Foreign direct investment inflows in Malaysia
Net foreign direct investment inflows to Malaysia were 4.6% of GDP in 2025.
Malaysia, 2025
4.6%
Change from 2024
+0.4percentage points
World, 2025
1.4%
Position in 2025
40th of 184
Foreign direct investment inflows in Malaysia over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Malaysia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.6% | 1.4% |
| 2024 | 4.2% | 1.2% |
| 2023 | 2.4% | 0.9% |
| 2022 | 3.7% | 1.9% |
| 2021 | 5.4% | 2.5% |
| 2020 | 1.2% | 1.3% |
| 2019 | 2.5% | 2.2% |
| 2018 | 2.3% | 1.2% |
| 2017 | 2.9% | 2.7% |
| 2016 | 4.5% | 3.5% |
| 2015 | 3.3% | 3.6% |
| 2014 | 3.1% | 2.4% |
| 2013 | 3.5% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | 2.8% | 2.7% |
| 2011 | 5.1% | 3.2% |
| 2010 | 4.3% | 2.7% |
| 2009 | 0.1% | 2.4% |
| 2008 | 3.3% | 3.7% |
| 2007 | 4.7% | 5.3% |
| 2006 | 4.7% | 4.2% |
| 2005 | 2.7% | 3.3% |
| 2004 | 3.5% | 2.2% |
| 2003 | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| 2002 | 3.2% | 2.1% |
| 2001 | 0.6% | 2.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 4.2% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 3.3%, the figure has changed by +1.3 percentage points.
- Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Malaysia has the 40th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.4%.