Malaysia Foreign Direct Investment (% of GDP)
Money invested into Malaysian businesses from abroad each year (foreign direct investment), as a share of GDP.
3.7%
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1970 to 2024
Source: World Bank BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS · % of GDP, annual.
Malaysia Foreign Direct Investment (% of GDP) in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In Malaysia, the foreign direct investment rose by 1.7pp in 2024, from 2.0% in 2023.
It is the highest reading since 2021.
Over the past five years it has ranged from 1.2% in 2020 to 5.4% in 2021.
How this series is defined
Everything you need to check the figure against the source.
- Source
- World Bank
- Series
- BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS
- Frequency
- Annual
- Unit
- %
- Seasonal adjustment
- Not applicable, annual data
- Latest observation
- 2024
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
Data refreshed 2026-10-06. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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