Welcome to Malaysia: The What Why and How of Malaysian Expreience

Malaysia: Budget, Expenses, And Much More(A Complete Guide )

Hello Everyone, especially Expats. I hope you are looking for an article that can guide you through the basic and advanced level of living expenses in Malaysia if you are looking forward to coming and settling here for the long or short term.

I am also an expat living in Malaysia for over a year now and become quite familiar with everything here. first of all, here are some basic historical and fun facts about Malaysia as you should always know the country before you start living there.

a) on 31st august 1957,Malaysia got independence from bristishers(of course). In 1963, independent Malaya was united with the then-British colonies of North Borneo, Sarawak, and Singapore to form Malaysia. but in August 1965, Singapore was expelled from the union and became an independent separate country.

b) As of today Malaysia is a federation of 13 states and 3 federal territories in Southeast Asia. It consists of 2 regions separated by the South China Sea and has a strategic location along the Strait of Malacca and the Southern South China Sea.

c) Malaysia is a constitutional monarchy. it has a unique rotating monarchy system, i.e. 9 ethnic Malay state rulers take turns as king for a 5-year term.

d) The population of Malaysia was roughly around 34,308,525 in July 2023,  out of which 70.1% were classified Bumiputeratera, 22.6% as ethnic Chinese, and 6.6% fell under the ethnic Indian category and the remaining 0.7% were considered as others. 

e)The world-famous Petronas Twin Towers are situated in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur and were considered the world's tallest building until 2004. But today holds the title of tallest twin building in the world with 88 stories(1483 feet).

f) the currency used here is Ringgits, mostly the value of ringgits is higher than the Indian rupee. 

(1 ringgint=17.57 inr) 

f)An interesting fact, shoemaker Jimmy Choo was born in Penang, Malaysia, and was awarded the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth  II in 2003.

Living expenses in Malaysia are on the higher end compared to India, if you belong to south India there are very many shops where all items used by you are available but if you belong to north India then you might have to look harder for the things you need in general. Of 6.6% of ethnic Indians mostly around 80% of them are from south India (Tamil ethnic group from Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka)