National brain drain rate of 5.5 percent is higher than global average

The Human Resources Ministry is drafting measures to tackle the brain drain phenomenon, which at 5.5 percent of its population is much higher than the global average of 3.3 percent, its minister, V Sivakumar said.

“A total of 1.86 million Malaysians live abroad, and out of that, 1.13 million stay in Singapore,” he said after chairing a Talent Corporation Malaysia Bhd (TalentCorp) dialogue session with 20 industry players in Kuala Lumpur yesterday...