Malaysia – Network Readiness Index

Performance Overview

GDP (PPP) per capita

IS03

MYS

Country

Malaysia

Score

63.76

Rank

32

Technology

59.49

People

55.62

Governance

75.92

Impact

64.01

1. Mobile tariffs	68.41	53
2. Cost of cheapest internet-enable device (% of monthly GDP per capita)	43.54	70
3. Households with internet acccess	86.11	28
4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population)	93	60
5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of totaal subscriptions)	64.04	64
6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user	70.11	50
7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose	97.17	28

1. Digital participation	n/a	n/a
2. Mobile apps development	67.93	47
3. Receipts for the use of intellectual property	0.49	61

1. Availability of latest technologies	70.39	34
2. Company investment in emerging technology	77.1	12
3. Government procurement of advanced technology products	86	4
4. ICT PCT patent applications per million population	27	31
5. Total computer software spending (% of GDP)	36.36	21
6. Robot density	15.32	27

1. Medium and high-tech industry	56.32	21
2. High-tech exports	100	1
3. PCT patent applications	2.57	44
4. Labour productivity per employee	39.27	43

1. Happiness	47.52	76
2. Freedom to make life choices	80.11	40
3. Income inequality	57.89	77
4. Healthy life expectancy at birth	64.84	58

1. Access to basic services	97.54	44
2. Pollution	88.37	49
3. Road safety	34.69	97
4. Reading proficiency in schools	86.98	25
5. Maths proficiency in schools	71.9	21
5. Use of clean fuels and technology	100	1

1. Internet users	79.47	35
2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions	45.37	18
3. Use of virtual social networks	78.17	10
5. Tertiary enrolment	32.63	65
5. Adult literacy rate	90.33	55
6. ICT skills	51.15	37

1. Firms with website	16.75	97
2. Internet shopping	43.46	35
3. Professionals	31.18	53
4. Technicians and associate professionals	44.4	47
5. Extent of staff training	84.46	4
6. R&D expenditure by businesses	20.64	25

1. Government online services	87.69	27
2. Publication and use of open data	28.06	54
3.ICT use and government efficiency	83.22	6
4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education	56.49	22

1. Rule of law	67.55	37
2. Software piracy rate	51.35	45
3. Secure Internet servers	73.81	44
4. Cybersecurity	95.83	8
5. Online trust and safety	71.84	30

1. Regulatory quality	66.44	39
2. Ease of doing business	90.64	12
3. Legal framework's adaptability to digital business models	85.02	7
4. E-commerce legislation	100	1
5. Social safety net protection	74.93	21
6. ICT regulatory environment	88.03	45

1. E-Participation	87.26	32
2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments	76.98	49
3. Availability of local online content	79.42	26
4. Gender gap in internet use	56.7	63
5. Rural gap in use of digital payments	57.1	79