Malaysia is the 27 most competitive nation in the world out of 140 countries ranked in the 2019 edition of the Global Competitiveness Report published by the World Economic Forum. Competitiveness Rank in Malaysia averaged 22.85 from 2007 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 27.00 in 2019 and a record low of 18.00 in 2016. source: World Economic Forum



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Business Confidence 6.20 0.08 points Dec 2025
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 Competitiveness Rank
The most recent 2018 edition of Global Competitiveness Report assesses 140 economies. In 2018, the World Economic Forum introduced a new methodology emphasizing the role of human capital, innovation, resilience and agility, as not only drivers but also defining features of economic success in the 4th Industrial Revolution. As a result, the GCI scale changed to 1 to 100 from 1 to 7, with higher average score meaning higher degree of competitiveness. The report is made up of 98 variables organized into twelve pillars with the most important including: institutions; infrastructure; ICT adoption; macroeconomic stability; health; skills; product market; labour market; financial system; market size; business dynamism; and innovation capability.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
27.00 25.00 27.00 18.00 2007 - 2019 Yearly