MALAYSIA’S 1H 2025 APPROVED INVESTMENTS UP BY 18.7% YEAR-ON-YEAR TO RM190.3 BILLION, CREATING OVER 89,000 NEW JOBS.
- MEIF
- Aug 26
- 1 min read
The country secured RM190.3 billion in approved investments during the first half of 2025 (1H 2025), an 18.7% increase year-on-year. A total of 3,011 projects across the manufacturing, services, and primary sectors are expected to generate 89,294 new jobs, highlighting the country’s ability to translate investment commitments into real economic impact.
Foreign Investment (FI) surged 43.5% year-on-year, propelled by strong growth in all three (3) sectors: services (+100.7%), manufacturing (+12.1%) and primary (+57.4%). This is also validated by Malaysia’s rise from 34th to 23rd position by the IMD World Competitiveness Ranking 2025.
Singapore emerged as the leading source country with RM43.4 billion, followed by the People's Republic of China (RM23.4 billion), the United States of America (RM10.4 billion), the British Virgin Islands2 (RM6.6 billion), and Italy (RM3.3 billion).
The state of Johor recorded the highest value of approved investments (RM56.0 billion), followed by Selangor (RM34.7 billion), W.P. Kuala Lumpur (RM30.1 billion), Pulau Pinang (RM18.9 billion) and Sabah (RM11.4 billion).
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