Last updated: 12/11/2021 Malaysia Region: East Asia & PacificCapital: Kuala LumpurCurrency: MYR Social Protection and Economic Data Income Category: Upper middle income Data from World Bank (2021) Population growth (%): 1.29% Data from World Bank (2020) Human Development Index (HDI): 0.81 Data from Human Development Report (2019) Age dependency ratio (%): 44.16% Data from World Bank (2021) Population: 32 365 998 Data from World Bank (2020) Gross Domestic Product (GDP): 336.66 bi Data from World Bank (2020) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita: 10 401.80 Data from World Bank (2020) Resources on socialprotection.org Legal and Policy Frameworks Legal instrument 1 Policy document 0 Programmes Social assistance 7 Social insurance 0 Labour market 0 Other Content publications 47 databases 36 webinars 9 blog posts 11 multimedia 2 news 50 Social Protection Programmes Bantuan Warga Emas, BWE (Senior Citizen Assistance) Bantuan Kanak-Kanak, BKK (Children's Aid) Malaysia - Government Profile Bantuan Kanak-Kanak (BKK) Children's Aid Malaysia - Government Profile Aid for the Care of Disabled Persons/Chronic Abandoned Patients (Bantuan Penjagaan OKU/Pesakit Kronik Terlantar, BPT) Malaysia - Government Profile Bantuan Oku Tidak Berupaya Bekerja, BTB (Financial Assistance for Disabled Workers) Malaysia - Government Profile Eluan Pekerja Orang Kurang Upaya, Epoku (Allowance for Workers with Disabilities) Malaysia - Government Profile Legal and Policy Frameworks Malaysia: Employees Social Security Act, 1969, (Act 4) 2013 Malaysia, Asia
