Malaysia

Malaysia

Population

Total

34,308,525 (2023)

Gross Domestic Product

GDP per Capita (constant USD, thousand)

$11,318.7 (2022)

Human Development Index Ranking

HDI Rank (out of 191 countries)

63 (2022)

Garment/Textile Workers

Number of workers in the garment/textile sector

70,367 (2022)

Number of Garment/Textile Factories

Number of factories in the garment/textile industry

970 (2023)

Garment/Textile Industry Exports

(USD$ billion)

USD 3.1866 billion (2021)

Garment/Textile Industry Size

Percentage of total exports

1.06% (2021)

Minimum Wage

Monthly minimum wage in USD

USD 326 ≅ MYR 1,500 (2024)

Key Garment/Textile Export Markets

Top five countries ($USD value exported and subsequent percentage)

Country Percentage of Exports
United States 11.99%
Turkey 10.91%
Japan 9.84%
China 7.62%
Indonesia 7.38%

Government Entities

Government agencies actively involved in the garment/textile industry

  • Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
  • Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE)
  • Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA)

Worker Organizations

Trade unions, Union federations, and other worker organizations

  • Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC)
  • Indonesian Migrant Domestic Workers Association (PERTIMIG)

Employer/Industry Associations and Chambers of Commerce

Employers and industry related associations, private sectors associations and chambers of commerce

  • Malaysia Knitting Manufacturers Association (MKMA)
  • Malaysian Textile Manufacturers Association (MTMA)
  • Malaysian Garment Manufacturers Association (MGMA)
  • Malaysian Garments Markeeters Association (MGMA)
  • Malaysia Garments Wholesale Merchants Association
  • Federation of Textiles General Goods & Garment Merchants Associations of Malaysia (FTGAM)
  • Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM)
  • Federation of Malaysian Fashion Textiles and Apparels
  • Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF)
  • Malaysian Textile and Apparel Centre (MATAC)
  • American Malaysian Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM)
  • Klang Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCCI)
  • Malaysian International Chamber Of Commerce and Industry (MICCI)
  • Malaysian - Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MITCCI)
  • The Association Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia (ACCCIM)
  • The Association Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Sarawak (ACCCIS)
  • The Chinese Chamber Of Commerce and Industry of Kuala Lumpur & Selangor
  • The National Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia

Development Agencies/ International Organizations

National and international development organizations working within the garment/textile industry

Civil Society Organizations/ Non-governmental Organizations

Organizations working within the garment/textile industry

Sources of data provided

  1. Population: https://population.un.org/dataportal/data/indicators/49/locations/458/start/2023/end/2023/table/ 
  2. GDP Per Capita: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.KD
  3. HDI: https://hdr.undp.org/data-center/specific-country-data#/countries/MYS
  4. Garment / Textile Workers: https://www.mida.gov.my/mida-news/textile-apparel-footwear-industry-contributed-rm1-21-bln-to-gdp-in-q2-miti/
  5. Number of factories: https://www.nimp2030.gov.my/nimp2030/modules_resources/bookshelf/e-20-Sectoral_NIMP-Textile,_Apparel_and_Footwear_Industry/e-20-Sectoral_NIMP-Textile,_Apparel_and_Footwear_Industry.pdf
  6. Garment/Textile Industry Exports: https://wits.worldbank.org/CountryProfile/en/Country/MYS/Year/2021/TradeFlow/Export/Partner/all/Product/50-63_TextCloth 
  7. Garment / Textile Industry Size: https://wits.worldbank.org/CountryProfile/en/Country/MYS/Year/2021/TradeFlow/Export/Partner/all/Product/50-63_TextCloth 
  8. Minimum Wage: https://wageindicator.org/salary/minimum-wage/malaysia 
  9. Key Garment / Textile Export Markets: https://wits.worldbank.org/CountryProfile/en/Country/MYS/Year/2021/TradeFlow/Export/Partner/all/Product/50-63_TextCloth