WTMG Intelligence
Malaysia Relocation Market Intelligence
A data-driven view of Malaysia's structural relocation market using migration, economic, destination-attractiveness and corridor indicators.
RMOS Score68.3316
Global RMOS Rank#38 of 171
Migration Momentum49.1
International Migrant Stock3,806,514
Migrant Share10.7%
MethodologyRMOS-GLOBAL-1.0
Data Coverage100.0%
This profile describes structural relocation-market conditions. It does not represent WTMG customer demand, leads, transactions or revenue.
RMOS-GLOBAL-1.0
Malaysia's RMOS position
Authoritative RMOS68.3316
Global rank#38
Countries scored171
Top positionTop 22.2%
Migrant-stock rank#17 of 172
Migration-momentum rank#112 of 172
RMOS component breakdown
Weighted contributions reconcile to the stored authoritative RMOS score.
| Component | Normalized score | Weight | Weighted contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Migration Momentum | 49.1 | 25% | 12.2807 |
| Migrant Market Size | 90.6 | 20% | 18.1287 |
| Migrant Share | 66.5 | 15% | 9.9706 |
| GDP per Capita | 57.9 | 15% | 8.6798 |
| GDP Growth | 81.4 | 10% | 8.1356 |
| Destination Attractiveness | 71.4 | 10% | 7.1362 |
| Visa Accessibility | 80.0 | 5% | 4.0000 |
| Stored final RMOS | 68.3316 | ||
Malaysia migration-market scale
Source years are shown separately because the underlying datasets update on different cycles.
MMS-1.0
Malaysia Migration Momentum
These are changes in international migrant stock, not annual migration flows.
2024 migrant stock3,806,514
2020 migrant stock3,718,696
2015 migrant stock3,513,497
2020-2024 change+87,818 (+2.4%)
2015-2024 change+293,017 (+8.3%)
Largest migrant-stock origins into Malaysia
2024 international migrant stock, not annual relocation flow.
| Rank | Origin | 2024 migrant stock | 2020 stock | 2015 stock | 2020-2024 change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Indonesia | 1,761,502 | 1,693,459 | 1,607,465 | +68,043 (+4.0%) |
| #2 | Nepal | 502,596 | 502,596 | 502,596 | 0 (0.0%) |
| #3 | Bangladesh | 282,437 | 282,437 | 282,437 | 0 (0.0%) |
| #4 | Philippines | 255,520 | 249,159 | 241,224 | +6,361 (+2.6%) |
| #5 | India | 139,751 | 139,751 | 139,751 | 0 (0.0%) |
| #6 | Singapore | 79,926 | 76,657 | 72,596 | +3,269 (+4.3%) |
| #7 | Pakistan | 79,288 | 79,544 | 74,186 | -256 (-0.3%) |
| #8 | Thailand | 70,718 | 69,539 | 68,074 | +1,179 (+1.7%) |
| #9 | China | 30,524 | 30,606 | 30,708 | -82 (-0.3%) |
| #10 | Brunei | 16,887 | 15,510 | 13,798 | +1,377 (+8.9%) |
Largest destinations for migrants from Malaysia
2024 international migrant stock, not annual relocation flow.
| Rank | Destination | 2024 migrant stock | 2020 stock | 2015 stock | 2020-2024 change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Singapore | 1,553,249 | 1,384,577 | 1,318,217 | +168,672 (+12.2%) |
| #2 | Bangladesh | 274,253 | 199,618 | 203,561 | +74,635 (+37.4%) |
| #3 | Australia | 181,202 | 177,343 | 144,205 | +3,859 (+2.2%) |
| #4 | Indonesia | 161,013 | 94,489 | 1,892 | +66,524 (+70.4%) |
| #5 | Brunei | 56,375 | 52,628 | 48,285 | +3,747 (+7.1%) |
| #6 | Canada | 24,975 | 25,152 | 25,384 | -177 (-0.7%) |
| #7 | New Zealand | 23,224 | 21,097 | 18,046 | +2,127 (+10.1%) |
| #8 | India | 11,283 | 11,915 | 12,776 | -632 (-5.3%) |
| #9 | Japan | 11,275 | 18,987 | 18,602 | -7,712 (-40.6%) |
| #10 | China | 9,810 | 8,948 | 9,977 | +862 (+9.6%) |
WTLG input
WTLG Destination Attractiveness
71.4
Country median RAS used by RMOS, based on 3 covered WTLG cities.
WTMG provides market intelligence; WTLG provides destination intelligence.WTLG input
Visa Accessibility
80.0
Normalized RMOS component. Underlying median WTLG visa score: 80.0, based on 3 contributing cities.
Malaysia against the global RMOS universe
A descriptive comparison with the median of currently scored countries.
| Measure | Malaysia | Global median | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| RMOS | 68.3 | 55.8 | +12.6 |
| Migration Momentum | 49.1 | 60.1 | -11.0 |
| Migrant Market Size | 90.6 | 50.3 | +40.4 |
| Migrant Share | 66.5 | 50.0 | +16.5 |
| GDP per Capita | 57.9 | 51.1 | +6.7 |
| GDP Growth | 81.4 | 50.6 | +30.8 |
| Destination Attractiveness | 71.4 | 67.0 | +4.3 |
| Visa Accessibility | 80.0 | 60.0 | +20.0 |
Data years and limitations
- UN migrant stock and corridors: 2024; momentum compares 2024 with 2020 and 2015.
- World Bank GDP inputs use the actual observation years shown above.
- WTLG destination data reflects the current stored WTLG dataset and depends on covered WTLG cities.
- RMOS measures structural opportunity, not actual demand; migrant stock is not annual migration flow.
- Different datasets have different update cycles.
- This profile does not estimate provider revenue or demand for a specific professional service.