Total FDI inflows — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Malaysia
Malaysia: Total FDI inflows — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre was 0.0264 million USD per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total FDI inflows — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Malaysia, 1990–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million USD per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, total fdi inflows — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Malaysia stood at 0.0264 million USD per square kilometre.
That represents a change of down 46.1% on the previous year and down 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total fdi inflows — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Malaysia peaked at 0.049 million USD per square kilometre in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.0006 million USD per square kilometre, in 2009.
Malaysia ranks 52nd of 174 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Total FDI inflows — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | million USD per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0135 million USD per square kilometre | — |
| 1991 | 0.0205 million USD per square kilometre | +52.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0235 million USD per square kilometre | +14.9% |
| 1993 | 0.0256 million USD per square kilometre | +8.6% |
| 1994 | 0.02 million USD per square kilometre | -21.7% |
| 1995 | 0.0234 million USD per square kilometre | +16.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0284 million USD per square kilometre | +21.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0266 million USD per square kilometre | -6.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0147 million USD per square kilometre | -44.8% |
| 1999 | 0.0204 million USD per square kilometre | +38.9% |
| 2000 | 0.0182 million USD per square kilometre | -10.7% |
| 2001 | 0.0027 million USD per square kilometre | -85.1% |
| 2002 | 0.0152 million USD per square kilometre | +460.7% |
| 2003 | 0.0114 million USD per square kilometre | -25.3% |
| 2004 | 0.02 million USD per square kilometre | +76.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0157 million USD per square kilometre | -21.5% |
| 2006 | 0.0224 million USD per square kilometre | +42.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0277 million USD per square kilometre | +23.9% |
| 2008 | 0.0212 million USD per square kilometre | -23.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0006 million USD per square kilometre | -97.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0252 million USD per square kilometre | +4335.9% |
| 2011 | 0.0305 million USD per square kilometre | +21.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0231 million USD per square kilometre | -24.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0309 million USD per square kilometre | +33.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0281 million USD per square kilometre | -9.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0307 million USD per square kilometre | +9.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0361 million USD per square kilometre | +17.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0299 million USD per square kilometre | -17.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0226 million USD per square kilometre | -24.4% |
| 2019 | 0.0237 million USD per square kilometre | +5.2% |
| 2020 | 0.0098 million USD per square kilometre | -58.6% |
| 2021 | 0.0353 million USD per square kilometre | +259.3% |
| 2022 | 0.049 million USD per square kilometre | +38.8% |
| 2023 | 0.0264 million USD per square kilometre | -46.1% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 0.0264 million USD per square kilometre is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0085 million USD per square kilometre, 3.1× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 0.0264 million USD per square kilometre is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0079 million USD per square kilometre, 3.3× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Total FDI inflows — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Malaysia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +4335.9% | 0.0006 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0252 million USD per square kilometre |
| 2002 | +460.7% | 0.0027 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0152 million USD per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0217 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0135 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0284 million USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0155 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0006 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0277 million USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0281 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0226 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0361 million USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0301 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0098 million USD per square kilometre | 0.049 million USD per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 49 El Salvador 0.0298 million USD per square kilometre compare
- 50 Tonga 0.0275 million USD per square kilometre compare
- 51 Montenegro 0.0273 million USD per square kilometre compare
- 53 Panama 0.0246 million USD per square kilometre compare
- 54 Chile 0.0239 million USD per square kilometre compare
- 55 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0233 million USD per square kilometre compare
More economy & growth data for Malaysia
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.04 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.97 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0126 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 165.93 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 0.291 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0092 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 121.16 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 4.7 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0078 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total fdi inflows — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Malaysia?
- Total fdi inflows — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Malaysia was 0.0264 million USD per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest total fdi inflows — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.049 million USD per square kilometre in 2022.
- What is the lowest total fdi inflows — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0006 million USD per square kilometre in 2009.
- How does Malaysia rank for total fdi inflows — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre?
- Malaysia ranks 52nd out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total fdi inflows — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malaysia data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Total FDI inflows — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 34 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.
How this figure is calculated
Total FDI inflows — Value US$, 2015 prices divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Total FDI inflows — Value US$, 2015 prices ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Total FDI inflows — Value US$, 2015 prices Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Total FDI inflows — Value US$, 2015 prices divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.