Malaysia's foreign direct investment fell slightly to MYR 8.2 billion in the June quarter of 2021 from MYR 9.1 billion in the previous quarter, amid the latest COVID-19 outbreaks that forced the government to put some parts of the country into strict lockdowns. Still, this was the third straight quarter of net inflow, mainly came from Japan, Indonesia, and the US. FDI inflow was primarily channeled into the manufacturing sector (79.9 percent of the total flow of MYR 6.6 billion), followed by mining & quarrying (11.3 percent or MYR 0.9 billion) and services (5.1 percent or MYR 0.4 billion). source: Department of Statistics, Malaysia
Foreign Direct Investment in Malaysia averaged 7378.50 MYR Million from 2005 until 2021, reaching an all time high of 19466 MYR Million in the first quarter of 2019 and a record low of -1982.56 MYR Million in the fourth quarter of 2009. This page provides - Malaysia Foreign Direct Investment- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Malaysia Foreign Direct Investment - values, historical data and charts - was last updated on September of 2021.
Foreign Direct Investment in Malaysia is expected to be 8500.00 MYR Million by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Malaysia Foreign Direct Investment is projected to trend around 10000.00 MYR Million in 2022, according to our econometric models.