Fixed Investment in Malaysia
Malaysia's economy recorded an average growth rate of 2.3% in fixed investment during the past decade to 2024, which is below the 3.8% average for ASEAN. In 2024, the fixed investment growth in Malaysia was 12.0%. For more investment information, visit our dedicated page.
Malaysia Investment Chart
Note: This chart displays Investment (annual variation in %) for Malaysia from 2014 to 2024.
Source: Macrobond.
Malaysia Investment Data
2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
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Fixed Investment (ann. var. %) | -14.4 | -0.7 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 12.0 |
GDP growth improves moderately in Q2
GDP reading: GDP growth accelerated somewhat to 4.5% year on year in the second quarter, from 4.4% in the first quarter. On a seasonally-adjusted quarter-on-quarter basis, economic growth accelerated to 2.1% in Q2, following the previous period's 0.7% increase and marking the strongest expansion since Q2 2024.
Drivers: Private consumption growth accelerated moderately to 5.3% year-on-year in the second quarter, which marked the best reading since Q2 2024 (Q1: +5.0% yoy). Public consumption picked up to a 6.4% expansion in Q2 (Q1: +4.3% yoy). Meanwhile, fixed investment growth improved to 12.1% in Q2, following the 9.7% increase recorded in the prior quarter. Exports of goods and services increased 2.6% on an annual basis in the second quarter, which was below the first quarter's 4.1% expansion. Conversely, imports of goods and services growth picked up to 6.6% in Q2 (Q1: +3.1% yoy).
How should you choose a forecaster if some are too optimistic while others are too pessimistic? FocusEconomics collects Malaysian investment projections for the next ten years from a panel of 17 analysts at the leading national, regional and global forecast institutions. These projections are then validated by our in-house team of economists and data analysts and averaged to provide one Consensus Forecast you can rely on for each indicator. By averaging all forecasts, upside and downside forecasting errors tend to cancel each other out, leading to the most reliable investment forecast available for Malaysian investment.
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