Malaysia Secures Record RM426.7 Billion Investments in 2025 as Foreign Inflows Surge

Malaysia recorded a historic RM426.7 billion in approved investments in 2025, marking an 11 per cent increase from RM384.4 billion in 2024, according to the Malaysian Investment Development Authority.

The approvals covered 8,390 projects across the services, manufacturing and primary sectors and are expected to generate 244,902 new jobs nationwide.

RM426.7 Billion Investments

Domestic investments contributed RM219.6 billion, representing 51.5 per cent of the total, while foreign investments rose 20.9 per cent year-on-year to RM207.1 billion, accounting for the remaining 48.5 per cent.

Foreign investment expanded across all sectors, increasing 63.4 per cent in the primary sector, 28.7 per cent in services and 13.1 per cent in manufacturing.

Singapore and China emerged as the largest sources of foreign investment, each contributing about RM58 billion. This was followed by the United States with RM15.1 billion, Japan with RM7.6 billion and Hong Kong with RM7.1 billion.

Services sector

The services sector remained the biggest contributor, securing RM281.3 billion or 65.9 per cent of total approvals, largely driven by information and communications projects including data centres, artificial intelligence and cloud computing.

Manufacturing attracted RM131.3 billion across 1,354 projects, with foreign investors accounting for RM100.6 billion of the total.