Business Confidence in Malaysia increased to 6.20 points in the fourth quarter of 2025 from 0.08 points in the third quarter of 2025. Business Confidence in Malaysia averaged 0.40 points from 2015 until 2025, 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 90.00 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 100.00 points in 2026 and 104.00 points in 2027, according to our econometric models.



Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Business Confidence 6.20 0.08 points Dec 2025
Car Production 60866.00 67177.00 Units Jan 2026
Car Registrations 141075.00 162090.00 Units Jan 2026
Cement Production 2942.00 2855.00 Thousands of Tonnes Dec 2025
Changes in Inventories 9535.00 -1834.00 MYR Million Dec 2025
Coincident Index MoM 129.30 129.90 points Nov 2025
Corruption Index 52.00 50.00 Points Dec 2025
Corruption Rank 54.00 57.00 Dec 2025
Industrial Production YoY 4.80 4.30 percent Dec 2025
Industrial Production Mom 1.00 -1.30 percent Dec 2025
Leading Index MoM -2.40 2.40 percent Nov 2025
Manufacturing Production 6.70 4.90 percent Dec 2025
Mining Production -2.50 2.30 percent Dec 2025


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
6.20 0.08 14.00 -25.20 2015 - 2025 points Quarterly