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5 United Malays National Organisation3 Appointed (federal minister)3 Malaysian Islamic Party +5 more
Sources: Department of Statistics Malaysia (OpenDOSM, data.gov.my: national and state accounts, Labour Force Survey, Salaries & Wages Survey, consumer prices, population estimates, Household Income Survey; the Royal Malaysia Police's crime figures), NAPIC's house price index via the BIS, Natural Earth, World Bank (Worldwide Governance Indicators), V-Dem Institute, Transparency International, World Happiness Report, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons; office-holders checked against the states' official lists. CreditsPrivacy

Chow Kon Yeow (Democratic Action Party) has been Chief Minister of Penang since 14 May 2018. Since Chow Kon Yeow took office in May 2018, real GDP has climbed 5.2% a year, against +3.7% for Malaysia. Among the 10 states and territories with a year or more of figures, Penang ranks 2nd on GDP per person and 9th on the fall in unemployment. On violent crime the two part most: −16 per 100,000 in Penang, −35 per 100,000 for Malaysia. The employment rate is 70.8% of the population aged 15–64 (2025), 4.6 percentage points above its level at day zero. From 2020 the population estimates follow the 2020 census: the step is the recount, not a change in the year. From 2019 the poverty line follows DOSM's revised 2019 method, which raised it: the rate jumps for that reason.

The prime minister and chief ministers, Menteri Besar and territory ministers of Malaysia

The prime minister

Chief ministers, Menteri Besar and territory ministers

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