COUNTRY PROFILE. Malaysia

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1 COUNTRY PROFILE Malaysia

2 Statistical tables Factor I: Economic Performance WORLD COMPETITIVENESS RANKING 2018 All data are available from the World Competitiveness Online. Visit our eshop 1

3 COMPETITIVENESS TRENDS - OVERALL MALAYSIA OVERALL PERFORMANCE (63 countries) CHALLENGES IN 2018 Building Building workforce workforce of the of the future future to meet to meet the the dynamic dynamic industry industry needs. Driving digitalization and innovation through smart collaboration, appropriate technological infrastructure, e-commerce and adoption of innovative technology across sectors. Strengthening productivity and competitiveness of SMEs. Enhancing awareness on environmental concern for long-term sustainability. Provided Malaysia Productivity by: Corporation (MPC), Petaling Jaya, Selangor Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC), Petaling Jaya, Selangor BASIC FACTS Capital Land area (square km '000) Rank Kuala Lumpur Exchange Rate (per $) Population - market size (millions) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (US$ billions) GDP (PPP) per capita (US$) 29, Real GDP growth (%) Consumer price inflation (%) Unemployment rate (%) Labor force (millions) Current account balance (% of GDP) Direct investment stocks inward ($bn) Direct investment flows inward (% of GDP) COMPETITIVENESS LANDSCAPE Economic Performance Government Efficiency Business Efficiency Infrastructure Domestic Economy International Trade International Investment Employment Prices Public Finance Tax Policy Institutional Framework Business Legislation Societal Framework Productivity & Efficiency Labor Market Finance Management Practices Attitudes and Values Basic Infrastructure Technological Infrastructure Scientific Infrastructure Health and Environment Education PEER GROUPS RANKINGS ASIA - PACIFIC (14 countries) POPULATIONS > 20 MILLION (29 countries)

4 COMPETITIVENESS TRENDS - FACTOR BREAKDOWN MALAYSIA ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE Sub-Factor Rankings : 2017 Domestic Economy 32 International Trade 26 International Investment 32 Employment Prices GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY Sub-Factor Rankings : 2017 Public Finance 27 Tax Policy 11 Institutional Framework 28 Business Legislation 37 Societal Framework BUSINESS EFFICIENCY Sub-Factor Rankings : 2017 Productivity & Efficiency 22 Labor Market Finance 21 Management Practices 15 Attitudes and Values INFRASTRUCTURE Sub-Factor Rankings : 2017 Basic Infrastructure Technological Infrastructure 20 Scientific Infrastructure 29 Health and Environment 43 Education

5 WORLD COMPETITIVENESS DIGITAL RANKING 2018 All data are available from the World Competitiveness Online. Visit our eshop 4

6 DIGITAL TRENDS - OVERALL MALAYSIA OVERALL PERFORMANCE (63 countries) Overall Alpha Alpha Factors Beta BetaLabel Gamma GammaLab Sub-Factors Knowledge Talent Training & education Scientific concentration Technology Regulatory framework Capital Technological framework The direction of the triangle indicates the performance change from the last year: improved or stable declined Future readiness Adaptive attitudes Business agility IT integration OVERALL & FACTORS - 5 years OVERALL Knowledge Technology Future readiness COMPETITIVENESS & DIGITAL RANKINGS Digital Competitiveness N.B. This graph provides only a comparison of the country s performance in the two rankings PEER GROUPS RANKINGS ASIA - PACIFIC (14 countries) POPULATIONS > 20 MILLION (29 countries)

7 u Overall top strengths w Overall top weaknesses FACTORS BREAKDOWN - STRENGHTS AND WEAKNESSES MALAYSIA KNOWLEDGE Subfactors Talent Training & education Scientific concentration Talent Rank Rank Rank Training & education Scientific concentration Educational assessment PISA - Math 41 Employee training 8 Total expenditure on R&D (%) International experience 11 Total public expenditure on education 31 Total R&D personnel per capita 37 Foreign highly-skilled personnel 17 Higher education achievement 37 Female researchers 11 Management of cities 22 Pupil-teacher ratio (tertiary education) 36 R&D productivity by publication 25 Digital/Technological skills 34 u Graduates in Sciences 3 Scientific and technical employment 41 Net flow of international students 19 u Women with degrees 7 High-tech patent grants 18 TECHNOLOGY Subfactors Regulatory framework Capital Technological framework Regulatory framework Rank Capital Rank Technological framework Rank w Starting a business 51 IT & media stock market capitalization 19 Communications technology 36 Enforcing contracts 33 Funding for technological development 21 Mobile Broadband subscribers 39 Immigration laws 13 Banking and financial services Wireless broadband 30 Development and app. of technology 17 Investment risk 34 Internet users 41 Scientific research legislation 23 Venture capital 12 w Internet bandwidth speed 44 Intellectual property rights 35 u Investment in Telecommunications 5 u High-tech exports (%) 4 FUTURE READINESS Subfactors Adaptive attitudes Business agility IT integration Adaptive attitudes Rank Business agility Rank IT integration Rank E-Participation 39 Opportunities and threats 11 w E-Government 46 w Internet retailing 49 Innovative firms 22 Public-private partnerships Tablet possession 17 Agility of companies 19 Cyber security 20 Smartphone possession 25 u Use of big data and analytics 6 w Sofware piracy 45 Attitudes toward globalization 13 Knowledge transfer 21 6

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