Malaysia
- Official Name:
- Malaysia
- Area:
- 329.750 km 2
- Population (2007):
- 24.821.286 inhabitants
- Coastline:
- 4.675 km
- Capital:
- Kuala Lumpur
- Maritime Ports and terminals:
- Bintulu, Johor, Labuan, Lahad Datu, Lumut, Miri, George Town (Penang), Port Kelang, Tanjung Pelepas
- Maritime claims:
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- Territorial sea: 12 nm
- Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
- Continental shelf: 200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation; specified boundary in the South China Sea
- Political divisions:
- 13 states (negeri-negeri, singular - negeri) Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Pulau Pinang, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor, and Terengganu; and one federal territory (wilayah persekutuan) with three components, city of Kuala Lumpur, Labuan, and Putrajaya
- Language(s):
- Bahasa Malaysia (official), English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai Note: in East Malaysia there are several indigenous languages; most widely spoken are Iban and Kadazan
- National holiday:
- Independence Day/Malaysia Day, 31 August (1957)
- Nationality:
- Malaysian(s)
- Official time:
- UTC 8. Note: Putrajaya is referred to as administrative center not capital; Parliament meets in Kuala Lumpur
- Member of:
- APEC, APT, ARF, AsDB, ASEAN, BIS, C, CP, EAS, FAO, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURSO, MONUC, NAM, OIC, OPCW, PCA, PIF (partner), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMEE, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
- Internet country code:
- .my
Economic Profile
- Currency:
-
Ringgit (MYR) - GDP - per capita (PPP):
- USD12.900 (2006 est.)
- GDP (official exchange rate):
- (2006 est.) USD 132.300.000.000
- PIB (Real growth rate:
- 5,9% (2006 est.)
- GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)
-
- Agriculture: 8,3%
- Industry: 48,1%
- Services: 43,6%
- Labor force:
- 10.730.000 (2006 est.)
- Labor force - by occupation (2005):
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- Agriculture 13%
- Industry: 36%
- Services 51%
- Unemployment rate:
- 3,5% (2006 est.)
- Inflation rate (Consumer prices):
- 3,8% (2006 est)
- Investment (Gross Fixed):
- 19,9% del PIB (2006 est.)
- Budget:
-
- Revenues: USD31.630.000.000
- Expenditures: USD37.000.000.000
- Public debt:
- 46,7% of GDP (2006 est.)
- Current account balance:
- USD 17.860.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Exports:
- USD 158.700.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Exports - Commodities:
- Electronic equipment, petroleum and liquefied natural gas, wood and wood products, palm oil, rubber, textiles, chemicals
- Exports - Partners:
- US 19,7%, Singapore 15,6%, Japan 9,3%, China 6,6%, Hong Kong 5,8%, Thailand 5,4% (2005)
- Imports:
- USD 127.300.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Imports - Commodities:
- Electronics, machinery, petroleum products, plastics, vehicles, iron and steel products, chemicals
- Imports - partners:
- Japan 14,6%, US 13%, Singapore 11,8%, China 11,6%, Taiwan 5,6%, Thailand 5,3%, South Korea 5%, Germany 4,5% (2005)
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
- USD 82.300.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Debt - external:
- USD57.770.000.000 (2006)
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