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  • General Information
    • Fact Sheet
    • Introduction
    • Geography
    • Socio-economic Profile
    • Government
    • National Social Welfare System
    • Education Profile
    • Health Profile
    • Information Communication Technology
  • Statistical Data on Disability Profile
  • Current Situation of Persons with Disabilities
  • Plan of Action toward Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 2003 - 2012
  • Profile of Disability Related Organizations
  • Appendix I

1. General Fact Sheet

Figure 1

Government (ii)
Type		Constitutional Monarchy
Chief of State		Paramount Ruler Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin ibni Almarhum Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullail, the Raja of Perlis (since December 2001)
Head of Government		Prime minister Abdulllah bin Ahmad Badawi (since October 2003)
Capital		Kuala Lumpur
Administrative Divisions		13 states
Demographics
Mid - 2005 Population (thousands) i	26,045	Age Structure (2005) i
Annual Growth Rate i	1.8%	0 - 14 years	32.0%
Urban Population (2005) i	65.0%	15 - 64 years	63.0%
Nationality	Malaysian	Over 65 years	5.0%
Ethnic Group (2004) ii		Sex Ratio (2005 est.) ii	1.01 male(s)/female
Malay	50.4%	Unemployment Rate (2004 est.) ii	3.0%
Chinese	23.7%	Population below poverty line (1998 est.) ii	8.0%
Indigenous	11.0%
Indian	7.1%
Others	7.8%
Education (iii)
Adult Literacy (M) (2000 - 2004 est.)	92.0%	Enrolment Ratios (GER) (2002/2003)
Adult Literacy (F) (2000 - 2004 est.)	85.4%	Primary	93.0%
Public expenditure on Education:total government expenditure (2002/2003)	20.3%	Secondary	70.0%
		Tertiary	29.0%
		Compulsory	Yes
Health
Life Expectancy (M) (2004) i	71 years	HIV/AIDS Prevalence (2003 est.) ii	0.4%
Life Expectancy (F) (2004) i	76 years	HIV/AIDS Figures (2003 est.) ii	52,000
		Infant Mortality (per 1,000) (2005) ii	10
Economic (ii)
GDP - per capita (2004 est.)	$ 9,700	Contributions to GDP ( 2004 est.)
GDP Growth (2004)	7.1%	Agriculture	7.2%
Budget (2004 est.)		Industry	33.6%
Revenues	$ 25.33 billion	Services	59.1%
Expenditures	$ 29.33 billion
Disability
Major Legislation		None
No. of Persons with Disabilities (June 2002) iv	108,000	Disability by Type (2000) iv
No. of PWD Employee (2001) v	4,017	Physical Disabilities	33,559
National Coordination Committee on Disability	The National Advisory and Consultative Council for People with Disabilities	Mentally Impaired	33,275
		Hearing Impaired	17,692
		Visually Impaired	13,743
		Multiple Disability	183

Source

1. 2005 ESCAP Population Data Sheet, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
2. CIA-The World Factbook 2005 - Malaysia (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/my.html)
3. UNESCO : Institution for Statistics - education sector (www.uis.unesco.org)
4. Registered PWDs, Department of Social Welfare
5. Registered PWDs, The Labour Department