Malaysia — Economy, Markets & Global Data

Malaysia (MY) is covered on EconEarth with economy, market, and country data, including a public EE Score when the country is eligible for the ranking.

A mid sized Asian economy that combines palm oil and energy with a serious electronics and semiconductor export base. Infrastructure is better than in much of the region and public institutions are relatively capable. Politics can be noisy, but the economic structure is strong and growing. The country is very open, culturally as much as economically, so a slowdown in the world economy would hurt it a good deal.

EE Score: 86.2. EE Score rank: #18 of 165. EE Economy: 86.0. EE Risk: 90.0. EE Growth: 88.0. EE Impact: 81.6. EE Scale: 73.8. EE Score vintage: 2026-10-02. Region: Asia. Population: 36M (rank #44). GDP: $516.4 billion. GDP per capita: $15,085 (2026, IMF). GDP growth: +5.1%. Inflation: +2.5%. Policy rate: 3%. Currency: MYR. Equity market cap: $400.0 billion.

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Currency: MYR

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