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EDU February 16, 2019

Malaysia Overview

Malaysia, state in Southeast Asia. West Malaysia comprises the south of the Malay Peninsula, East Malaysia the two states of Sarawak and Sabah in the north of the island of Borneo. The total of 13 member states are ruled by nine sultans and four governors. The head of state is one of the nine sultans elected for five years.

The population consists mainly of Malays and Chinese. More than 50% of the state’s area are evergreen tropical rainforests. Malaysia has experienced rapid economic development for decades. Based on economic policy measures that were taken at the end of the 1990s, the emerging country developed from an agricultural raw material supplier in the 1970s into an industrial location and one of the world’s leading electronics exporters.

History: Malaysia emerged after the Second World War through the amalgamation of former British colonies and protectorates.

Country facts

• Official name: Federation of Malaysia
• License plate: MAL
• ISO-3166: MY, MYS (458)
• Internet domain:.my
• Currency: 1 Malaysian ringgit (RM) = 100 sen
• Area: 330 800 km²
• Population (2018): 31.5 million
• Capital: Kuala Lumpur
• Official language (s): Malay
• Form of government: Elective federal monarchy in the Commonwealth
• Seat of government: Putrajaya
• Administrative division: 13 states, 3 federal territories
• Head of State: King Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah
• Head of Government: Muhyiddin Yassin
• Religion (s) (2010): 61% Muslim (Sunni); 20% Buddhists, 9% Christians, 6% Hindus, 3% other / n / a, 1% non-denominational
• Time zone: Central European Time + 7 hours
• National holiday: August 31st

Location and infrastructure

• Location (geographical): Southeast Asia
• Position (coordinates): between 0 ° 51 ‘and 7 ° 51’ north latitude and 99 ° 38 ‘and 119 ° 15’ east longitude
• Climate: hot and humid tropical climate
• Highest mountain: Kinabalu (4,101 m)
• Road network (2010): 116 169 km (paved), 28 234 km (unpaved)
• Railway network (2014): 1,850 km

Population

• Annual population growth (2020): 1.3%
• Birth rate (2020): 18.3 per 1000 inh.
• Death rate (2020): 5.3 per 1000 residents.
• Average age (2020): 29.2 years
• Average life expectancy (2020): 75.9 years (men 73; women 78.9)
• Age structure (2020): 26.8% younger than 15 years, 6.9% older than 65 years
• Literacy rate (15-year-olds and older) (2016): 93.7%
• Mobile phone contracts (pre-paid and post-paid) (2017): 134 per 100 residents
• Internet users (2017): 80 per 100 residents

Economy

• GDP per capita (2018): US $ 10,942
• Total GDP (2018): US $ 354 billion
• GNI per capita (2018): US $ 10,590
• Education expenditure (2017): 4.7% of GDP
• Military expenditure (2019): 1% of GDP
• Unemployment rate (15 years and older) (2017): 3.4%

National symbols

The national flag was hoisted for the first time in 1950 and changed several times. It has been in use in its current form since 1963. It is striped 14 times in red and white, in the blue upper corner the flag bears a golden crescent moon open to the flying end and a 14-pointed golden star. The number of stripes and star points symbolizes the 13 states and the federal government. Red and white are the traditional colors of the Malays, yellow as the royal color symbolizes the rulers.

The coat of arms was adopted in 1963 and combines the coats of arms of the individual states. In the red head of the shield, five golden Malay daggers (“crisis”) symbolize the earlier “non-federated” sultanates. Under the head of the shield are four equally large fields in the colors red, black, silver and gold, which together represent the original “federated” Malay states. The two side fields represent Malacca (heraldic left with a green Malacca tree on a green background) and Pinang (palm tree in a silver field, underneath eight blue-silver wavy lines separated by a triple tin cut). The outer fields in the silver shield base show the Sabah and Sarawak coats of arms. The middle field of the base of the shield (“waiting field” for Singapore, which has resigned from the Federation) shows a red hibiscus flower. The upper coat of arms is formed by a golden 14-pointed star and a rising crescent moon, two tigers serve as shield holders. The motto on the tape is “Bersekutu Bertambah Mutu” (unity gives strength).

The national holiday on August 31st commemorates the gaining of independence in 1957.

Education

Schooling is compulsory from the age of 6 to 16 with free tuition up to the age of 18 in all state schools. The school system is v. a. well developed in West Malaysia. The languages ​​of instruction at primary level (6 years) are Bahasa Malaysia and English as a second language, and Tamil in secondary schools; also Chinese in private secondary schools. After the three-year lower secondary level, the general education school can be continued or the entry into technical, inter alia. vocational schools take place. There are 20 predominantly state universities (including Universiti Malaya, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, both Kuala Lumpur; Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pinang). Branches of foreign universities have been permitted since 1994. Most Malaysians have access to state universities and scholarships;