In 2021, Malaysia spent more than ************ U.S. dollars on research and development, and it was forecast to increase to more than *********** U.S. dollars in 2022. The Malaysian government's spending on R&D has been steadily increasing since 2020, but remained at around *** percent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP).
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R&D WORLD. (May 15, 2022). Expenditure of research and development in Malaysia from 2020 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 12, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1346285/malaysia-expenditure-of-r-and-d/
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R&D WORLD, Expenditure of research and development in Malaysia from 2020 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1346285/malaysia-expenditure-of-r-and-d/ (last visited July 12, 2025)
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