Malaysia: public opinion on the direction of the country2018

This statistic shows the share of respondents who felt that Malaysia was heading in the right direction or wrong direction, from August 2013 to August 2018. During the period surveyed, 75 percent of survey respondents indicated that they believed Malaysia was heading in the wrong direction politically as of August 2015, compared to 16 percent of respondents at that time who were of the opinion that Malaysia was heading in the right direction. In comparison, 24 percent of survey respondents believed that Malaysia was on the wrong course as of August 2018, while 55 percent of survey respondents were of the opinion that Malaysia was on the right political path as of August 2018.

Share of voters who were of the opinion that Malaysia was heading in the right or wrong direction, from 2013 to 2018*

Characteristic	Right direction	Wrong direction
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Release date

August 2018

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Region

Malaysia

Survey time period

August 2013 to August 2018

Number of respondents

1,160 respondents

Age group

21 years and older

Special properties

Respondents were interviewed in their own preferred language

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

*Figures are as of August of each year.

The question asked in the survey was as follows: "Do you feel things in this country are going in the right direction, or do you feel things have gotten on the wrong direction?"

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