Is Malaysia a Successful Economy?

[@BehindAsia]

Do you agree that Malaysia is a successful economy compared to most of its neighbouring countries?

[@Khairulzaman96]

Yup but something half successful despite 2 years madani PHBN Adminstration under Dsai since 15Ge

[@oooshafiqooo]

exactly

[@leealex24]

Malaysia has traditionally been a mid level corruption country, meaning it's not corrupt but not totally clean, hence, it has been always in the top 25% - 30% globally in that area but, 1MDB was something unfortunate that happened. But, it's behind Malaysia now and with much stronger government now and corrupt free, it's ok now, and going to be better

[@oooshafiqooo]

@leealex24 true

[@leealex24]

Actually, since the 70's, Malaysia have always been a strong country in the region, nothing new. There were issues around 2005 - 2015 but now back on track. In the 80's/90's, Malaysia grew on average 7% - 8% per year, something many people didn't know, or just pretend not to know.

[@pingmeup-kk5ns]

filipino here... recently have been to kuala lumpur... damn... similar looking faces but vastly different infrastructure. manila is an urban jungle yes, but kuala lumpur is cleaner and organized. ill be back again, love the city.

[@mandmsmapper8400]

We're all austronesians. Our faces are similar.

[@alma09876]

Manila was 30 years neglected by your Liberal politicians. More years to catch up!

[@arinarin7464]

Sabah belongs to Malaysia

[@mandmsmapper8400]

@@arinarin7464 pahal kau nak provoke2 ni?

[@kidamfauzi3764]

don't start the argument🙏🏻​@@arinarin7464

[@Icantsleep21]

This is so mind blowing to me. So despite all the political dispute and tension we were still doing (by large) relatively good to our neighbouring countries… imagine if all can just come together and actually put work in what matters the most… this is also a reminder to count your blessings peeps

[@terang5189]

It's because corruption in their countries are worse while not taken any action. It's because their corruption isn't being addressed. Not that I'm saying Malaysia is best in term of anti-corruption, I'm saying it's because we're getting the most spotlight.

[@Icantsleep21]

@ agree. Sadly, problems arise from human greed has been a plague for thousands of years. No framework can offer a permanent and absolute solution to this unless it comes from within. But not saying that all effort to counter that is futile just stating the obvious that i think a lot have missed…

[@zumeslt1851]

​@terang5189 I think every country have corruption just depends how serious 😅

[@cottagegymfun]

I've lived in the US, Malaysia and Taiwan, recently moved to the Philippines. Trust me, Malaysia is doing quite well overall. The worst by far, and I mean it's not even on the same map, is the Philippines. I still love the place, but oh man there are serious issues.

[@mohammadsyaabannordin4467]

because there is a toxic mindset in your mind..

[@aliffammarazian]

I think, being a rich country w a high gdp doesn't matter if the wealth is hoarded by the top 1%.

[@foxley95]

This is true, Malaysia wealth inequality ranks around the US. Gov need to intervene and make sure the whole country benefits from the prosperity that the whole nation had brought

[@ishaks8152]

Top 50 live among themselves not willing to look down.They got rich through corruption at least once in their life.Say no more just swallow 😜

[@ishaks8152]

Do you have to slice my comments.Just curious.

[@aliffammarazian]

@@ishaks8152 ?

[@stringsconnection]

Rich country , poor people …

[@felreizmeshinca7459]

Malaysia is pretty amazing. Despite the hate (sadly from Malaysians), the data shows otherwise. Investors & analysts says otherwise. Tourists & expats says otherwise. As an Malaysia investor, I'll say there's plenty of opportunities. Of course Malaysia doesn't have the infrastructure for all kinds of careers, but if you have to find your dreams somewhere else, it doesn't mean Malaysia is bad. Other countries are not perfect for all kinds of opportunities as well.

[@azrulaznizan]

those haters are chinese and indians coming from China and India calling themselves Malaysians

[@말라유]

thanks to malaysia, 10million more indonesian can feed their family, build a house, buy a car .

[@mir7684]

Manusia jenis type x reti bersyukur

[@mir7684]

@@말라유better than those claim malaysian but dont speak national language and no malaysian pride in heart. Shame on them.

[@akasiakasya6351]

Some people are just short sighted and don't work hard enough to change their circumstances, it's easier to blame everything on the government

[@TomCass-k6d]

Malaysia is way more successful than the Philippines for sure. Being in Malaysia feels like a western developed nation. The Philippines feels third world. This is from my experience as a US Marines personnel throughout Southeast Asia.

[@nadaiduit]

@@TomCass-k6d Malaysia practice race based economy.. a role model?

[@ohbama1008]

​@maxavery8269 you are loser in Malaysia 😂😅

[@TajudinHasan-my5lo]

Yes Malaysia is truly Asia

[@UserAme99]

​@nadaiduit Malaysia was not the only one. Well, they managed to grow their economy based on that.

