FDI into Malaysia up 3.1% to RM31.7b in 2019

“The higher FDI was mainly due to injection of equity from Japan to Malaysia precisely in health activity. The foreign inflows were mainly channeled into services sector, particularly in health, real estate and financial activities,” he said.

KUALA LUMPUR: Foreign direct investments (FDI) in Malaysia for 2019 rose by 3.1% to RM31.7bil from RM30.70bil in 2018, the Statistics Department reported.

It said on Thursday that direct investment abroad (DIA) rose by a strong 26.5% to RM26.1bil in 2019