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Malaysia: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)

21.62Bcurrent USD · 2025+119.3% since 2015

Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Annual figures for Malaysia from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
202521,618,816,971.3
202417,724,927,818.114
20239,652,698,628.792
202215,027,992,710.614
202120,245,157,326.802
20204,058,769,678.642
20199,154,921,685.039
20188,304,480,741.653
20179,368,469,822.661
201613,470,089,920.807
20159,857,162,111.823
201410,619,431,582.978
201311,296,279,513.921
20128,895,774,250.704
201115,119,439,203.954
201010,885,801,851.619
2009114,664,434.562
20087,572,512,432.336
20079,071,369,834.839
20067,690,731,245.667
20053,924,786,634.739
20044,376,052,631.579
20033,218,947,368.421
20023,192,894,736.842
2001553,947,368.421
20003,787,631,578.947
19993,895,263,157.895
19982,163,401,815.576
19975,136,514,575.675
19965,078,414,947.877
19954,178,239,335.038
19944,341,800,916.323
19935,005,642,759.883
19925,183,358,086.402
19913,998,448,522.46
19902,332,455,289.061
19891,667,871,568.721
1988719,418,050.367
1987422,679,709.985
1986488,874,111.043
1985694,712,466.229
1984797,476,861.323
19831,260,527,733.355
19821,397,196,045.416
19811,264,688,331.169
1980933,903,976.261
1979573,467,421.84
1978499,991,004.965
1977405,885,818.525
1976381,259,652.112
1975350,491,202.932
1974570,819,254.595
1973172,000,000
1972114,000,000
1971100,000,000
197094,000,000

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund, UN Conference on Trade and Development. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-foreign-direct-investment-net-inflows (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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