RM48.1bil net foreign investment into Malaysia in 2021, the highest since 2016

KUALA LUMPUR: Foreign investment into Malaysia recorded net inflows of RM48.1 billion in 2021 compared to RM13.3 billion in the previous year, while investment abroad registered RM19.7 billion versus RM10.2 billion in 2020.

As at the end of 2021, foreign direct investment (FDI) position registered a higher value of RM788.8 billion, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) which published the Statistics of FDI in Malaysia and Malaysia’s direct investment abroad (DIA) for 2021.