poverty line income (hh_poverty), the survey years
- Population during each prime minister's tenureDepartment of Statistics Malaysia (OpenDOSM, data.gov.my), current population estimates (population_malaysia), citizens and non-citizens
- Violent crime during each prime minister's tenureRoyal Malaysia Police via Department of Statistics Malaysia (OpenDOSM, data.gov.my) (crime_district), violent index crimes (murder, rape, robbery, causing injury) over the population, yearly from 2016 to 2023
- Happiness during each prime minister's tenureWorld Happiness Report, Figure 2.1 data (Gallup World Poll): life evaluation, the national average answer to Gallup's question of where on a ladder from 0 (the worst possible life) to 10 (the best) people stand today; each point the average of three years of surveys, dated at the middle one, with the WHR's 95 % interval from 2019; 2013 is not published
- Government effectiveness during each prime minister's tenureWorld Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_GE.SC): perceptions of the quality of public services, the civil service and of policy-making, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval
- Regulatory quality during each prime minister's tenureWorld Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_RQ.SC): perceptions of the government's ability to make and carry out sound rules that let private business form and compete, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval
- Rule of law during each prime minister's tenureWorld Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_RL.SC): confidence in contracts, property rights, the police and the courts, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval
- Control of corruption during each prime minister's tenureWorld Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_CC.SC): perceptions of public power used for private gain, petty and grand, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval
- Corruption perceptions index during each prime minister's tenureTransparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI score): perceived public-sector corruption as business people and country experts rate it, comparable from 2012, the score as TI publishes it with its confidence interval
- Voice and accountability during each prime minister's tenureWorld Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_VA.SC): perceptions of how far citizens can take part in choosing their government, and of freedom of expression, association and the media, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval
- Electoral democracy index during each prime minister's tenureV-Dem Institute, V-Dem dataset v16 (v2x_polyarchy): the electoral democracy index, free and fair elections with wide suffrage and the freedoms of association and expression that make them count, as V-Dem's country experts rate them, with V-Dem's confidence interval; the 0 to 1 index times 100
- Liberal democracy index during each prime minister's tenureV-Dem Institute, V-Dem dataset v16 (v2x_libdem): the liberal democracy index, electoral democracy plus the checks on the executive and the rights of the person, as V-Dem's country experts rate them, with V-Dem's confidence interval; the 0 to 1 index times 100
- Freedom of expression during each prime minister's tenureV-Dem Institute, V-Dem dataset v16 (v2x_freexp_altinf): the freedom of expression and alternative sources of information index, the press, academic and private speech and the media's independence, as V-Dem's country experts rate them, with V-Dem's confidence interval; the 0 to 1 index times 100
- Political stability during each prime minister's tenureWorld Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_PV.SC): perceptions of the likelihood of political instability or politically motivated violence, terrorism included, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval
Chief ministers, Menteri Besar and territory ministers
- Real GDP during each chief minister or Menteri Besar's tenureDepartment of Statistics Malaysia (OpenDOSM, data.gov.my), GDP by state at constant 2015 prices, all sectors (gdp_state_real_supply), calendar years dated at mid-year
- Real GDP per person during each chief minister or Menteri Besar's tenureDepartment of Statistics Malaysia (OpenDOSM, data.gov.my), GDP by state at constant 2015 prices (gdp_state_real_supply) over the state's population (population_state)
- Unemployment rate during each chief minister or Menteri Besar's tenureDepartment of Statistics Malaysia (OpenDOSM, data.gov.my), Labour Force Survey, unemployment rate by state, ages 15 to 64, yearly (lfs_state_sex), dated at mid-year
- Employment rate, 15–64 during each chief minister or Menteri Besar's tenureDepartment of Statistics Malaysia (OpenDOSM, data.gov.my), Labour Force Survey, employment-to-population ratio by state, ages 15 to 64, yearly (lfs_state_sex), dated at mid-year
- Real median pay during each chief minister or Menteri Besar's tenureDepartment of Statistics Malaysia (OpenDOSM, data.gov.my), Salaries & Wages Survey, real median monthly salaries and wages of all employees by state, at 2010 prices (wages_real_state)
- Inflation (CPI) during each chief minister or Menteri Besar's tenureDepartment of Statistics Malaysia (OpenDOSM, data.gov.my), consumer price index by state, all items, change on the same month a year earlier (cpi_2d_state_inflation), from 2010
- Consumer prices (CPI) during each chief minister or Menteri Besar's tenureDepartment of Statistics Malaysia (OpenDOSM, data.gov.my), consumer price index by state, all items, 2010 = 100 (cpi_2d_state), from 2010
- Real median household income during each chief minister or Menteri Besar's tenureDepartment of Statistics Malaysia (OpenDOSM, data.gov.my), Household Income Survey, median gross monthly household income by state (hh_income_state), the survey years, adjusted for inflation with Malaysia's CPI
- Poverty rate during each chief minister or Menteri Besar's tenureDepartment of Statistics Malaysia (OpenDOSM, data.gov.my), Household Income Survey, absolute poverty by state: households under the poverty line income (hh_poverty_state), the survey years
- Population during each chief minister or Menteri Besar's tenureDepartment of Statistics Malaysia (OpenDOSM, data.gov.my), current population estimates by state (population_state), citizens and non-citizens
- Violent crime during each chief minister or Menteri Besar's tenureRoyal Malaysia Police via Department of Statistics Malaysia (OpenDOSM, data.gov.my) (crime_district), violent index crimes (murder, rape, robbery, causing injury) over the population, yearly from 2016 to 2023
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