[@lagubrok92]

@@nadaiduit if you're implying that the bumiputras are suppressing the non-bumis, then why does the list of the wealthiest and largest companies in Malaysia are dominated by the non-bumis hmm? If that is what you're trying to portray to the outsiders, then I'm sorry to tell you that the data and statistics have proved the opposite of the false narrative you're trying to create.

[@Sion-No1]

In 1981 and 1982 Malaysia had higher GDP par capita then South Korea

[@kevinkhoo7649]

Malaysia's PPP has always been far far higher than China. China's PPP is around Thailand's level in 2024.

[@Sion-No1]

@@kevinkhoo7649Sorry I mean South Korea which has much higher GDP ppp par capita NOW

[@ricosubekti1450]

do you equate the price of 1kg of meat in underdeveloped countries and in developed countries? that's why gdp per capita is inaccurate.

[@luqmanhaqimsuhaimi153]

then why support dap????

[@JOHN-w1i7u]

Because south korea was under martial law and military rule during that time. No diff than their communist cousin up north.

[@keangwooichoo6138]

Brunei and singapore have strong currency. If malaysia has strong currency the gdp per capita will go up.

[@sukahatiakula3672]

Tapi aku lagi suka kalau at least penduduk Malaysia ada 50 juta dengan pendapatan per Capita seperti sekarang. More than 13k USD per Capita with 50 million people seem not bad. Kan best mcm tu. 😂😂😂😂 Xde la nampak terrible sangat. Kita puunya performance. Huhuhuhu

[@bella8145-d9z]

this is correct. Malaysia have lower nominal GDP per capita due to lower exchange rate. but in 2025 GDP per capita is 14,000 and GDP PPP is 40,000 dollar

[@hryhry4922]

need to learn a bit about history of Malaysia-Singapura-Brunei currencies. Malaysia decided not to peg againt Singapura-Brunei in order to attract exporters.

[@failan9924]

@@sukahatiakula3672rakyat malaysia 34 juta je bosku

[@leealex24]

Actually, since the 70's, Malaysia have always been a strong country in the region, nothing new. There were issues around 2005 - 2015 but now back on track. In the 80's/90's, Malaysia grew on average 7% - 8% per year, something many people didn't know, just pretend not to know.

[@aiman1939]

It was under mahathir first cycle as pm that GDP growth typically around 8%, but then najib also done considerably good since for average he can make it up to 5%, although Ismail sabri made known by his political enemies as the weak pm but actually GDP growth during his term was nearly 10%,

[@nadaiduit]

@@leealex24 since 70s revenue from Borneo oil resources were used to finance development in resource poor peninsula. Bank bumi HK loan etc. suddenly 💰 fell from sky.

[@chanellover4491]

​@@nadaiduitlol it's because of your corrupted politicians laa😅😅 you need to work hard to be rich, not always asking for handouts😂😂😊

[@goodos0927]

​@@nadaiduit So indon minded lo....😆

[@maccheese8379]

As an Indonesian who falls into middle income category, i concur Malaysia are richer than Indonesia. Not by natural resource or number of resource available BUT by the average living quality of its people.

[@indong444]

Why always compare to malaysia 😢, this is why your people so toxic, just compare your country to bangladesh or indian

[@syahrannazri9510]

i see dat, but i think not so long. Indonesia akan jadi kuasa besar ekonomi dalam pengamatan aku. kita tgk lpas tukar tempat pentadbiran maca mana. Aku harap asean jadi cam EU bab ni

[@LeSudiste-m2q]

Do not compare 36,000,000 Malaysians to 284,000,000 Indonesians. In the long run, Indonesia will dominate SEA.

[@fghn5639]

The real asset is people, Indonesia needs to invest on the people, especially educations

[@LeSudiste-m2q]

@@fghn5639 I agree. Could you look at where Indonesia came back from? Under Souharto you didn't have one ten of what you have today. Developing such a huge country with around 17,000 registered islands takes time. But for the long term, Indonesia will be the winner.

[@seongthongchuah8356]

As a Malaysian, i have confidence in my country to actually improve in near future, the corruption were due to our previous PM, but with the new one now, our currency has improve a lot in recent months, infrastructure also has better plans, technologies and sports, most aspect (probably not all because i do not actually do much research, only from some news) has improve, so in next 5 years, we might even get closer to Singapore again. My plan to work overseas might even be useless if MYR improve significantly by the time i am back to the country 😅

[@ditsygirl5409]

As a Singaporean, Malaysia is very successful in South East Asia if they don’t compare to us! I hope they stop comparing and just feel good about their own awesome achievements! 🎉

[@wiseazrie9281]

Comparing to Spore is healthy in my view, keep u focus on chasing the top performer. Btw can yr leader fairly pay up the water rates. 1960 price is revulsive. Spore can have water security which we happily will de for in perpetuity. U guys rich what. This kiasu mentality is getting nauseous to be frank with u

[@99Murano]

​@@wiseazrie9281 Sure we can up the raw water price but is your govt also prepared to pay market rate for processed water we sell back to Malaysia?

