Diminishing DDIs to pick up in 2Q23

A panel discussion to understand Malaysia’s position on Domestic Direct Investment (DDI) and its importance for a sustainable economic growth

THE investment flows of Malaysia’s domestic direct investments (DDIs) have not been very encouraging. This is not an of late occurrence owing to the Covid-19 pandemic. In fact, as the data suggests, DDI has been diminishing since 2015.

The value of approved DDIs reflect a declining trend from RM150.6bil in 2015 to RM125.5bil in 2019. During the Covid-19 pandemic period, it continued to decrease to RM103.2bil in 2020 and further in 2021 to RM97.9bil.