FDI Inflows / Malaysia
Malaysia FDI Inflows
Malaysia fdi inflows data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 4.58%.
COUNTRY: Malaysia
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-10-15 02:45:08
GM ECONOMY RATING
Malaysia · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BBB
70 / 100
Good stability
Fiscal stability
9.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
20.0 / 20
External stability
6.0 / 15
Financial robustness
14.0 / 15
Structural stability
12.0 / 15
Future capacity
8.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
4.0 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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Malaysia · fdi inflows data as percent of GDP.
Latest
4.58%
Previous
4.20%
Range avg.
3.37%
Rank
16
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CountryMalaysia
IndicatorFDI Inflows
4.58%2025 · Rank 16
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Malaysia recorded 4.58% for FDI Inflows in 2025, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2024, the indicator increased by 0.38 percentage points, from 4.20% to 4.58%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (3.37%).
Across the five latest available observations (2021–2025), the pattern is lower overall, but uneven.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 1.20% in 2020 and the high was 5.42% in 2021.
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