Malaysia vs Middle income: Manufactures imports
Manufactures imports over time
- Malaysia
- Middle income
How they compare
Malaysia currently reports 72.0% against 58.0% in Middle income, a difference of 14.0%.
That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.2 times Middle income's.
Across all 37 years both countries report, Malaysia has been ahead every year.
Malaysia ranks 35th and Middle income ranks 33rd of 196 countries.
Malaysia has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malaysia | Middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 74.1% | 63.6% | 10.4% | Malaysia |
| 1990s | 83.3% | 74.1% | 9.2% | Malaysia |
| 2000s | 78.0% | 68.8% | 9.2% | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 69.1% | 62.9% | 6.2% | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 66.3% | 60.1% | 6.3% | Malaysia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher manufactures imports, Malaysia or Middle income?
- Malaysia, at 72.0% against 58.0% in Middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in manufactures imports between Malaysia and Middle income?
- 14.0%, with Malaysia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Middle income?
- 37 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2024.
- How do Malaysia and Middle income rank globally for manufactures imports?
- Malaysia ranks 35th and Middle income ranks 33rd of 196 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division, published as Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Manufactures comprise commodities in SITC (Rev. 3) sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (non-ferrous metals). This indicator is expressed as a percentage of merchandise imports which is comprised of goods whose economic ownership is changed between a non-resident and a resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e.