Malaysia

Economic Freedom Rating - Malaysia Compared to Continent

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Armenia	70.34
Azerbaijan	55.29
Bangladesh	44.92
Cambodia	56.18
China	52.83
Georgia	69.23
Hong Kong	90.25
India	54.21
Indonesia	53.87
Japan	72.47
Kazakhstan	60.54
Kyrgyztan	61.15
Laos	49.21
Malaysia	64.54
Mongolia	62.78
Myanmar	39.52
Nepal	54.68
North Korea	3.00
Pakistan	56.84
Philippines	56.86
Singapore	87.38
South Korea	67.88
Sri Lanka	58.31
Taiwan	71.03
Tajikistan	54.46
Thailand	63.49
Turkmenistan	43.36
Uzbekistan	52.31
Vietnam	49.80

Malaysia: Economic freedom rating

Scores are from 0 to 100, higher scores are more desirable i.e. more conducive to economic growth. The lower the score, the greater the level of government interference in the economy and the less economic freedom a country enjoys.

• Free— 80 - 100;
• Mostly Free— 70 - 79.9;
• Moderately Free— 60 - 69.9;
• Mostly Unfree— 50 to 59.9; and
• Repressed— 0 - 49.9.

Source: The Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal

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.