The Venture Capital & Private Equity
Country Attractiveness Index
Alexander Groh, Heinrich Liechtenstein, Karsten Lieser and Markus Biesinger

Malaysia  
Rank: 20 · Score: 73.0  

Basic facts        
Population (millions) 33.9   IPOs and pulic issues (quartile) Top
GDP (US$ billions) 406.2   M&A volume (quartile) 3rd
GDP per capita (US$) 11,967.7   Venture capital investments (quartile) Top
GDP growth (per cent) 4.5   Private equity investments (quartile) 3rd
 
 
 
Performance Overview
Indicator   Rank / 125 Rank Trend Score
VC/PE Country Attractiveness Index 20 106, 105, 105, 106, 105 73.0
1 Economic Activity 22 107, 92, 78, 105, 103 84.1
2 Depth of Capital Market 17 103, 106, 106, 107, 108 76.3
3 Taxation 55 73, 73, 70, 68, 70 93.1
4 Investor Protection and Corporate Governance 18 109, 107, 108, 107, 107 94.8
5 Human and Social Environment 32 94, 94, 94, 93, 93 42.0
6 Entrepreneurial Opportunities 24 98, 100, 100, 101, 101 72.0


 
Historic performance, 2019-2023   Key driver performance, 2023
 

   
VC/PE Rank  
VC Rank  
PE Rank
Malaysia  
Asia
 
 
 
Peer Group Comparison
 
Regional Peers Economic Activity Depth of Capital Market Taxation Investor Protection and
Corporate Governance
Human and Social
Environment
Entrepreneurial
Opportunites
China 100.8 95.0 91.7 51.0 67.3 89.6
Hong Kong 81.9 63.7 116.3 108.4 57.3 78.1
India 95.3 86.5 80.1 79.4 43.8 69.1
Malaysia 84.1 76.3 93.1 94.8 42.0 72.0
Taiwan 83.3 77.1 100.9 86.0 53.5 55.9
Thailand 87.8 77.2 96.8 75.4 30.6 65.1
Indonesia 91.8 76.9 91.3 55.3 27.7 48.6
Last updated: 4 Nov 2023