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Malaysia

A nation of 36 million and a leading sukuk market, which raised $1.5 billion in a global sukuk in July 2026 against its urban rail network, with orders of more than $9.5 billion.

Perfect Nations values what Malaysia owns and raises capital against it, through innovative financing for development (FfD) and super intelligence (SI).

Malaysia at a glance

  • 36.0mPeopleWorld Bank
  • Furthest from reach · Education42%of children in Malaysia cannot read a simple text by the end of primary school, on 2019 dataWorld Bank, 2019
  • 1Instrument or investment on recordCapital already committed
Work with usRead the Letter to Malaysia

What we do for Malaysia

Assets. Capital. Solutions.

Perfect Nations is a new-age sovereign advisory firm, and its clients are nations.

  1. 01AssetsThe cupFive sovereign assets, valued, from The Forest to The Fresh Water.
  2. 02CapitalThe laurelsOne instrument on record, sourced.
  3. 03SolutionsThe seven starsSeven basic standards of living, star by star. Education is furthest from reach today.

The whole logo: a Perfect Nation, where every citizen has all seven basic standards of living, led by good governance.

01Assets · The cup · Sovereign Assets

Five assets no balance sheet counts.

Each is owned today, earns today, and can carry Malaysia toward seven basic standards of living for every citizen.

  • 57.7%Of the land under forest, 2024

    The Forest

    Rainforest across more than half the land.

  • 36.0mCitizens, 2025

    The People

    21.3% are under fifteen: the workforce and the market of the next generation.

  • 5.1%Of GDP from oil and gas rents, 2021

    The Oil and Gas

    Oil and gas offshore, and the national energy company built on them.

  • 26.1%Of the land in agriculture, 2023

    The Farmland

    Palm oil, rubber and rice across a quarter of the land.

  • 16,717 m³Renewable fresh water a person, 2022

    The Fresh Water

    Rain and rivers renewed every year: power, irrigation and drinking water.

Every figure, with its sourceThe Sovereign Assets ledger

02Capital · The laurels · Capital Architecture

Islamic finance at home and on the world’s markets.

Bonds, guarantees, swaps and loans that raise capital against what Malaysia owns, every line sourced.

Capital Architecture

The record in figures

Capital already committed

  • PrivateIssuedGlobal sukuk$1.5bn

    Ministry of Finance · $850 million of 5.75 years and $650 million of 10 years · July 2026

    Malaysia’s first global sovereign sukuk in five years, priced at its tightest spreads ever.

    Investors

    Source

The Malaysia Newswire

The Solutions Wire
Nurul Aisyah Hamid, Nation Steward of Malaysia

Nurul Aisyah HamidNation Steward of Malaysia · SI Researcher

Already working in Malaysia.

Independent firms and social enterprises already at work in Malaysia, highlighted by Perfect Nations. None is a partner of Perfect Nations.

Suggest an enterprise

  • The first firms and social enterprises at work in Malaysia are being gathered.

    Name one already at work there: it may be highlighted here, with its source.

03Solutions · The seven stars · Perfect Capita

Perfect Malaysia, star by star.

Perfect Capita is the yearly cost, per person, of lifting everyone above the Living Line in all seven basic living standards, set with Malaysia in its own prices.

How Perfect Capita works
Malaysia: the seven stars of the logo, one for each basic standard of living, rising from the cup; Food is the larger centre star. Each star carries the figure for Malaysia.WATER94.7%SHELTER85.8%ENERGY100%FOOD83.3%EDUCATION58HEALTH80LIVELIHOOD94.9%
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Education · furthest from reach58% of children read a simple text by the end of primary school; 2019, datedWorld Bank, 2019

Tap a star for its figure and source.

The price of Perfect Malaysia

To be set with Malaysia, from its own figures and in its own prices: Perfect Capita times the people of Malaysia, each year.

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  • Food83.3%Not food insecure; 16.7% are moderately or severely food insecureFAO, 2023
  • Water94.7%Safely managed drinking waterWHO/UNICEF, 2024
  • Shelter85.8%Safely managed sanitation; 0.2% of city dwellers live in slumsWHO/UNICEF, 2024
  • Energy100%100% cook with clean fuels and technology; 100% have electricityWorld Bank, 2024
  • Education5858% of children read a simple text by the end of primary school; 2019, datedWorld Bank, 2019
  • Health80WHO service coverage indexWHO, 2023
  • Livelihood94.9%Above the national poverty line; 5.1% live below itWorld Bank, 2023

Perfect Nations estimate, to be confirmed with Malaysia. Figures marked dated rest on surveys more than five years old; lenient measures are marked as such. The strict measures

Strict measures. Food: share not moderately or severely food insecure (FAO). Water: safely managed drinking water where measured; where it is not, basic water, marked as such. Shelter: the lower of safely managed sanitation and the share outside urban slums. Energy: the lower of electricity per person against 1,000 kWh and clean cooking; where electricity per person is not published, clean cooking. Education: the lower of children reading by the end of primary school and lower-secondary completion. Health: WHO service coverage index. Livelihood: share above the stricter of the national poverty line and the World Bank line for the nation’s income group (US$8.30 a day for high-income nations). Each figure links to its source.

