Industries · Real estate & construction · Malaysia · Saturday, 14 November 2026

Real estate & construction in Malaysia

What people here follow in this industry today, what they spend on it and what it costs, from public data.

Real estate & construction

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In the news here

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0.1% of the news

The numbers

Housing and energy

How pricey it is against the world (World average = 100): 34.4 2021 · World Bank, ICP 2021
What households spend per person (US$ per person a year): US$1,111 2021 · World Bank, ICP 2021

Furniture and household goods

How pricey it is against the world (World average = 100): 63.7 2021 · World Bank, ICP 2021
What households spend per person (US$ per person a year): US$321 2021 · World Bank, ICP 2021

How big the sector is

Share of the economy · industry: 35.7% 2025 · World Bank
Share of jobs · industry: 26.0% 2025 · World Bank (ILO estimate)
Share of the economy · services: 54.8% 2025 · World Bank
Share of jobs · services: 64.9% 2025 · World Bank (ILO estimate)

Spending and price levels are the World Bank’s latest benchmark (ICP 2021); price rises are the latest month from the OECD and Eurostat. Whole spending categories, not single products.

What we can and can’t see

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What households spend per person
How pricey it is against the world
The sector’s share of the economy
The sector’s share of jobs
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We can’t see sales, the price of single products, company figures or what people buy in shops.

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Pulse

Pulse: what readers say

Over the next year, do you think real estate & construction will grow, stay the same or shrink where you live?

Readers who answered, not a representative sample.

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