KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 12 — The Industrial Production Index (IPI) rose 6.0 per cent year-on-year in October 2025, maintaining its positive momentum in all sectors, said the Malaysian Statistics Department (DOSM).
Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the IPI rose 6.0 per cent in October 2025, following a 5.7 per cent growth in September 2025.
“The output growth in manufacturing led the way with a 6.5 per cent increase versus the prior month’s 5.0 per cent, coupled with a 5.8 per cent rise in the mining sector’s production (September 2025: 10.2 per cent).
“The electricity sector grew by 1.2 per cent (September 2025: 2.8 per cent),” he said in the DOSM's October 2025 IPI report.
The IPI improved to 2.1 per cent, up from -0.02 per cent in September 2025.
Manufacturing sector’s October production was primarily driven by growth in export-oriented industries, up 7.2 per cent from 4.8 per cent a month ago.
This increase was predominantly observed in the manufacture of computers, electronics and optical products, which accelerated by 14.2 per cent, and was followed by the vegetable and animal oils and fats sub-sector, which strengthened further by 12.9 per cent.
On the performance of the export-oriented industries, Uzir said it was in tandem with a 9.2 per cent growth in the country's manufactured goods exports in October 2025.
“The export-oriented industries rose by 0.9 per cent against 0.8 per cent in September 2025,” he said.
Domestic-oriented industries grew modestly by 4.9 per cent, down from 5.3 per cent in September 2025.
The sustained growth was driven by stable momentum in the manufacture of food processing products and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, which recorded increases of 8.7 per cent and 7.1 per cent, respectively.
On other countries' performance, Uzir said the IPI rose in Singapore (29.1 per cent) and Vietnam (10.9 per cent).
China (4.9 per cent), Japan (1.5 per cent) and Taiwan (14.5 per cent) registered slower positive growth in October 2025, while only Thailand and South Korea experienced declines of 0.1 per cent and 8.1 per cent, respectively.
The IPI for January-October 2025 grew 3.4 per cent, down from 3.7 per cent for the same period a year ago, due to the manufacturing index (4.3 per cent), followed by the mining and electricity indices, which recorded growth of 0.8 per cent and 0.2 per cent, respectively.
