- Total Area: 329,847 sq km
- Land Area: 328,657 sq km
- Water Area: 1,190 sq km
- Climate Description: tropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons
- Terrain Description: coastal plains rising to hills and mountains
- Arable Land Use: 5.44%
- Permanent Crop Land Use: 17.49%
- Irrigated Land: 3,800 sq km (2009)
- Total Renewable Water Resources: 580 cu km (2011)
- Total Freshwater Withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural): 11.2 cu km/yr (35%/43%/22%)
- Natural Hazards Description: flooding; landslides; forest fires
- Environmental Current Issues: air pollution from industrial and vehicular emissions; water pollution from raw sewage; deforestation; smoke/haze from Indonesian forest fires
- Total Labor Force: 12.9 million (2012 est.
- % of Labor Force in Agriculture: 11.1%
- Agricultural Products Description: Peninsular Malaysia - palm oil, rubber, cocoa, rice; Sabah - palm oil, subsistence crops; rubber, timber; Sarawak - palm oil, rubber, timber; pepper