GXEX1413:

Introduction to MALAYSIA
Topic: Malaysian Economy
University of Malaya 2014/2015

Members:

HUTOMO DANU SAPUTRO

ADDINA HADI
MUSTAFA ENES KIRMACHI
SALEM BARAGAA
RATU NIDA SAKINAH JOHAN
NABILAH BINTE OMAR
NUR HIDAYAH BT ROSLEE
NIA DWI CHAYANTI

MA LAY SIA MA LEI SIE

Is a federal
constitutional
monarchy located in
Southeast Asia. It consists
of 13 states and 3 federal
territories and has a total
landmass of 330,847
square kilometres
separated by the South
China Sea into two
similarly sized regions,
Peninsular Malaysia and
East Malaysia.

MALAYSIA IN F A C T S

Malaysia is a highly
open upper-middle
income economy.
Malaysia was one of 13
countries identified by
the WORLD BANK in its
2008 Growth Reportto
have recorded average
growth of more than
7 percent per year
for 25 years or more.
Source: WorldBank Stats 2013

GDP

USD 312.5 billion

(2013)

GDP per capita

USD 10,500 (2013)

Exports/GDP

83 percent (2013)

Doing Business 2015 18th (out of 189

Ranking
economies)
Poverty Rate (share
of households
below the national
poverty line)

1.0 percent (2014)

Gini coefficient
(income)

0.41 (2014)

Unemployment rate

2.9 percent (2014)

IN A SHORT

The economy of Malaysia the third largest in

Southeast Asia, after the much more populous
Indonesia and Thailand, and 28th largest in the
world.
Malaysia is also the third richest in Southeast Asia
by GDP per capita values, after the city-states
of Singapore and Brunei. In 2014-2015, Malaysia's
economy was one of the most competitive in
Asia, ranking 6th in Asia and 20th in the world,
higher than countries like Australia, France and
South Korea

MINISTRY OF FINANCE MALAYSIA

Located in PUTRAJAYA

Forefront Institution in Malaysia that doing Fiscal

Policy

CENTRAL BANK OF MALAYSIA

Located in Kuala Lumpur

As the only ONE bank in the country
which prints the national currency,
which usually serves as the state's
legal tender.

Dr. Zeti Akhtar

Governor

THE CURRENCY

RINGGIT MALAYSIA (RM/ MYR)

On 12 June 1967, the Malaysian
dollar(M$), issued by the new
central bank, Bank Negara,
replaced the Malaya and British
Borneo dollar at par.
the new dollar was originally
valued at 8.57 dollars per 1
British pound sterling
In 1993, the currency symbol
"RM" (Ringgit Malaysia) was
introduced to replace the use
of the dollar sign "M$".