[@umaiman3576]

Comparing is good. Its become a status that Malaysian want to surpasse..

[@asmrnaturecat984]

@@99Murano why the bloody h3ll do we need to buy ur water? its u who need to sell to us, the amount of water usell is not even enough for jb , which most of you end up staying to escape the house pricing in spore

[@codextreme932]

@@wiseazrie9281lmao you just gotta said that 😂, tell em more.

[@leealex24]

Malaysia GDP per capita for 2024 will be around US$13,000.

[@oooshafiqooo]

nice

[@afizi1213]

yeahhh same like china but we should up it into 16 thousand usd actually cause the income will up after year and year look what can goverment do

[@leealex24]

​​@@afizi1213Yes you are correct. If Malaysia hit US$15,000 next 1-2 years, confirm high income already, surpass threshold by a bit

[@Sion-No1]

Malaysia nominal GDP par capita seems low be because of weak currency

[@oooshafiqooo]

@@Sion-No1 indeed, on average Malaysians would make around 40-48k Ringgit per year excluding expenses (12k USD)

[@leealex24]

Malaysia has traditionally been a mid level corruption country, meaning it's not corrupt but not totally clean, hence, it has been always in the top 25% - 30% globally in that area but, 1MDB was something unfortunate that happened. But, it's behind Malaysia now and with much stronger government now and corrupt free, it's ok now, and going to be better

[@adamzafran100]

On publicly it appears to be "clean" but well hidden corruption. Not just Malaysia...

[@Drippinonyou]

dont lie la. Since when its okay? how about only 4% of malaysians can afford to retire. Its only going to get worst with inflation. it started with that corrupt mahathir. He destroyed your country. Its only going to get better for the top 5%.

[@ptaeiy-n2h]

See.I can agree with you Alex. Lets make Malaysia better in every which way.

[@memyself4362]

Huh😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@JOHN-w1i7u]

We are not totally free. We still have to deal with islamist taliban style fundamentalist in malaysia.

[@chan_5786]

It's nice seeing najib face when corruption mentioned 🤣🤣. 1MDB should never been taken lightly nor forgotten

[@pc14thenumber9]

Kinda sad this kind of thing happen in first place. But power and money, usually followed along with corruption in some shape or form.

[@nurulanizazainudin]

As it should

[@Ahriman1700]

As a Malaysian I'm surprised that foreigners knew how corrupted Najib is. I thought they gonna praise him or something lol

[@hufun3789]

It just narative to makes ex PM DSNR look bad but in the other hand his vision and mission are more progresive and advande compared current government...DSNR don't have to say reforms in many sectors but he did reforms in many sectors compare to DSAI who say a lot about reform narative but cant do any reform only abolish, cut and paste what previous government policies.

[@haishhaihhh9137]

Bullshit.

[@SamsonOhsem]

Fortunely, Southeast Asia appears vulnerable to Donald Trump's threat of universal tariffs. It was good for some Asian nations when China was the main target.Meanwhile China says, neither the United States nor China would win a trade war. Malaysia one of the friendliest country toward foreigner investor so far.

[@sayfolman7752]

Vulnerable Your Ass 😂😂😂😂😂😂 tariff is a tax imposed by one country on the goods and services imported from another country to influence it, raise revenues, or protect competitive advantages. Our Bigger Import Partner Is China Not America, Actually American Consumer More Vulnerable Intel,And Nvidia American Imports Chip From Intel,Nvidia Malaysia But Have To Pay 30% Tariff 😂😂😂

[@alma09876]

Countries with Free Trade Agreement with the USA will not be affected. Only two countries in SEA have FTA with the USA - these are Vietnam and Singapore.

[@ishaks8152]

....... and sanctions.

[@ptaeiy-n2h]

Why fortunately...?

[@ptaeiy-n2h]

@@alma09876 Trump doesn't care abt FTA. Case in point USMC(formerly NAFTA). Both Canada and Mexico will be subjected to the 25% tariffs across the board from Day 1, or so Trump said. In Vietnam case, they do get restrictions on high tech exports to the US. Plus their trade surplus of more than $110 billion puts them on Trump tariff radar.

[@kalixogaming3142]

thanks for sharing your analysis

[@afizi1213]

2:21 malaysia is strong economy cause we in middle of southeast asia and have neighbour like singapore and indonesia make our region economy more strong compare to japan they sturggle cause they location is bit far in east asia and need to face the china agressive in south china sea

[@muhammad96able]

Indonesia's economy is not impacting Malaysia's economy at all. Indonesian economy solely based on internal consumption and not export and import. Mind you Indonesia's population is equivalent of the USA, but the economy only 1.3 trillion compared to the USA almost 20 trillion. Compared to Malaysia and Australia, where our size of population is almost equivalent, Malaysian GDP is 500 billion and Australian GDP is 1.5 trillion.

