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MALAYSIA : Summary analysis of material flows and materials intensity indicators for Malaysia
4.6 Malaysia 14(a) 14(b) Domestic Material Consumption / Capita DMC I GDP (kg / $US Year 2000 exchange based) 25.0 7.0 +Malaysia Asia-Pacific World Restof World 6.0 20.0 5.0 + 15.0 4.0 8 10.0 3.0 2.0 5.0 1.0 0.0 + 0.0 1970 1980 1990 2000 1970 1980 1990 2000 14(c) 14(d) Domestic Material Consumption / Capita Physical Trade Balance / Capita 25.0 1.0 IBiomass IFossil fuels 0.5 20.0 -Metal ores and industrial minerals IConstruction minerals 0.0 -0.5 - 15.0 1 -1.0 - -1.5 10.0 -2.0 -2.5 5.0 -3.0 -3.5 0.0 + 1970 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 Figure 14 Summary analysis of material flows and materials intensity indicators for Malaysia Tonnes / Capita Tonnes/Capita Tonnes/Capita
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Malaysia is a HDD country, although at the lower end of population densities and higher range of per
capita GDP for this classification. DMC per capita increased by 4% p.a. compounding from 1970
to ...
2008, although Malaysia has displayed notable volatility on this measure. In the four category
breakdown of DMC in Figure 14 (d), it becomes clear that most of this volatility is due to major
variations in construction minerals. Malaysia is also one of the group of Asia-Pacific countries which
show a very clear signature from the AFC of 1997 in their material flows record (Thailand and the
Republic of Korea are two other examples). The record of PTB per capita shows Malaysia becoming
rapidly less significant as a supplier of primary products to other countries. The decline in net exports
of fossil fuels since the mid 1980s does not reflect reduced DE, but rather a combination of growing
population and major increases in domestic consumption of fossil fuels. The major step decrease in
PTB of biomass between 1989 and 1990 is attributable to a major decrease in net wood exports (see
online database) from that year. An interesting feature of the four category breakdown of DMC per
capita is that while this measure has increased quite rapidly, the overall share of biomass compared
to construction minerals was roughly the same in 1975 as 2008, with biomass a multiple of 1.39
times construction minerals in 1975, compared to 1.32 in 2008, having previously reached a low of
under 0.66 in 1997.
Malaysia’s MI remained largely static from 1970 to 2008, although it has varied considerably during
that period. While its MI has improved relative to the regional average, this is still a relatively poor
individual performance for the same reason outlined for Australia, i.e. the poor aggregated regional
performance being a result of the changing shares of individual countries in regional GDP.
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