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Rajah Rasiah-Chapter 01 - Overview of Malaysian Economy
Rajah Rasiah-Chapter 01 - Overview of Malaysian Economy
Overview of Malaysian
Economy
Rajah Rasiah
1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2009
Agriculture 31.5 29.0 27.7 22.9 20.8 15.2 12.9 8.6 8.4 9.5
Mining 9.0 13.7 4.6 10.1 10.5 11.8 6.2 10.6 14.4 12.9
Manufacturing 10.4 13.9 16.4 19.6 19.7 24.2 26.4 30.9 29.6 26.6
Construction 4.1 3.5 3.8 4.6 4.8 3.9 6.2 3.9 3.0 3.3
Electricity, gas
and water 1.1 1.1 2.0 1.4 1.8 2.2 2.6 3.0 2.7 2.6
Services 43.9 38.8 45.5 41.4 42.4 44.3 47.8 46.2 44.0 48.3
1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2009
Consumption 77.1 78.3 76.2 67.1 67.3 65.6 60.3 53.9 57.2 64.0
Government
consumption 17.0 18.3 17.6 16.5 15.3 13.8 12.4 10.2 12.4 14.1
Private
consumption 60.2 60.0 58.6 50.6 52.0 51.8 47.9 43.8 44.8 49.9
Savings 20.1 20.0 26.3 22.8 30.5 33.9 35.9 35.0 31.3
Gross fixed
capital 17.8 20.2 22.8 27.4 24.8 32.4 43.6 26.9 20.0 23.9
formation
Exports 41.8 41.4 43.0 56.7 54.1 74.5 94.1 119.8 117.5 123.1
Imports 37.6 37.3 42.5 54.3 49.1 72.4 98.0 100.6 94.6 106.3
Note: All figures over 1965–1980 are for Peninsular Malaysia only.
Note: Figures from 1961 until 1984 refer to Peninsular Malaysia. Figures for 2010 are for the period until
October end 2010.
❑ Macroeconomic Policies
❑ From Tin to Petroleum
❑ Development of Agriculture
❑ Industrial Policy and Industrialization
❑ Innovation and Technological Progress
❑ Education and Human Capital Formation
❑ Trade and Environment
❑ Poverty and Income Distribution
❑ Affirmative Action and Ethnic Inequality
❑ Privatization of Infrastructure Services in Malaysia
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