Climate | We have tropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons |
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Revenue from forest resources | |
Revenue from coal | |
Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 12.983 million tons (2024 est.) |
Total renewable water resources | 580 billion cubic meters (2022 est.) |
Major rivers (by length in km) | |
Total water withdrawal | |
Municipal | 1.342 billion cubic meters (2022 est.) |
Industrial | 1.641 billion cubic meters (2022 est.) |
Agricultural | 2.505 billion cubic meters (2022 est.) |
Land Use | |
Agricultural land | 26.1% (2022 est.) |
Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 2.5% (2022 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 22.7% (2022 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 0.9% (2022 est.) |
Forest | 57.9% (2022 est.) |
Other | 16% (2022 est.) |
Urbanization | |
Urban population | 78.7% of total population (2023) |
Rate of urbanization | 1.87% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
Major urban areas (Pop) | 8.622 million KUALA LUMPUR (capital), 1.086 million Johor Bahru, 857,000 Ipoh (2023). |
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