Key Indicators
Income Group Upper middle income
Regional Group Asia & Pacific
Population (Total) 32,365,998
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 27,921

Performance Overview

ISO3

MYS

Country

Malaysia

Score

60.58

Rank

36

Technology

54.18

People

56.07

Governance

70.06

Impact

62.01

Pillar: Technology Score: 54.18Rank: 36
SCORERANK

Access

72.82 38

1. Mobile tariffs

65.2558

2. Handset prices

44.6983

3. FTTH/building Internet subscriptions

44.3618

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

98.4687

5. International Internet bandwidth

84.1515

6. Internet access in schools

100.001

Content

42.42 47

1. GitHub commits

6.4963

2. Internet domain registrations

4.7963

3. Mobile apps development

83.5251

4. AI scientific publications

74.8719

Future technologies

47.32 28

1. Adoption of emerging technologies

71.9025

2. Investment in emerging technologies

78.7512

3. Robot density

9.4129

4. Computer software spending

29.2134
Pillar: People Score: 56.07Rank: 35
SCORERANK

Individuals

61.72 12

1. Active Mobile Broadband Subscriptions Count

45.2411

2. ICT skills in the education system

55.9246

3. Use of virtual social networks

86.088

4. Tertiary enrollment

27.8273

5. Adult literacy rate

93.5650

6. AI talent concentration

n/an/a

Businesses

45.91 58

1. Firms with website

44.7172

2. GERD financed by business enterprise

47.2543

3. Knowledge intensive employment

42.2951

4. Annual investment in telecommunication services

83.2929

5. GERD performed by business enterprise

12.0041

Governments

60.57 27

1. Government online services

84.8424

2. Publication and use of open data

27.9458

3. Government promotion of investment in emerging tech

76.3811

4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education

53.1027
Pillar: Governance Score: 70.06Rank: 40
SCORERANK

Trust

67.69 38

1. Secure internet servers

71.1945

2. Cybersecurity

98.038

3. Online access to financial account

43.4040

4. Internet shopping

58.1636

Regulation

69.34 51

1. Regulatory quality

61.6039

2. ICT regulatory environment

82.3567

3. Regulation of emerging technologies

59.4740

4. E-commerce legislation

100.001

5. Privacy protection by law content

43.30113

Inclusion

73.15 48

1. E-Participation

85.1829

2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments

79.2955

3. Availability of local online content

76.6839

4. Gender gap in Internet use

67.5266

5. Rural gap in uses of digital payments

57.1076
Pillar: Impact Score: 62.01Rank: 39
SCORERANK

Economy

57.58 15

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

59.7818

2. High-tech exports

100.001

3. PCT patent applications

5.4058

4. Domestic market size

67.3529

5. Prevalence of gig economy

85.766

6. ICT services exports

27.2273

Quality of life

70.07 61

1. Happiness

68.3054

2. Freedom to make life choices

85.2331

3. Income inequality

55.0384

4. Healthy life expectancy at birth

71.7472

SDG Contribution

58.37 87

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

77.8546

2. SDG 4: Quality Education

41.7247

3. SDG 5: Women's economic opportunity

29.82123

4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

75.5276

4. SDDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

66.9164

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