Malaysia’s ICT economy contributes RM476.8 billion in 2025
DOSM put the combined contribution of ICT and e-commerce at 23.5 per cent of GDP, with growth reaching 5.6 per cent.
Malaysia’s economy received a RM476.8 billion contribution from information and communication technology (ICT) and e-commerce in 2025, figures from the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) showed. Together, these activities represented 23.5 per cent of national GDP.
Chief statistician Siti Asiah Ahmad said growth across the two activities, termed the ICT economy, reached 5.6 per cent, against 5.2 per cent a year earlier.
For ICT products, exports reached RM513.6 billion after rising 14.8 per cent in 2025, while a 24.2 per cent increase took imports to RM405.3 billion. Siti Asiah said the resulting trade surplus was RM108.3 billion.
Within the ICT industry, gross value added totalled RM288.1 billion. Services supplied 40.3 per cent of that amount and manufacturing 38.2 per cent, with growth of 7.6 per cent for services and 6.4 per cent for manufacturing. Trade’s share stood at 15.3 per cent, while content and media represented 6.2 per cent.
E-commerce generated RM267.6 billion in gross value added, equivalent to 13.2 per cent of the economy, and grew 3.7 per cent. Manufacturing accounted for 50.5 per cent of e-commerce value added and expanded 1.3 per cent. Services contributed 47 per cent, with growth reaching 7.2 per cent compared with 5.1 per cent in 2024.
