ICT and e-commerce drive nearly a quarter of Malaysia's GDP in 2025

Malaysia's ICT and e-commerce industries together supplied 23.5% of the nation's GDP in 2025, delivering a combined gross value added of RM476.8 billion, the Statistics Department said in its latest ICT Satellite Account. The ICT sector expanded by 5.6% compared with 5.2% the previous year, producing RM288.1 billion, with ICT services contributing 40.3% and manufacturing 38.2%; both subsectors recorded growth of 7.6% and 6.4% respectively.

Trade and content-media added the remaining 21.5% of ICT value. E-commerce added RM267.6 billion, or 13.2% of GDP, growing 3.7%, with manufacturing accounting for 50.5% of its value added and services 47%, the latter accelerating to 7.2% growth. External trade in ICT products also improved, with exports rising 14.8% to RM513.6 billion and imports up 24.2% to RM405.3 billion, leaving a net export surplus of RM108.3 billion.