MINISTRY OF ECONOMY    Malaysia

DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA

CONSTRUCTION STATISTICS FOURTH QUARTER 2023

The Construction work done value reached RM34.1 billion in the fourth quarter of 2023,
registering an increase of 6.8 per cent over a year ago

Value of work done Q1 2020 - Q4 2023 Value of work done 2019 - 2023

35.0 42.6
33.4 34.1 146.4
31.4 31.7 31.4 28.2 29.5 29.9 30.5 32.0 32.2 32.4 132.2
24.8 27.6 23.2 117.9 121.9
19.8 112.0
15.7
6.1 9.4 8.1 9.6 6.8

8.8 8.4
-6.3 -6.1 0.6
-13.1 -10.5
-12.9
-14.2 -21.0
-5.0
-19.4
-44.9
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
2020 2021 2022 2023 Value of work done (RM billion)
Value of work done (RM billion) % Change (YoY) % Change (YoY)

Value of work done by sub-sector Value of work done by

location of project,
Residential Non-residential Q4 2023
buildings buildings Residential Non-residential
buildings buildings
Q4 2023: 2.3% YoY
Q4 2023: -1.9%
YoY 20.9%
Q3 2023: 7.9% Q3 2023: -0.7% 27.7%
QoQ Q4 2023: -2.9% QoQ
Q4 2023: 2.7% Selangor
Q3 2023: -0.2% Q3 2023: -7.3% Q4 2023
RM34.1b RM8.6 billion
Special trade Civil
activities engineering
Civil Special trade
engineering activities 9.6% 41.9% Wilayah Persekutuan
RM4.0 billion
YoY Q4 2023: 18.0% YoY Q4 2023: 0.3% The Civil engineering and Non-residential
Q3 2023: 17.1% Q3 2023: 16.2% buildings sub-sectors represented over
two-thirds of the total value of work done in
QoQ Q4 2023: 5.6% QoQ Q4 2023: -2.4%
Q3 2023: 11.8% Q3 2023: 13.1% Q4 2023 Sarawak
RM4.0 billion

Value of work done by project owner

Johor
Value of work done by Value of work done by
Q4 2023 RM4.0 billion
Private Sector (RM bil.) Public Sector (RM bil.)
Private Sector Public Sector Nearly 60.3 per cent
6.7 Residential 0.4 Q4 2023: 1.4% Q4 2023: 15.9% of the work done
buildings YoY(%) value in Q4 2023
Q3 2023: 8.6% Q3 2023: 10.9%
Non-residential was concentrated in
7.6 1.9 Q4 2023: 59.5% Q4 2023: 40.5%
buildings Share(%) Selangor, Wilayah
Q3 2023: 58.5% Q3 2023: 41.5% Persekutuan*,
3.9 Civil 10.4
engineering Private sector remained as the main Sarawak and Johor
2.1 Special trade impetus to the growth of the Construction
1.2 Note:* Include W.P. Kuala Lumpur,
activities sector in Q4 2023 Labuan and Putrajaya

b: Billion Source: Construction Statistics, Fourth Quarter 2023

YoY: Year on year
QoQ: Quarter on quarter Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)