Solutions for Perfect Malaysia

All Solutions

  • The Solution for MalaysiaEducation

    Finance learning, not only classrooms.

    • 01The challenge42% Of children in Malaysia cannot read a simple text by the end of primary school, on 2019 data. World Bank, 2019
    • 02The dealProgram-for-Results, proved in Tanzania, 2021: $588M for primary school learning. World Bank, project P169380
    • 03What Perfect Nations advisesNations where education is furthest from reach should borrow on a Program-for-Results basis, releasing each tranche only when pupils reach an agreed learning level, verified independently. With super intelligence, reading levels can be tracked school by school, so that every child who falls behind is reached in time.
    Co-design it inThe ReDesign StudioThe three mandates
Perfect Nations® · Letters to the NationsMalaysia

Dear Malaysia,

You built one of the world’s leading Islamic capital markets, and investors queued for your sukuk this year.

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Your homes have power and clean fuel. On the 2019 data, four in ten of your children could not read a simple text by the end of primary school. Raise a sukuk for the classroom, and investors will queue for that too.

“A sukuk for every classroom: investors will queue for that too.”

Yours in design,Preeti SinhaPresident and CEO, Perfect Nations

Work with us · The ReDesign Studio

The Perfect Malaysia ReDesign Studio

One mission, three depths: the same four moves for Malaysia, taken as far toward market as you choose.

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For the Government of Malaysia, its development partners and investors. Scope and fees are agreed in writing before any work begins.

  1. 01Identify the assets
  2. 02Estimate Perfect Capita
  3. 03Co-design the capital architecture
  4. 04Launch the instruments

  1. Mandate 013 hours

    The Nation Briefing

    A private session for the people who decide.

    You leave withThe gap, named and sized

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    1. 01The five sovereign assets on this page, walked through.
    2. 02Education, the standard furthest from reach, and the Gap, explained.
    3. 03The instruments that could close the Gap, shortlisted.
    4. 04The path to market, outlined.
    Request a Nation Briefing

  2. Mandate 023 days

    The Blueprint Lab

    Your team and ours, working the blueprint together.

    You leave withThe structure, drawn

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    1. 01The ledger tested against your ministries’ own data.
    2. 02Each of the seven standards costed in local prices.
    3. 03One financing structure, drawn with your team.
    4. 04A term sheet and the partners to approach.
    Plan a Blueprint Lab

  3. Mandate 03End to end

    The Sovereign Mandate

    Led personally by the President and CEO.

    You leave withA structure ready for market

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    1. 01A full sovereign asset ledger, valued and verified.
    2. 02Perfect Capita set and agreed with government, with a monitoring plan.
    3. 03The full structure: legal form, credit enhancement, guarantees and pricing.
    4. 04Taken to investors and development partners, through to close.
    Discuss a Sovereign Mandate

Co-design it with us

Where Malaysians and Co-designers design the nation they want to live in.

  • Writings

    Write Perfect Malaysia into being.

    Up to 1,500 words on your vision of Perfect Malaysia, published with your name.

    Submit your writing

  • Voices of Perfect Nations Launching soon

    The local leaders already building Perfect Malaysia.

    Great local leaders: honest, dedicated and committed to basic standards of living for all. Every guest answers one question: “What does Malaysia already own, and how could it pay for a decent life for every citizen?”

    Nominate yourselfSuggest a guest

  • Co-designers

    Join the community.

    Everyone who shares a vision, a voice or an enterprise here becomes a Co-designer of Perfect Malaysia.

    Become a Co-designer

The Malaysia ReDesign Studio is open

Design Perfect Malaysia with us.

Share your vision, suggest a guest, or write to us: every message receives a personal reply.

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Sources
  1. World Bank, World Development Indicators (API), accessed 10 November 2026: population and ages 0 to 14, 2025; land area and agricultural and forest land; renewable fresh water per person, 2022; natural resource, oil, gas and mineral rents, 2021; renewable electricity output, 2021; tourism receipts; personal remittances; electricity access and clean cooking.
  2. The seven standards: FAO food insecurity, WHO/UNICEF JMP water and sanitation, UN-Habitat urban slums, World Bank clean cooking, learning poverty and lower-secondary completion, and poverty headcounts (all via the World Bank); WHO UHC service coverage index, 2023.
  3. IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026 (DataMapper, accessed 10 November 2026): general government gross debt, 2025, and real GDP growth projected for 2026.
  4. Ministry of Finance of Malaysia, press release of 24 July 2026.
  5. Bernama via New Straits Times, 4 November 2026.
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