Malaysia Foreign Direct Investment 2019
Total investment coming into malaysia this year is unlikely to reach the rm207 9 billion recorded last year.
Malaysia foreign direct investment 2019. The fdi was delivered mainly into the mining quarrying and services sectors particularly. This was the smallest figure since the december quarter of 2009 during the global financial crisis reflecting a severe downturn caused by the covid 19 pandemic. Moreover the country s foreign direct investment increased by 350 percent or a total of rm49 billion us 11 8 billion in the first nine months of 2018. Health and petroleum industries received the highest fdi in 2019.
Malaysia has achieved the highest realised foreign direct investment fdi in its history. Kuala lumpur june 11. Foreign direct investment fdi into malaysia has increased 3 1 to rm31 7 billion in 2019 compared with rm30 7 billion in 2018 according to the department of statistics malaysia. Introduction malaysia is considered one of the most attractive countries in southeast asia for foreign investors.
Foreign investment rm million total investment rm million services sub sector. Malaysia s investment environment remains promising for foreign investors despite the slowing down of the global economy. Foreign direct investment fdi in malaysia recorded a value of rm32 6 billion. 29 june 2019.
Foreign direct investment fdi flows in malaysia expanded to rm31 7 billion in 2019 as compared to rm30 7 billion in the previous year an increase of 3 1 per cent due to higher injection of equity from japan precisely in health activity. In 2018 fdi in malaysia recorded rm32 6 billion as against rm40 4 billion in the previous year. The higher fdi was mainly due to injection of equity from japan to malaysia specifically in health activity. Foreign direct investment fdi into malaysia has increased 3 1 to rm31 7 billion in 2019 compared with rm30 7 billion in 2018 according to the department of statistics malaysia.
According to the malaysian investment development authority mida malaysia recorded foreign direct investments of rm54 7 billion in 2017 in the manufacturing services agriculture mining plantation and commodities sectors 1. The higher fdi was mainly due to injection of equity from japan to malaysia specifically in health activity. Global establishments 63 169 195 1 058 0 0 0 0 88 8 11 751 4 88 8 11 751 4.