[@wiseazrie9281]

​@@muhammad96abletry this comparison Indonesia and USA. Indo population a bit less than US. By comparison look at the difference of GDP

[@말라유]

thanks to malaysia, 10million more indonesian can feed their family, build a house, buy a car .

[@failan9924]

@@muhammad96able USA population 335 millions Indonesia population 228 million USA GDP 27.9 trillion Indonesia GDP 1.4 trillion

[@mejust8392]

It also depends on how u wanna live. If u prefer pigeon-hole flats the life in Spore is good for u. For those who prefer landed properties with wide open spaces, search somewhere else.

[@Sion-No1]

Lol.MOST HDB flats in Singapore are large.You’re mistaken Singapore with HongKong

[@chanellover4491]

​@@Sion-No1once you lived in landed property, you do not want to live in cramped flats.. it's unfortunate many Singaporeans only able to enjoy it... when they retire in Malaysia😅

[@LeSudiste-m2q]

@@Sion-No1 Yes. But still, large pigeon-hole there are.

[@Sion-No1]

@@LeSudiste-m2qMost Singaporians live in Large flats

[@LeSudiste-m2q]

@@Sion-No1 For how much $$?

[@adisonlee9514]

As a matter of fact, looks good on paper but it can’t measure happiness. As a matter of fact, I’m happy about it.

[@standardnnn6064]

Without looking at other things, Malaysia would look fairly successful. However, if you consider the rich natural resources it has including petroleum, the administration and infrastructure left by the British, no civil war, no war of independence, no natural disasters... It is a total shame it is not even on the same level of South Korea and Taiwan. It is a country that didn't live up to its potential. Singapore had nothing yet achieved so much. Basically boils down to corruption and racial policies.

[@mandmsmapper8400]

While I agree about Malaysia, Singapore is located in one of the most strategic places ever existed. They do take advantage of it.

[@SonOfTerra92]

It's ok but it could be better.

[@arbusto]

Well, it all depends on the time frame observed. Looking at the Maddison Project DB one sees that Malaysia's GDP per capita was 1.9 times that of Thailand in 1950. Now it's only 1.6 times higher (bevor the pandemic it was slightly less). So Thailand's economy grew faster on a per capita basis in the last 74 years. It's more informative to look at GDP per capita growth instead of GDP growth because Malaysia's population has been growing faster than Thailand's since at least the 1970s.

[@efaizariff3145]

GDP is based on the current exchange rate (USD). Compare with PPP for a real comparison.

[@arbusto]

​@@efaizariff3145 The values are (of course) PPP. See "Maddison Project Database" if you want the details.

[@wiseazrie9281]

​@@efaizariff3145yes, it's more accurate assesment

[@JOHN-w1i7u]

Thailand still behind us in lotsa things.

[@finzy4966]

Gdp Nominal is not the data to Compared that country is rich or poor.Gdp nominal have to ÷ with all population like a food,investment,etc.Meanwhile GDP per capita is the income of people and how much money goverment can gave.Meanwhile Malaysia have 400+Billion Gdp nominal compared Indonesian with 1 trillion.But the Malaysia still can challenge indonesia even they only had 34 million population compared to Indonesia with 100 Million population.The conclusion,the highly gdp percapita,the more benefits people will get

[@kevinkhoo7649]

The population of Indonesia is actually well over 277 million.

[@astakonaaves8029]

If Malaysia want to challenge Indonesia. At least Malaysia must have 150 million people.

[@finzy4966]

@@astakonaaves8029 for what? The more population in one country the more food,necessary things for government to spend.We prefer quality than quantity

[@finzy4966]

@@astakonaaves8029 don't only think about newborn baby,think about how to manage it

[@shincy25]

If you compare to countries in SEA region, we are doing well. Even inflation we controlled well, if you a lot europe/us/australia interested to get MM2H is because their country have crazy inflation. Overall, our life quality even B40 also generally better than europe/us mid-income peoples. But all good things are shaded by racial/religion issues, 1 tension shaded 3 good deeds, bad PR communication make it double again. I look thru so much foreigners perception, they liked our countries and have general positive reviews. The ghost is within us, our anger/hatred played by politicians so much, and has to stop with open and rational dialogues.

[@JOHN-w1i7u]

1st thing 1st, we have to get rid of religious fundamentalist bigots. And those who hate malaysia, we must push them out. Those who talks about inflation have zero knowledge on economy and zero experience living overseas. I have been travelling these past 3 years after covid. I can tel u, things are expension in europe even europeans are complaining. China so called biggest economy didnt fare any better.

