Malaysia

Economic Freedom Rating - Malaysia Compared to Continent

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

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.