Malaysia in Numb3r$ @ 26 Jul 2022

  • Mat Kilau broke record again, clearing RM90 mil in 33 days

  • Federal government debt as at end June 2022 - RM1.045 tril, 63.8% of GDP.

  • 1MDB debt as at end June - RM32.08 bil. RM10.85 bil has been paid between Apr 2017 - May 2022. 

  • Expected life expectancy of Malaysians in 2021 - 75.6 years, up by 12 years from 63.6 years in 1970. Every decade, life expectancy improved by 2.4 years. 

  • Unclaimed inheritance as of 2019 - RM78 bil. RM8.8 bil in cash + RM70 bil in properties. Only 20% of Malaysians have written a will. 

  • 110 males : 100 females - Malaysia’s gender ratio in 2020. 

  • Malaysia’s palm oil industry lost RM10.46 bil in the first 5 months of 2022 due to labour shortage. 

  • RM5 mil spent on Keluarga Malaysia campaigns. 

  • Costs to refurbish Shah Alam Stadium estimated to be RM787 mil. The stadium, opened in 1994 cost RM400 mil to build. 

  • Only 22.1% of students that completed their SPM furthered their studies. A very alarming trend. Malaysia’s long-term global competitiveness and productivity is at risk. 

  • Unsold properties as at Q1 2022 - 35,592 completed and unsold worth RM22.45 bi

  • 1,660 suicides across the country reported from 18 Mar to 31 Dec 2021 

  • 2,144 senior citizens abandoned at hospitals from 2018 until June last year 

  • 1,242 food delivery rider accidents from 2018 to May this year with 112 deaths 

  • RM380 mil spent on cooking oil subsidies in the pat 11 months to June