Overview

INTRODUCTION

Malaysian Well-being Index (MyWI) is developed to measure levels of rakyat’s well-being from an economic and social perspective. MyWI comprises of two
sub-composites, namely economic  well-being and social well-being.

Throughout 2020, the socioeconomic landscape of the country experienced uncertain momentum following the health and economic crisis. The findings of MyWI 2020 showed that almost all components of well-being are affected by COVID-19 transmission.

MYWI’S OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT

The performance of MyWI in 2020 decreased 2.1 per cent to 118.3 points as compared to 120.8 points in 2019. Both of the well-being sub-composites showed a decline in 2020. The economic well-being sub-composite recorded a decrease of 3.4 per cent in 2020 to 126.2 points and the social well-being sub-composite declined 1.2 per cent to 114.0 points at the same period.

The performance of MyWI in 2020 decreased 2.1 per cent to 118.3 points as compared to 120.8 points in 2019. Both of the well-being sub-composites showed a decline in 2020. The economic well-being sub-composite recorded a decrease of 3.4 per cent in 2020 to 126.2 points and the social well-being sub-composite declined 1.2 per cent to 114.0 points at the same period.

  Table 1: Malaysian Well-Being Index, 2019 and 2020

Based on the index points, economic well-being analysis shows that the education component  recorded the highest index of 132.2 index points in 2020, followed by the communications component (130.0 index points) and transport (127.7 index points). In terms of social well-being, the public safety component recorded the highest index at 140.4 index points, followed by social participation (121.7 index points) and housing (120.5 index points). The Culture Index is below 100.0 index points in 2020. Meanwhile the Family Index has yet to improve registering index of less than 100.0 index points for both years.

Released By:

DATO' SRI DR. MOHD UZIR MAHIDIN
CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, MALAYSIA
 DrUzir_Mahidin    Dr_Uzir

1 December 2021

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