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GDP:
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purchasing power parity - $207.8 billion (2003 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate:
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5.2% (2003 est.)
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GDP - per capita:
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purchasing power parity - $9,000 (2003 est.)
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GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 7.3%
industry: 33.5%
services: 59.1% (2003 est.)
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Investment (gross fixed):
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22.2% of GDP (2003)
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Population below poverty line:
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8% (1998 est.)
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Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: 1.4%
highest 10%: 39.2% (2003 est.)
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Distribution of family income - Gini index:
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49.2 (1997)
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Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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1.1% (2003 est.)
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Labor force:
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10.26 million (2003 est.)
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Labor force - by occupation:
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agriculture 14.5%, industry 36%, services 49.5% (2000 est.)
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Unemployment rate:
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3.6% (2003 est.)
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Budget:
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revenues: $22.95 billion
expenditures: $27.75 billion, including capital expenditures of $9.4 billion (2003 est.)
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Public debt:
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45.5% of GDP (2003)
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Industries:
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Peninsular Malaysia - rubber and oil palm processing and manufacturing, light manufacturing industry, electronics, tin mining and smelting, logging and processing timber; Sabah - logging, petroleum production; Sarawak - agriculture processing, petroleum production and refining, logging
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Industrial production growth rate:
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9.3% (2003 est.)
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Electricity - production:
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75.33 billion kWh (2002)
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Electricity - production by source:
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fossil fuel: 89.5%
hydro: 10.5%
other: 0% (2001)
nuclear: 0%
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Electricity - consumption:
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68.4 billion kWh (2002)
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Electricity - exports:
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0 kWh (2002)
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Electricity - imports:
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0 kWh (2002)
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Oil - production:
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690,000 bbl/day (2003 est.)
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Oil - consumption:
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460,000 bbl/day (2003 est.)
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Oil - exports:
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230,200 bbl/day (2003)
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Oil - imports:
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NA (2003)
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Oil - proved reserves:
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3.729 billion bbl (1 January 2002)
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Natural gas - production:
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53.66 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - consumption:
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31.25 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - exports:
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22.41 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - imports:
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0 cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - proved reserves:
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2.23 trillion cu m (1 January 2002)
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Agriculture - products:
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Peninsular Malaysia - rubber, palm oil, cocoa, rice; Sabah - subsistence crops, rubber, timber, coconuts, rice; Sarawak - rubber, pepper; timber
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Current account balance:
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$13.38 billion (2003)
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Exports:
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$98.4 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Exports - commodities:
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electronic equipment, petroleum and liquefied natural gas, wood and wood products, palm oil, rubber, textiles, chemicals
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Exports - partners:
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US 19.5%, Singapore 16.1%, China 10.4%, Japan 9.4%, Hong Kong 4.3% (2003 est.)
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Imports:
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$74.4 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Imports - commodities:
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electronics, machinery, petroleum products, plastics, vehicles, iron and steel products, chemicals
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Imports - partners:
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Singapore 25.3%, Japan 12.5%, US 12.1%, China 6.8%, Taiwan 5.4%, South Korea 5.2%, Thailand 4.3%, Germany 4% (2003 est.)
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Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
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$44.58 billion (2003)
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Debt - external:
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$48.84 billion (2003 est.)
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Currency:
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ringgit (MYR)
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Currency code:
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MYR
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Exchange rates:
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ringgits per US dollar - 3.8 (2003), 3.8 (2002), 3.8 (2001), 3.8 (2000), 3.8 (1999)
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