[@askarsepoi]

I don't like to compare Malaysia with other countries. I just want to highlight so many things spread outside before, mostly by political reasons. They dare to create so many fake issues just to tarnish image of other political party. In fact, the things are almost the same when they run the government. But nowadays nobody creates hoax issues anymore and everything looks great. In fact all the attractions and policies have already succeeded in more than 20-30 years ago. Not 2-3 years recently.😏

[@yuzazuryatibintimohdyusofk139]

Who cares man… As long as we’re happy here WE LOVE OUR COUNTRY MALAYSIA ❤

[@haulingwithjo6874]

Islamic Lebai would ruin it, that's for sure.

[@imnotabadslime1014]

Just say that party cause not every islamic scholars are like them..​@@haulingwithjo6874

[@MuhammadIzzTaufiq]

​@@haulingwithjo6874what are you trying to say dude? is that your problem?

[@nabell5764]

@@haulingwithjo6874 islamic lebai is the same person who worshiped by your people called datuk kong

[@MultiWorld2000]

It is too early to say that Malaysia is a successful country, as much still needs to be rectified or improved, especially in terms of living standards between urban and rural areas, addressing corruption among civil servants, and low productivity particularly among rural residents.

[@zailanizilane]

Gilak keren sih dek malay. Oh indonesiaku kapan mahu hidup sejahtera kerja ada tanpa joget doang

[@acongmamat3628]

Joget boleh aje. Asal keje jalan. 👍🏻

[@hazmanriess8949]

Coba liat...sekarang Prabowo dan kabinet menteri nya asik jogetan. Suka suka. Mudik sana sini merenih merono kaur kaur ngomong itu ini.

[@acongmamat3628]

@@hazmanriess8949 sabar saudara. Mungkin ada perkara presiden saudara mahu sampaikan kepada semua warga Indonesia. Itu kerana beliau pergi menjelajah satu Indonesia. Saya cuma bersangka baik.

[@u2ber888]

Do you know what's the poverty level today in msia? GDP doesn't mean anything. It's heavily relying on foreign investmnt that comes and go. Msia doesn't hv high tech industries of their own. Everything relies on import even processed water from Sgp.

[@chanellover4491]

We get our water from Singapore 😂😂😂

[@megroslmegr7504]

Even at 3k ringgit is considered poor for the Gov...but is consideted well off by neighboring countries

[@erchongyee]

After all the discount factors, we are still superb.

[@azrulaznizan]

i am surprised to see these data showing Malaysia outperforms Thailand in so many ways,i always had the perception that Thailand does it better than us....well,world bank has released a statement saying by 2025-2028 Malaysia will be a high income nation,i am sure a lot of changes will happen in the near future

[@TingTong-mh6ns]

UK Prof Victor Purcell : Modern Malaya is the creation of British and Chinese enterprise

[@JOHN-w1i7u]

Yes, modern malaya and malaysia belongs to malaysian. Conservatism can screw themselves.

[@JOHN-w1i7u]

What makes u thing Thailand is better, even before pandemic Thailand were not doing any better. Their big cities look busy, thats because lacked of city planning if compared to KL and other big cities in malaysia. Malaysia is organised, clean, and progressive in many ways. Thailand is progressive in sin entertainment which many malaysian wont want, and i bet u as a muslim malay certainly do not want it either.

[@JOHN-w1i7u]

What makes u thing Thailand is better, even before pandemic Thailand were not doing any better. Their big cities look busy, thats because lacked of city planning if compared to KL and other big cities in malaysia. Malaysia is organised, clean, and progressive in many ways. Thailand is progressive in sin entertainment which many malaysian wont want, and i bet u as a muslim malay certainly do not want it either.

[@wanderer4801]

@@TingTong-mh6ns Get your facts straight! Victor Purcell’s 1956 book was written when Malaysia didn’t exist, as it was only the Federation of Malaya under British rule. The Federation gained independence in 1957, and Malaysia was created in 1963. Modern Malaysia was built by ALL communities, not just the British and Chinese. Stop misrepresenting history and spreading lies! 😡

[@FernanPer94]

Malaysia, I believe, has fallen into the middle-income country tráp. As long as they don't address their debt, religión, and corruptión, it will be impossible for them to grow.

[@stevenrafa1]

true

[@helohelo2610]

There is no more middle income trap,they almost hit the high income status this year

[@mayfoo02]

Those r old problems n were making progress on these areas.

[@fanyong7883]

Agreed 👍

[@Icantsleep21]

Behind Asia made a video on that.. why Malaysia failed to become the Asian tigers or something

[@RedRoses-rf4km]

Malaydesh's purchasing power is decreasing, life pressure is getting higher, productivity is weakening, debts are piling up, too many subsidies and corruption, feel like a rich country but actually still poor.., Now life is difficult, many people are stressed... lazy M people rely on foreigners only to drive their economy growth.. that's why never achive average of Asean economic growth.. as if Malaydesh is a developed country, but lives prosperous from debt..., , pushing hard inflation & pushing hard interest rate but using debt.. everyone can also look rich with debt.., at the end Malaydesh's people will take all this debt and high tax, so many taxes now in Malaydesh.., try make it balance , what a shame Malaydesh

[@kayposia4997]

Bruh, all of that is not important. The most important thing for Malaysia is to fight for the right to claim these foods-nasi lemak, chicken rice, satay, rendang, nyonya cuisine, teh tarik, ikan bakar, nasi goreng, mee goreng and laksa-from their top two enemies, Indonesia and Singapore.😂

[@aren3130]

Well said with all those data and facts to back up.Thanks for sharing this information that a lot of people dont know.

