Weak spots remain amid broadly strong macro-fundamentals
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Last updated in January 2024.
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GDP | USD406.3bn (World ranking 37, World Bank 2022) |
Population | 33.9mn (World ranking 45, World Bank 2022) |
Form of state | Constitutional Monarchy |
Head of government | Anwar Ibrahim (PM) |
Next elections | 2028, legislative |
Strengths & Weaknesses
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- Member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
- Robust domestic demand
- Healthy labor market
- Resilient banking sector
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- Vulnerable to external pressures
- Export dependency leads to cyclical risk
- High level of private external debt and public debt needs monitoring
- Deteriorating business environment
Economic Overview
Trade structure by destination/origin
(% of total, 2022)
Exports | Rank | Imports |
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Singapore
15.0%
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China
13.6%
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2 |
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United States
10.8%
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3 |
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Japan
6.3%
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4 |
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China, Hong Kong SAR
6.1%
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Trade structure by product
(% of total, 2022)
Exports | Rank | Imports |
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Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, n.e.s.
24.7%
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23.0%
Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, n.e.s.
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Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials
13.0%
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2 |
15.5%
Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials
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Gas, natural and manufactured
11.3%
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3 |
3.2%
Coal, coke and briquettes
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Fixed vegetable oils and fats, crude, refined or fractionated
5.6%
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4 |
3.2%
Non-ferrous metals
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Office machines and automatic data processing machines
4.4%
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5 |
3.1%
Office machines and automatic data processing machines
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Collection Complexity
The Allianz Trade Collection Complexity Score provides a simple assessment of how easy it is to collect debt around the world. The 2022 edition covers 49 countries that represent nearly 90% of global GDP and 85% of global trade.
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