Malaysia
- Major Tech Produced: Semiconductor Devices & Information Technology
Malaysia is still an emerging tech nation. However, they are already one of the most technologically advanced countries on the planet though. Yet by 2025, the government plans to be considered a fully developed nation. They identified areas they want to lead in, including cloud, IoT, data analysis, cybersecurity, e-commerce, and AI. They feel all of these will be drivers of Industry 4.0 and Smart City development for them. Yet they were already ranked 8th in Asia and 33rd worldwide in the 2020 Global Innovation Report. Along with 2ns in Asia and 26th worldwide in the 2020 Digital Competitiveness Rankings.