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Malaysia

East Asia & Pacific · Kuala Lumpur

Rank #40 of 173

59.2Strength score

Photos

U S Army and Malaysia Army conduct force-on-force exercise (9826202)
U S Army and Malaysia Army conduct force-on-force exercise (9826202)U.S. Army photo by Spc. Wesley Richardson · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
KD Rahmat
KD RahmatMjabb · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Northrop RF-5E of the Malaysian Air Force 061006-F-1234S-079
Northrop RF-5E of the Malaysian Air Force 061006-F-1234S-079U.S. Air Force photo · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Strength by area

  • Finance81
  • Air power45
  • Manpower82
  • Land forces60
  • Naval power57
  • Nuclear0

Finance

Defence budget
$4.9B #52
Budget as % of GDP
1.04% #123
Spending per person
$137 #74
GDP
$472.2B #34
Population
35,977,838 #45

Manpower

Active personnel
113,000 #51
Reserve personnel
53,600 #25
Paramilitary
267,200 #8
Total personnel
433,800 #23

Land forces

Tanks
48 #42
Armoured vehicles
723 #23
Self-propelled artillery
0
Towed artillery
196 #28
Rocket launchers (MLRS)
36 #30

Air power

Total aircraft
146 #45
Fighter jets
25 #41
Attack aircraft & bombers
0
Transport aircraft
23 #37
Helicopters
54 #42
Attack helicopters
0

Naval power

Total naval vessels
77 #21
Aircraft carriers
0
Helicopter carriers
0
Submarines
2 #35
Destroyers
0
Frigates
2 #34
Corvettes
4 #23
Patrol vessels
69 #15

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads
0

Weapons Malaysia uses (31)

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Kh-59 OvodKh-59 OvodCruise missiles Naval Strike MissileNaval Strike MissileAnti-ship missiles Sea WolfSea WolfSurface-to-air missiles Kasturi-class corvetteKasturi-class corvetteCorvettes Assad-class corvetteAssad-class corvetteCorvettes Laksamana-class corvetteLaksamana-class corvetteCorvettes Kedah-class offshore patrol vesselKedah-class offshore patrol vesselPatrol vessels Handalan-class missile boatHandalan-class missile boatFast attack craft Gagah Samudera-class training shipGagah Samudera-class training shipPatrol vessels Fincantieri-class corvetteFincantieri-class corvetteCorvettes KD PahangKD PahangPatrol vessels KM ArauKM ArauPatrol vessels

Weapons made in Malaysia (10)

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Handalan-class missile boatHandalan-class missile boatFast attack craft KD PerakKD PerakPatrol vessels KD SelangorKD SelangorPatrol vessels Tun Fatimah-class offshore patrol vesselTun Fatimah-class offshore patrol vesselPatrol vessels KD TerengganuKD TerengganuPatrol vessels KD KelantanKD KelantanPatrol vessels Malinnov pistolMalinnov pistolPistols VB Berapi LP06Assault rifles Bagan Datuk-class patrol vesselPatrol vessels KM BanggiPatrol vessels

Others in the region

  1. 3China93.9 VS
  2. 6Korea, Dem. People's Rep.79.4 VS
  3. 7Korea, Rep.77.9 VS
  4. 11Japan73.7 VS
  5. 17Viet Nam69.4 VS
  6. 22Thailand67.5 VS
  7. 23Indonesia67.4 VS
  8. 25Myanmar66.4 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2025)

IISS Military Balance personnel via Wikipedia; equipment GlobalMilitary.net 2026 inventory · Year 2026 · ↗