This statistic presents the results of a survey on perceived percentage of immigrants in Malaysia as of 2018. According to data published by Ipsos, Malaysian respondents overestimated the proportion of immigrants in their country. On average, the respondents thought that around 36 out of every 100 people in Malaysia were immigrants, when the actual share of immigrant population was around nine percent in Malaysia.
Perceived and actual percentage of immigrants in Malaysia as of 2018
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Ipsos. (December 5, 2018). Perceived and actual percentage of immigrants in Malaysia as of 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/953748/malaysia-perceived-and-actual-share-of-immigrants/
Ipsos. "Perceived and actual percentage of immigrants in Malaysia as of 2018." Chart. December 5, 2018. Statista. Accessed December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/953748/malaysia-perceived-and-actual-share-of-immigrants/
Ipsos. (2018). Perceived and actual percentage of immigrants in Malaysia as of 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/953748/malaysia-perceived-and-actual-share-of-immigrants/
Ipsos. "Perceived and Actual Percentage of Immigrants in Malaysia as of 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Dec 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/953748/malaysia-perceived-and-actual-share-of-immigrants/
Ipsos, Perceived and actual percentage of immigrants in Malaysia as of 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/953748/malaysia-perceived-and-actual-share-of-immigrants/ (last visited December 19, 2024)
Perceived and actual percentage of immigrants in Malaysia as of 2018 [Graph], Ipsos, December 5, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/953748/malaysia-perceived-and-actual-share-of-immigrants/
