Portulans Institute

Malaysia

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Key Indicators
Income Group Upper middle income
Regional Group Eastern, Southeastern Asia and Oceania
Population (Total) 35,557,673
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 41,157

Performance Overview

ISO3

MYS

Country

Malaysia

Score

50.20

Rank

46

Input

54

Output

38

Enable

60.45

Attract

48.52

Grow

44.89

Retain

54.22

VT

57.66

GA

35.48

Pillar: Enable Score: 60.45Rank: 31
SCORERANK

Regulatory Landscape

63.30 42

1. Government effectiveness

68.6031

2. Rule of law

66.1340

3. Political stability

69.7756

4. Regulatory quality

61.9941

5. Corruption

50.0047

Market Landscape

66.48 18

1. Extent of market dominance

62.5723

2. Domestic credit to private sector

56.9316

3. Cluster development

65.7115

4. R&D expenditure

14.9141

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

89.7579

6. Internet access in schools

100.001

7. Urbanisation

75.4841

Business & Labour Landscape

51.57 46

1. Labour rights

38.60119

2. Labour-employer cooperation

70.0822

3. Professional management

76.5210

4. Relationship of pay to productivity

59.2627

5. Enterprise software

34.9826

6. Cloud computing

25.8433

7. Firms with website

55.7062
Pillar: Attract Score: 48.52Rank: 81
SCORERANK

External Openness

41.73 65

1. FDI regulatory restrictiveness

22.1891

2. Financial globalisation

70.8346

3. Migrant stock

20.3643

4. International students

32.4730

5. Brain gain

62.8224

6. AI skills migration

n/an/a

Internal Openness

55.31 105

1. Tolerance of minorities

52.1353

2. Tolerance of immigrants

9.23127

3. Social mobility

77.437

4. Economic empowerment of women

60.63118

5. Gender parity in high-skilled jobs

n/an/a

6. Leadership opportunities for women

77.1318
Pillar: Grow Score: 44.89Rank: 40
SCORERANK

Formal Education

25.66 59

1. Vocational enrolment

9.2391

2. Tertiary enrolment

21.0884

3. Tertiary education expenditure

11.0853

4. Reading, maths, and science

27.7056

5. University ranking

59.2314

Lifelong Learning

46.96 34

1. Business masters education

24.5141

2. Prevalence of training in firms

44.0049

3. Employee development

72.3712

Access to Growth Opportunities

62.03 34

1. Delegation of authority

65.2032

2. Youth inclusion

82.7130

3. Use of virtual social networks

69.3157

4. Use of virtual professional networks

30.9243
Pillar: Retain Score: 54.22Rank: 73
SCORERANK

Sustainability

45.36 83

1. Pension coverage

17.79110

2. Social protection

56.5945

3. Brain retention

63.6028

4. Environmental performance

41.0091

5. Vulnerable employment

73.0866

6. Protect Against Future Disasters

49.6361

7. Household Financial Resilience

15.8293

Lifestyle

63.08 59

1. Personal rights

57.5771

2. Personal safety

65.8867

3. Physician density

35.6970

4. Sanitation

95.4063

5. Employee Wellbeing / Happiness score (life ladder)

60.8462
Pillar: Vocational and Technical Skills (VT) Score: 57.66Rank: 46
SCORERANK

Mid-level Skills

52.76 41

1. Workforce with secondary education

61.0630

2. Population with secondary education

66.7823

3. Technicians and associate professionals

44.2949

4. Labour productivity per employee

38.9046

Employability

62.57 64

1. Ease of finding skilled employees

67.6116

2. Relevance of education system to the economy

57.5238

3. Skills matching

n/an/a

4. Highly educated unemployment

n/an/a
Pillar: Generalist Adaptive Skills (GA) Score: 35.48Rank: 37
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High-level Skills

38.35 37

1. Workforce with tertiary education

43.6846

2. Soft Skills

61.1241

3. Professionals

19.5377

4. Researchers

6.7964

5. Senior officials and managers

26.1348

6. Digital skills

72.884

7. AI talent concentration

n/an/a

Talent Impact

32.60 39

1. ICT services exports

11.2173

2. Mobile apps development

62.1575

3. Intellectual property receipts (% of total trade)

17.9861

4. High-value exports

92.862

5. Software development

7.3865

6. New business density

9.0065

7. Scientific journal articles

27.6242

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