PM: Digital economy to add more than 25.5% to GDP

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian digital economy is expected to contribute more than 25.5% to the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) by 2025, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

Revealing that the digital economy contributed 22.6% to the GDP in 2020, he said fast-growing sectors such as e-commerce contributed 11.5% to the GDP in 2020, compared to 8.5% in 2019.