Portulans Institute

Malaysia

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Key Indicators
Income Group Upper middle income
Regional Group Asia & Pacific
Population (Total) 33,938,222
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 33,113

Performance Overview

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MYS

Country

Malaysia

Score

56.72

Rank

40

Technology

49.31

People

47.97

Governance

69.80

Impact

59.81

Pillar: Technology Score: 49.31 Rank: 38
SCORERANK

Access

75.61 25

1. Mobile tariffs

59.83 72

2. Handset prices

63.03 42

3. FTTH/building Internet subscriptions

46.74 22

4. Population covered by at least a 3G mobile network

98.97 84

5. International Internet bandwidth

85.50 12

6. Internet access in schools

99.60 29

Content

24.88 59

1. GitHub commits

8.12 61

2. Internet domain registrations

5.58 56

3. Mobile apps development

62.86 78

4. AI scientific publications

22.97 23

Future technologies

47.45 30

1. Adoption of emerging technologies

71.90 25

2. Investment in emerging technologies

78.75 12

3. Robot density

9.20 30

4. Computer software spending

29.94 38
Pillar: People Score: 47.97 Rank: 48
SCORERANK

Individuals

49.37 56

1. Active Mobile Broadband Subscriptions Count

46.08 9

2. ICT skills in the education system

51.21 61

3. Use of virtual social networks

74.10 37

4. Tertiary enrollment

26.10 76

5. Adult literacy rate

n/a

6. AI talent concentration

n/a

Businesses

45.76 62

1. Firms with website

44.71 69

2. GERD financed by business enterprise

47.27 45

3. Knowledge intensive employment

41.52 48

4. Annual investment in telecommunication services

83.57 35

5. GERD performed by business enterprise

11.70 41

Governments

48.78 37

1. Government online services

73.81 53

2. Publication and use of open data

27.94 58

3. Government promotion of investment in emerging tech

76.39 11

4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education

16.96 43
Pillar: Governance Score: 69.80 Rank: 39
SCORERANK

Trust

67.57 38

1. Secure internet servers

70.99 45

2. Cybersecurity

98.03 8

3. Online access to financial account

43.40 41

4. Internet shopping

57.86 39

Regulation

70.55 52

1. Regulatory quality

65.92 42

2. ICT regulatory environment

83.53 70

3. Regulation of emerging technologies

60.00 40

4. E-commerce legislation

100.001

5. Privacy protection by law content

43.30 112

Inclusion

71.28 46

1. E-Participation

67.44 47

2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments

79.29 59

3. Availability of local online content

76.68 39

4. Gender gap in Internet use

66.70 68

5. Rural gap in uses of digital payments

66.29 58
Pillar: Impact Score: 59.81 Rank: 41
SCORERANK

Economy

53.67 15

1. High-tech and medium-high-tech manufacturing

57.79 17

2. High-tech exports

93.51 4

3. PCT patent applications

5.69 50

4. Domestic market size

67.85 30

5. Prevalence of gig economy

85.76 6

6. ICT services exports

11.40 73

Quality of life

69.60 60

1. Happiness

68.11 52

2. Freedom to make life choices

83.77 36

3. Income inequality

54.77 86

4. Healthy life expectancy at birth

71.74 71

SDG Contribution

56.18 89

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

77.85 46

2. SDG 4: Quality Education

39.53 47

3. SDG 5: Women's economic opportunity

29.20 126

4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

67.41 83

4. SDDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

66.91 65

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