[@aaabbb-ff1sp]

Question：How do you make a melayu a successful small businessman? Answer: You give him a successful big business to start with.

[@LeSudiste-m2q]

The largest economy by GDP is by far Indonesia.

[@wiseazrie9281]

Not by per capita.

[@hazmanriess8949]

GDP collect money thro internal domestic taxation of 280 million people and custom tax. Income from export Indonesia far behind Singapore and Malaysia

[@suhaimibinedris]

With the most poor people.

[@neku2741]

Malaysia always been a great strategic country. It used to and still is a host to the busiest strait(Malacca strait) in the world. The reason it's not a first world is because it's a relatively new country that just free themselves from european colony.

[@bangdoll4500]

The higher the PPP is compared to the country's nominal GDP per capita, the lower the value of the country's currency, so it means that the imported goods are bought at a high price, and the people's basic living expenses are high, so the savings are low. It's not good. The smaller the gap between GDP and PPP per capita, the more stable developed and powerful it is. What does it do compared to Japan, which has no economic growth in the past 30 years? Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines have had full potential for the past 70 years and will become developed countries in the future, but they are still countries with only full potential. The economic growth of Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines over the past 70 years is exactly in line with the global inflation graph. In other words, it is safe to say that these countries have virtually little development, and they have been trapped in the "Middle income trap" for the past 30 years.

[@alma09876]

These countries are relatively new after freeing themselves from their western colonizers. After independence post WW2, problems left by their colonizers had to solve first by the new governments - these are tackling land reforms which is a major caused of rebellion among local people like in the case of Philippines.

[@xcjsmith5310]

I love how he mentioned the Graph without showing it when he mentioned GDP and PPP per capita with Singapore and Brunei, so we are always second and never first, so sad.

[@AlHamdan-ks1yr]

I remember when when I was a kid 40 years ago there was only 1 car in my whole home town. Today most families have 2 or 3 cars.

[@Dios_of_Autumn-1999]

Thats crazy. Its very different compared here in the Philippines.

[@whaz4056]

Debt cars

[@hanxhaykidsdiaries8044]

@@whaz4056of course debt car. If you buy all your cars with cash, then you will see the LHDN sending you a declare of asset and income tax 😅

[@LiesTerminator4]

​@whaz4056 what's wrong with debt? As long u can service debt well.

[@LiesTerminator4]

​@whaz4056 what's wrong with debt? As long u can service debt well.

[@Logic807]

It is behind Chile?

[@bella8145-d9z]

Malaysia GDP per capita is 14,000 in 2024

[@kevinkhoo7649]

From Wikipedia: in 2024, Malaysia's GDP(nominal) is $13,142, vs $12,969 China, $7,527 Thailand, and for reference, $17,069 Bulgaria (low end of EU). In contrast, after adjusting for purchasing power, Malaysia's GDP (PPP) in 2024 is $41,022, vs $26,310 China, $25,212 Thailand, and $39,185 Bulgaria.

[@bella8145-d9z]

​@@kevinkhoo7649 Malaysia currency is low that's why Malaysia have low GDP per capita in nominal terms

[@Rapture77]

Per capita GDP is actually around 13,000 USD. Please update your research.

[@SkyVergil83]

what about compare with Singapore?

[@scgtimk1]

PM Anwar Ibrahim is the best PM Malaysia ever had. LTL. #sayangPMX

[@PembasmimanusiaTOLOLL]

Komentar selanjutnya akan banyak komentar tidak terima dan kepanasan dari negara sekitar😂😂

[@huiboon2903]

Malaysia mininum wages only Rm 1500 per month you call it rich country???

[@Logic807]

Yes it isis not defined as rich i think. My son wants to.intern in Chile, I thought maybe a little backward...till I check. Woops quite a way ahead of Malaysia

[@megroslmegr7504]

Minimum rate for general job foreign workers..Local always receive better salary

[@art3v581]

Italy doesn't have the concept of minimum wage at all, despite being a G7 member. So can it be considered a rich country?

[@killiankong5199]

How about the effect from illegal online gambling, money laundering, money that flow into black market ?

[@giasienchew9474]

Thanks to Najib for making Malaysia famous of its 1MDB case.

[@wiseazrie9281]

U mean infamous

[@johnardygoh6245]

Thanks for the info,finds with all the data but in end of day,is average Ahmad,ah Chong and Samy able to hv at least one proper meal day

[@Kutakura]

This video's graphic is soooo bare bone compared to your other videos. Why?

