Minister in Prime Minister's Department Abdul Rahman Dahlan has been ridiculed for saying the country is on target to be a developed nation by 2020.

"It is hilarious to read Abdul Rahman's statement […] based purely on gross domestic product (GDP) as an indicator of economic progress.

"Abdul Rahman Dahlan is unfazed in trying to mislead the people by manipulating economic data, just to improve the people's confidence in Umno-BN, whose image is increasingly tarnished by a culture of wastage, corruption and bad governance," said PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution Ismail in a statement today.