Overview

Environmental protection expenditure recorded an annual growth rate of 4.0 per cent to RM2.7 billion.

Environmental protection expenditure performance for the year 2018 recorded an annual growth rate of 4.0 per cent to RM2.7 billion as compared to 2017. Operating expenditure remained as the highest contributor at 73.0 per cent whereas 27.0 per cent was spent on capital expenditure.

Expenditure for pollution management was the largest contributor with RM1,835.0 million or 68.1 per cent of the total expenditure. This was followed by waste management expenditure of RM726.1 million (26.9%) and environmental assessment and charges of RM91.6 million (3.4%).

The manufacturing sector dominated the overall expenditure on environmental protection in 2018 at RM1,820.8 million or 67.5 per cent contribution, followed by mining & quarrying RM305.5 million (11.3%) and services RM293.9 million (10.9%).

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

3 June 2020

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