Business Confidence in Malaysia decreased to 4 points in the first quarter of 2026 from 6.20 points in the fourth quarter of 2025. Business Confidence in Malaysia averaged 0.48 points from 2015 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 14.00 points in the fourth quarter of 2017 and a record low of -25.20 points in the second quarter of 2020. source: Department of Statistics, Malaysia

Business Confidence in Malaysia is expected to be 4.00 points by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Malaysia Business Confidence is projected to trend around 7.00 points in 2027 and 8.00 points in 2028, according to our econometric models.



Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Business Confidence 4.00 6.20 points Mar 2026
Car Production 49741.00 60866.00 Units Feb 2026
Car Registrations 116154.00 141075.00 Units Feb 2026
Cement Production 2938.00 2942.00 Thousands of Tonnes Jan 2026
Changes in Inventories 9535.00 -1834.00 MYR Million Dec 2025
Coincident Index MoM 131.30 130.10 points Jan 2026
Corruption Index 52.00 50.00 Points Dec 2025
Corruption Rank 54.00 57.00 Dec 2025
Industrial Production YoY 5.90 4.80 percent Jan 2026
Industrial Production Mom 0.90 0.90 percent Jan 2026
Leading Index MoM -0.60 0.40 percent Jan 2026
Manufacturing Production 7.30 6.70 percent Jan 2026
Mining Production 0.10 -2.50 percent Jan 2026


Malaysia Business Confidence
In Malaysia, the Business Conditions Index survey covers 11 industries represented by 350 manufacturing businesses incorporated locally and overseas. Questions posed in the survey cover production level, new order bookings, sales performances, inventory build-up and new job openings. A value above 100 indicates expected improvement in conditions, a value below 100 shows lack of confidence and 100 indicates neutrality.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
4.00 6.20 14.00 -25.20 2015 - 2026 points Quarterly