Malaysia

Economic Competitiveness Rating - Malaysia Compared to Continent

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Singapore	5.45
Japan	5.43
South Korea	5.40
Hong Kong	5.37
Taiwan	5.25
Malaysia	5.10
Thailand	4.70
China	4.57
India	4.33
Indonesia	4.24
Kazakhstan	4.14
Uzbekistan	4.13
Azerbaijan	4.07
Vietnam	4.04
Philippines	3.99
Sri Lanka	3.99
Georgia	3.83
Pakistan	3.77
Armenia	3.76
Mongolia	3.60
Bangladesh	3.55
Cambodia	3.48
Nepal	3.38
Tajikistan	3.37
Kyrgyztan	3.34
Timor-Leste	3.20

 

 

Malaysia: Economic growth competiveness index

The Growth Competitiveness Index (GCI), aims to quantify the quality of the macroeconomic environment, the state of a country’s public institutions, and its level of technological readiness.

Higher competitiveness scores are more desirable:

• Very High – 5.51 to 7
• High – 4.51 to 5.50
• Moderate – 3.51 to 4.50
• Low - 3.01 to 3.50
• Very Low – 0 to 3.00

Source: World Economic Forum

 

Malaysia releases a quarterly house price index. Data are available from the Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM). The Real Estate and Housing Developers Association (REHDA) is the best source of papers, press clippings and stories about the housing market. The National Property Information Center (NAPIC) publishes Property Market Status Report which focuses on property sales.

BNM has useful monetary, financial and economics data.