Why Malaysia for High Value Manufacturing?
With the region’s largest skilled workforce alongside an energised manufacturing industry, Malaysia offers the perfect foundation for your company’s High Value Manufacturing future. The government’s outline to be a major player in the aerospace industry global supply chain alongside Mexico and Morocco is a testament to Malaysia’s manufacturing excellence.
Understanding Malaysia*
32.4
Million Population
USD315
Billion GDP
5.9%
GDP growth
USD9.5
Billion Net FDI
*Economic figures from World Bank, 2017 indicators
- Founding member of the ASEAN Economic Community
- Integrated member of ASEAN Single Window customs agreement
- Connected global and regional transport hub
- Favourable flight radius to Asia’s key business centres
- Highly-developed logistics infrastructure for air, land and sea
Access to an Energised High Value Manufacturing Ecosystem
Malaysia’s national High Value Manufacturing ecosystem provides access to advanced technology and leading regional expertise for the high value manufacturing industry.

A Nation with the Skills to Deliver
Malaysia boasts the region’s largest skilled workforce, demonstrating a commitment to the talent and skill upon which to build the future of High Value Manufacturing.
15.28 million*
Labour force
27.3%
Highly-skilled
60.6%
Semi-skilled
12.1%
Low-skilled
* Malaysia Department of Statistics 2018
World Economic Forum - Global Human Capital Report 2017
Rank: 33 out of 130 countries
Score: 68.29
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