In the financial year 2021, it is estimated that over 4.3 thousand more Malaysians emigrated from Australia than migrated. This was a decline in net immigration of Malaysians in the country compared to the previous year, marking the first time in the last decade Australia recorded negative net overseas migration from Malaysia.
Net overseas migration from Malaysia to Australia from financial year 2009 to 2021
(in 1,000s people)
Net Overseas Migration (NOM) is the net gain or loss of population through migration to Australia and emigration from Australia.
Figures have been rounded.
*Estimates for 2020-21 are preliminary.
Australia's financial year runs from July of one year to June of the following year; for example, the financial year 2020 starts on July 1, 2019 and ends on June 30, 2020.
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (December 17, 2021). Net overseas migration from Malaysia to Australia from financial year 2009 to 2021 (in 1,000s people) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 17, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1003096/australia-net-overseas-migration-from-malaysia/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Net overseas migration from Malaysia to Australia from financial year 2009 to 2021 (in 1,000s people)." Chart. December 17, 2021. Statista. Accessed August 17, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1003096/australia-net-overseas-migration-from-malaysia/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Net overseas migration from Malaysia to Australia from financial year 2009 to 2021 (in 1,000s people). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 17, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1003096/australia-net-overseas-migration-from-malaysia/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Net Overseas Migration from Malaysia to Australia from Financial Year 2009 to 2021 (in 1,000s People)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1003096/australia-net-overseas-migration-from-malaysia/
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Net overseas migration from Malaysia to Australia from financial year 2009 to 2021 (in 1,000s people) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1003096/australia-net-overseas-migration-from-malaysia/ (last visited August 17, 2022)