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The economy of Malaysia is an emerging and developing, upper-middle income, highly industrialised, mixed economy.It ranks the 36th largest in the world in terms of nominal GDP, however, when measured by purchasing power parity, its GDP climbs to the 30th largest.
One of the most significant events in the history of the Malaysian economy was the Asian financial crisis, which caused Malaysia's GDP to shrink from US$100.8 billion in 1996 to US$72.2 billion in 1998. The Malaysian economy's GDP did not recover to 1996 levels until 2003. [17] The year 1997 saw drastic changes in Malaysia.
This included a New Economic Model, subsidy reforms, international free trade agreements and stimulus packages. However, in the later stages of his administration, Malaysia experienced an economic downturn and a depreciation of the Malaysian Ringgit due to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal (1MDB).
This is a list of Malaysian states and federal territories sorted by their gross domestic product (GDP). [1] [2] As of 3 November 2022 Malaysian Ringgit (symbol: RM, currency code: MYR) is equivalent to 0.211 United States dollar [3] or 0.213 Euros. [4] In 2023, Selangor contributed 25.9% of Malaysia's GDP, followed by Kuala Lumpur (15.9%) and ...
Launched on 21 September 2010, [1] it is a comprehensive economic transformation plan to propel Malaysia's economy into high income economy. The program will lift Malaysia's gross national income (GNI) to US$523 billion by 2020, and raise per capita income from US$6,700 to at least US$15,000, meeting the World Bank's threshold for high income nation. [2]
The economic development plan was unveiled at a time when Malaysia was starting to recover from the Asian financial crisis and challenging economic conditions as a result of high oil prices. The US-led Iraq invasion in 2003 resulted in a rise in oil prices to about US$60/barrel by August 2005, which was a few months before the plan was unveiled ...
On August 17, Malaysian badminton player, Lee Chong Wei, won a silver medal at these Games. This was the first time since the 1996 Summer Olympics that Malaysia won a medal at an Olympic Games. [54] 20 August – The MISC vessel registered as MT Bunga Melati Dua was hijacked by a group of armed pirates in the Gulf of Aden, between Yemen and ...
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