[@Kscherschnapper]

Wait, we're rich?

[@irfanj]

People not realizing how almost all PC processors have "Malay" or "Malaysia" on them, that alone shows how successful Malaysia is.

[@asrafie15]

tq for the data

[@창공-c8s]

In Southeast Asia, Malaysia is an exemplary and successful cace.

[@Sion-No1]

What about Singapore

[@bella8145-d9z]

Singapore is more developed than Malaysia

[@LeSudiste-m2q]

@@bella8145-d9z But behind in terms of quality of life, freedom to speak, etc... Why do many Singaporeans come to Malaysia to relax and enjoy the countryside?

[@bella8145-d9z]

@@LeSudiste-m2q still 3.3 though

[@LeSudiste-m2q]

@@bella8145-d9z 3.3 what? Million Sing? If this is your number it is wrong. It is 5.6. Singaporeans are trapped in a race to survive and be hyperproductive. New homeless and jobless people are left behind by a very well know economic system who do not give a f**k about its people.

[@zamanreds]

This is thanks to the past government's well planned economic policies, vigilant expenditures and investments. No economy is perfect but Malaysia have always remain strong and performing well despite the corruption scandals, economic crises, pandemic etc.

[@Transporterdouble48zero]

Come and Live in Malaysia in 2-3 Months. You will get the legit answer

[@MuhammadAhmad-db6sf]

Malaysia are also pretty developed economy and there GDP higher than Indonesia or Philippines so we can say Malaysia have score in corruption index just 57 so that's why they have just in term of Money Miracle Malaysia have also so developed cities and provence like Johor and kula lumper or it is a very well democracy state and well responsible 🦾🇲🇾🕋 Viva Malaysia

[@edizuzent1]

Land of Bangla,

[@fanyong7883]

Good content bro

[@nick66877]

Positive analysis

[@AjanNokPan]

Im just seing wrong photos on pictorial slides

[@collinyim6727]

As Malaysian… hoping Malaysia will keep on getting better and better

[@azrulashraf00]

Malaysia success in QoL is so great, that a lot of people actually against raising minimum wage. Ain't that crazy.

[@grace.c3310]

Raising minimum wage the price goods n services will also increase..

[@azrulashraf00]

@grace.c3310 goods and services prices have always increased even when minimum wage isn't increased. What's the difference?

[@azrulashraf00]

@grace.c3310 If the government announces that the minimum wage will be reduced to 500, will the prices decrease? Is that how it works?

[@CCP_zhongguo_sai_B]

You failed to mention Hong Kong and Macau.

[@ridzuan94]

Aren't they under China? 🤔

[@avay8726]

As Indonesian i must say malaysian is more wealthy than us

[@Hitamjoy]

The world should pay greater attention to prominent Malaysian politicians like Dr. Akmal Saleh and Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang, as they offer deeper insights into the world’s future guided by Islamic teachings. They have successfully made Malaysia an emerging economic powerhouse

[@dexong1959]

For a resource-rich country with commodities such oil, gold and silver, etc., this level of GDP per capita is 😂

[@chanellover4491]

Must be a dweller of kiasu nation

[@dexong1959]

@chanellover4491 may be, but anything beats a 'su' nation

[@afizi1213]

3:02 thats why many of japanese people living in malaysia cause of cheap life and freedom ,compare to japan they so developed many of things they made and eat a lot of money make them have big debt ,compare to my country malaysia also have the low debt just play in 1 trilion dollar maybe and we location is so strategic that no country wanna leave malaysia like mlaysia still have the look east policy that allow many of east asia people come and living in malaysia such as study ,work and many of things even 67% of our economy is control by chinese malaysia people actually ,malay just support around 46% thats sad cause not many of malay people are rich ,like any race in malaysia ,malaysia also have 3 big race such as india china and malay ,if compare malay and india china ,they percapita more big that malay people and our power parity is majoriti by malay ,india have 2.6 milion while china have 6.9 milion ,malay people is the big population in malaysia

[@LeSudiste-m2q]

Japan's debts are owned by the Japanese, not by outsiders like the USA. The impact on their credit solvability is none. Once again compared to the USA, Japan has nothing to fear. The high-tech industry, highly Industrialized, well developed, in many fields, nothing to compare with Malaysia.

[@wiseazrie9281]

​@@LeSudiste-m2qexcept declining population

[@rdambul]

The disparity between West and East Malaysia remains significant. Despite the fact that the East Malaysian states (Sabah and Sarawak) contribute substantially to the nation’s wealth (via commodities such as petroleum and palm oil), the gap persists. This economic injustice is one of the biggest ironies in Malaysia. Successful economies should, first and foremost, be defined by the equitable distribution of wealth. For the time being, Malaysia still lacks of this quality.

