Malaysia
Download Report Key Indicators
| Income Group | Upper-middle income |
| Regional Group | Asia & Pacific |
| Population (Total) | 31,528,585 |
| Population as a share world total | 0.42% |
| GDP (current US$, millions) | 354,000 |
| GDP as a share of world total | 0.41% |
| GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) | 31,698 |
Performance Overview
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 |