MalaysiaMY

UK overseas development assistance to Malaysia — View on DevTracker →

Total Spent

£72.0M

Projects

179

Sectors

Date Range

2014 – 2026

Closed148(£46.1M)

Implementation20(£25.6M)

Cancelled10(£325K)

Finalisation1(£6K)

Largest Projects

Asia Pacific Regional Governance Programme

Public sector policy and administrative managementImplementation2025 – 2028

£12,354,070

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The Asia Pacific Governance Programme will support the foundations on which FCDO can deliver the UK objectives in the Indo-Pacific by establishing partnerships for ‘progressive governance’ that enable broader UK priorities in the region. Support will...

Earth Observation System (EASOS)

Research/scientific institutionsClosed2016 – 2019

£10,700,477

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EASOS provides a platform that enables the Malaysian Government to help tackle country-specific environmental, security and human challenges. Malaysia is an emerging economy with multiple environmental monitoring challenges that are managed by a rang...

Equity investment in Malaysian healthcare company

Health policy and administrative managementImplementation2026 – 2030

£5,000,000

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MOBILIST equity investment in initial public offering of Malaysian healthcare company

Malaysia - Weather and Climate Science for Service Partnership (WCSSP) - Met Office

Environmental researchClosed2016 – 2024

£2,641,467

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Strengthened partnership between meteorological services in UK, Malaysia and Indonesia to produce scoping study identifying Malaysian/ S-E Asian region weather forecasting and climate research priorities. This includes training needs analysis for fu...

Innovative Recycling of E-waste for Critical Metals and Sustainable Economy in Malaysia (iRECYCLE-Malaysia)

Waste management/disposalImplementation2025 – 2028

£2,614,349

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The iRECYCLE-Malaysia project aims to revolutionise e-waste management in Malaysia through the development of sustainable and profitable technologies for recycling plastic-contaminated printed circuit boards. This interdisciplinary research program b...

Peatland Assessment in SE Asia by Satellite (PASSES)

Rural land policy and managementClosed2018 – 2020

£2,024,963

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Tropical forest fires affect 20 million+ people in SE Asia, leading to significant deteriorations in public health and associated premature mortalities. Fires also contribute substantially to global CO2 emissions and other widespread negative environ...

Better Health Programme in Malaysia

Health policy and administrative managementClosed2019 – 2022

£1,614,673

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Support to the Better Health Programme in Malaysia. The programme aims are to increase life expectancy, improve productivity and deliver economic growth in the partner countries. As a secondary benefit, the programme will aim to increase opportuniti...

Malaysia - Leaders in Innovation Fellowships Programme

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) developmentClosed2016 – 2024

£1,531,982

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Malaysia - Leaders in Innovation Fellowships Programme is funded through the UK Government’s Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Newton Fund and delivered on the UK side by the Royal Academy of Engineering. This activity contribute...

Leaders in Innovation Fellowships Programme v3, 4, 5, 6, 7 2016-21

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) developmentClosed2016 – 2016

£1,492,324

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The Leaders in Innovation Fellowships programme builds technology entrepreneurship capacity of select partner country researchers who are developing a business proposition for their innovation which must meet a development challenge. Selected researc...

Institutional Links Call October (2014)

Environmental researchClosed2015 – 2017

£1,405,333

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Grants provide seedfunding to initiate new/develop existing research and innovation partnerships between groups/departments/institutions in partner countries and the UK. Grants are flexible and responsive to incountry needs, allowing partners to esta...

Sector Breakdown

Research/scientific institutions

£16.0M

Public sector policy and administrative management

£12.4M

Medical research

£11.2M

Environmental research

£9.8M

Health policy and administrative management

£6.6M

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) development

£3.0M

Waste management/disposal

£2.6M

Rural land policy and management

£2.0M

Advanced technical and managerial training

£1.5M

Higher education

£1.2M

Multisector education/training

£1.1M

Environmental policy and administrative management

£897K

Energy generation, renewable sources - multiple technologies

£609K

Environmental education/training

£477K

Education policy and administrative management

£445K

Multisector aid

£308K

Urban development and management

£252K

Anti-corruption organisations and institutions

£251K

Agricultural research

£159K

Spending Over Time

2014

£397K

2015

£2.3M

2016

£20.0M

2017

£10.9M

2018

£3.9M

2019

£7.1M

2020

£1.6M

2021

£105K

2022

£12K

2023

£70K

2024

£1.3M

2025

£19.0M

2026

£5.3M

All Projects

Project	Sector	Budget ↓	Status	Start

Data Sources

Project data: FCDO DevTracker — Malaysia via IATI Datastore
Official statistics: Statistics on International Development (gov.uk)
Budget figures are from IATI project data reported in GBP by FCDO.
UK ODA includes development aid, investment capital (BII), and domestic spending (asylum costs). See the Foreign Aid dashboard for a full breakdown by type.

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Largest Projects

Asia Pacific Regional Governance Programme

Public sector policy and administrative managementImplementation2025 – 2028

£12,354,070

DevTracker →

Earth Observation System (EASOS)

Research/scientific institutionsClosed2016 – 2019

£10,700,477

DevTracker →

Equity investment in Malaysian healthcare company

Health policy and administrative managementImplementation2026 – 2030

£5,000,000

DevTracker →

MOBILIST equity investment in initial public offering of Malaysian healthcare company

Malaysia - Weather and Climate Science for Service Partnership (WCSSP) - Met Office

Environmental researchClosed2016 – 2024

£2,641,467

DevTracker →

Innovative Recycling of E-waste for Critical Metals and Sustainable Economy in Malaysia (iRECYCLE-Malaysia)

Waste management/disposalImplementation2025 – 2028

£2,614,349

DevTracker →

Peatland Assessment in SE Asia by Satellite (PASSES)

Rural land policy and managementClosed2018 – 2020

£2,024,963

DevTracker →

Better Health Programme in Malaysia

Health policy and administrative managementClosed2019 – 2022

£1,614,673

DevTracker →

Malaysia - Leaders in Innovation Fellowships Programme

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) developmentClosed2016 – 2024

£1,531,982

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Leaders in Innovation Fellowships Programme v3, 4, 5, 6, 7 2016-21

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) developmentClosed2016 – 2016

£1,492,324

DevTracker →

Institutional Links Call October (2014)

Environmental researchClosed2015 – 2017

£1,405,333

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Sector Breakdown

Research/scientific institutions

£16.0M

Public sector policy and administrative management

£12.4M

Medical research

£11.2M

Environmental research

£9.8M

Health policy and administrative management

£6.6M

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) development

£3.0M

Waste management/disposal

£2.6M

Rural land policy and management

£2.0M

Advanced technical and managerial training

£1.5M

Higher education

£1.2M

Multisector education/training

£1.1M

Environmental policy and administrative management

£897K

Energy generation, renewable sources - multiple technologies

£609K

Environmental education/training

£477K

Education policy and administrative management

£445K

Multisector aid

£308K

Urban development and management

£252K

Anti-corruption organisations and institutions

£251K

Agricultural research

£159K