[@mohdnazri3085]

iyalah tuhan berwarganegara bangsa Indonesia yang terpaling tau segalanya di semesta alam dunia ini...sibuk ngurus negara-negara orang lain

[@bella8145-d9z]

malaysia gdp per capita in PPP is 40000 dollar. and in nominal is 14,000 dollar

[@giftmo6341]

The amount of negativity in this comments section 😪

[@xXteh_doctorXx]

relax its just the paid cytro's of the opposition and our but hurt neighbors singaporean. 😂 this is normal for any malaysia covered story 😚malaysian we just be chillin..

[@mr.9636]

Slow and steady

[@NewmaticKe]

Look to Wawasan 2020 for your answer

[@zSeVSfdowRA]

Najib must not release from jail

[@Grunt423]

The comment section: Welcome to the Balkans of Asia!!!

[@TingTong-mh6ns]

UK Prof Victor Purcell : Modern Malaya is the creation of British and Chinese enterprise

[@wanderer4801]

Get your facts straight! Victor Purcell’s 1956 book was written when Malaysia didn’t exist, as it was only the Federation of Malaya under British rule. The Federation gained independence in 1957, and Malaysia was created in 1963. Modern Malaysia was built by ALL communities, not just the British and Chinese. Stop misrepresenting history and spreading lies!😡😤

[@TingTong-mh6ns]

@wanderer4801 It was written in 1948 not 1956. This shows that you are lying and spreading misinformation. So get lost. From : Singapore 🇸🇬😂😂

[@t700qwe8]

Hoax

[@ariffadam8540]

The GDP doesn't real reflect the true value, oil & gaa produced are stated own and devide them with the number of population. Unless petroleum income is manage like Norway.

[@izanimokhtar7592]

But under current government, living cost will be significantly increase in days to come.

[@huangerli7215]

Malaysia lady beautiful

[@rentzi3834]

Data? World bank data? See in March 2025...then decide...

[@mohdyusuff8310]

No Malaysia only success in Klang valey but other city especially Sabah state hard to get job and poor development. Unbalanced development only focusing on big city.

[@stormycoffee]

Malaysia is a success story. Gonna be high income country in 2025

[@azmiibrahim9714]

no need to compare pimple sized Singapore & Brunei

[@neale3871]

Same video creators just posted about Malaysia failing as an economic powerhouse. I'm so bored of AI generated kosong content.

[@hazmanriess8949]

Malaysia can gain move up to 2 trillion USD Nominal GDP in short comming year by helping and cooperation from Eastern and Western ecomonic global power. Thank to Our PM Anwar. Now we has seen FDI boosted higher.

[@marcusdelaney8722]

They also sell tickets to heaven. Yes. Good economy 😂

[@imjuzsayin..5017]

Don't get confused. Racism ≠ racial

[@TingTong-mh6ns]

Even the constitution is racist

[@FazLee15]

PMX is the best, Insha'Allah.

[@ohcho-fg4co]

Malaysia is 2 times better than Thailand.

[@chanellover4491]

Doubtful. They had stronger economy, larger population, more hardworking citizens.

[@ohcho-fg4co]

@chanellover4491 look at crazy King and inept military dictators.

[@chanellover4491]

Need more Chinese. That's the solution of all type C😅​@@ohcho-fg4co

[@megroslmegr7504]

​@@chanellover4491Thailand economy is stagnant for many years now..not much growth

[@Jalankobis]

PMX and Malaysia 🇲🇾 power❤️

[@atouristbiker7]

Giving credit to the wrong person

[@xXteh_doctorXx]

@@atouristbiker7 haters be hating regardless. PMX and malaysia Power 😘

[@Jalankobis]

@ story about economic 2023-2024.progress and economic success will flourish in 2023 and 2024. The policies made by the government under the leadership of Anwar Ibrahim and the success of Anwar Ibrahim will put the Malaysian economy back on the right track. Who will be the figure of 2023/24? Definitely Anwar Ibrahim. Impossible Hadi Awang or Hamzah.

[@anuarmatyaacob3546]

Laporan upahan nih

[@nouraaz27]

Kan data dari World Bank tu

[@stevenliew2507]

Singapore is more successful. We know why Malaysia falls behind Singapore.😢

[@jeek78]

No, it's a corrupted economy filling a few personal pocket

[@mottscottison6943]

Anywhere with ethnic Chinese will have some degree of success.

[@cutkin9316]

😂...i doubt the comments even real...nowaday everything is AI generated.. Unless you a breathing😂😂😂😂🎉 Knows whats facinate me How everyone kept pointing toward here...its almost scary...juz hope our country will be safe and the society kept their heart strong facing future ahead...remember guyz...no fame gonna follow you to the grave...❤❤❤❤

[@Kreativtsinne]

Economists can tell a noob content creator when they show GDP or GDP per capita but do not use a log scale :))

[@wiseazrie9281]

What's yr channel dude, Mr Ecinomist