Malaysia: Information And Communication Technology Satellite Account 2016

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1. EMBARGO : Only to be published or disseminated at 1800 hours, Thursday, 19 October 2017 DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA PRESS RELEASE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE ACCOUNT 2016
2. ICT CONTRIBUTED 18 .2 PER CENT TO THE ECONOMY Contribution of ICT to the national economy registered 18.2 per cent (RM224.0 billion) in 2016. ICTGDP accounted for 13.4 per cent while e-Commerce for non ICT industries registered 4.8 per cent as shown in Exhibit.
3. ICTGDP continuosly grew at 8 .5 per cent, supported by ICT services (40.0%) and ICT manufacturing (36.1%). The main contributor to ICT services was telecommunications services while the ICT manufacturing driven by electronic components & boards, communication equipment and consumer electronics. e-COMMERCE REGISTERED RM74.6 BILLION Contribution of e-Commerce to GDP recorded 6.1 per cent with a value of RM74.6 billion. Performance of e-Commerce rose to 9.3 per cent supported by non ICT industry which experienced a growth of 9.4 per cent. EMPLOYMENT IN THE ICT INDUSTRY DOMINATED BY ICT MANUFACTURING ICT industry employed 1.07 million persons with a contribution of 7.6 per cent to the total employment. Employment in the ICT industry was dominated by ICT manufacturing with share of 38.0 per cent, followed by ICT services (27.0%) and ICT trade (20.5%). ICTSA TABLE 2010-2016 Released By: THE OFFICE OF CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, MALAYSIA 19 October 2017 Contact person: Ho Mei Kei Public Relation Officer Corporate and User Services Division Department of Statistics, Malaysia Tel : +603-8885 7942 Fax : +603-8888 9248 Email : mkho[at]stats.gov.my