Malaysia’s economy advanced by 5.7% year-on-year in Q4 2025, accelerating from a 5.2% expansion in the previous quarter and marking the strongest growth since the second quarter of 2024, preliminary estimates showed. The faster growth was mainly driven by manufacturing activity, which rose 6.0% (up from 4.1% in Q3), supported by higher output in electrical and optical products, vegetable and animal oils, fats and food processing, and non-metallic mineral products, as well as basic metal and fabricated metal products. Additionally, the agriculture sector surged 5.1%, accelerating sharply from a 0.4% rise in Q3, due to a rebound in the oil palm sub-sector. Meanwhile, the construction sector maintained double-digit growth of 11.9%, up from 11.8% in the previous quarter. On the other hand, mining and quarrying continued to expand (1.1% vs 9.7% in Q3). For the full year of 2025, the economy grew 4.9%, easing slightly from a 5.1% gain in 2024.