Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — Malaysia

Foreign direct investment outflows in Malaysia in 2024 — 13,038,524,470 US$. Ranked 24 in the world out of 171.

2024 13.04B US$ +63.69% vs 2023
World rank 24of 171
Period maximum 18.11B US$2011
Period minimum 0 US$1974

Trend over time

1974–2024 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — Malaysia, 1974–202405B10B15B20B197419791984198919941999200420092014201920241974: 0 US$1975: 0 US$1976: 0 US$1977: 0 US$1978: 0 US$1979: 0 US$1980: 201,113,520 US$1981: 292,953,492 US$1982: 260,085,039 US$1983: 225,783,522 US$1984: 242,443,379 US$1985: 209,783,169 US$1986: 248,930,829 US$1987: 214,475,084 US$1988: 198,336,630 US$1989: 273,068,915 US$1990: 129,000,000 US$1991: 175,000,000 US$1992: 115,000,000 US$1993: 1,063,000,000 US$1994: 2,329,000,000 US$1995: 2,488,000,000 US$1996: 3,768,000,000 US$1997: 2,675,000,000 US$1998: 863,000,000 US$1999: 1,422,368,421 US$2000: 2,026,052,632 US$2001: 266,842,105 US$2002: 1,894,210,526 US$2003: 2,115,263,158 US$2004: 1,813,157,895 US$2005: 2,931,103,675 US$2006: 7,637,591,705 US$2007: 11,815,561,058 US$2008: 15,400,012,808 US$2009: 6,740,793,286 US$2010: 15,349,413,531 US$2011: 18,108,397,994 US$2012: 16,896,877,777 US$2013: 13,408,211,736 US$2014: 16,059,874,392 US$2015: 10,541,970,865 US$2016: 10,097,317,797 US$2017: 5,608,381,193 US$2018: 5,765,334,992 US$2019: 7,527,950,990 US$2020: 3,295,991,631 US$2021: 12,784,976,093 US$2022: 11,811,334,092 US$2023: 7,965,462,488 US$2024: 13,038,524,470 US$
Change over the period: +13.04B

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Malaysia

Malaysia 13.04B US$
World 1.72T US$
South-Eastern Asia computed 95.87B US$
Upper-middle-income countries computed 278B US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — Malaysia, by year Malaysia All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 13.04B +5.07B +63.69%
2023 7.97B −3.85B −32.56%
2022 11.81B −974M −7.62%
2021 12.78B +9.49B +287.89%
2020 3.3B −4.23B −56.22%
2019 7.53B +1.76B +30.57%
2018 5.77B +157M +2.8%
2017 5.61B −4.49B −44.46%
2016 10.1B −445M −4.22%
2015 10.54B −5.52B −34.36%
2014 16.06B +2.65B +19.78%
2013 13.41B −3.49B −20.65%
2012 16.9B −1.21B −6.69%
2011 18.11B +2.76B +17.97%
2010 15.35B +8.61B +127.71%
2009 6.74B −8.66B −56.23%
2008 15.4B +3.58B +30.34%
2007 11.82B +4.18B +54.7%
2006 7.64B +4.71B +160.57%
2005 2.93B +1.12B +61.66%
2004 1.81B −302M −14.28%
2003 2.12B +221M +11.67%
2002 1.89B +1.63B +609.86%
2001 267M −1.76B −86.83%
2000 2.03B +604M +42.44%
1999 1.42B +559M +64.82%
1998 863M −1.81B −67.74%
1997 2.68B −1.09B −29.01%
1996 3.77B +1.28B +51.45%
1995 2.49B +159M +6.83%
1994 2.33B +1.27B +119.1%
1993 1.06B +948M +824.35%
1992 115M −60M −34.29%
1991 175M +46M +35.66%
1990 129M −144M −52.76%
1989 273M +74.73M +37.68%
1988 198M −16.14M −7.52%
1987 214M −34.46M −13.84%
1986 249M +39.15M +18.66%
1985 210M −32.66M −13.47%
1984 242M +16.66M +7.38%
1983 226M −34.3M −13.19%
1982 260M −32.87M −11.22%
1981 293M +91.84M +45.67%
1980 201M +201M
1979 0 +0
1978 0 +0
1977 0 +0
1976 0 +0
1975 0 +0
1974 0

South-Eastern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

Net outflows of foreign direct investment — investment by residents of a country in enterprises abroad in which they hold at least 10% of the voting shares. High outward FDI is typical of countries with large multinational companies and an accumulated current account surplus.

Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.