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Malaysia

MY · MYS · #66 · 23 cities

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Key indicators

GDP per capita (PPP) (2031)
$59,230
GDP (2031)
$716.4B
GDP growth (2031)
4.3% →
Inflation (2031)
2.0% →
Unemployment (2031)
3.0% →
Population (2031)
36.0M
Population growth (2031)
0.9% ↓
Gini index (2021)
40.7
Government debt (2031)
65.4% of GDP
Current account (2031)
1.8% of GDP
FDI inflows (2024)
$15.6B
Life expectancy (2024)
76.8 yrs
Health spending (2023)
4.0% of GDP
Internet users (2024)
98.0%
Mobile subscriptions (2024)
139.7/100
Trade openness (2025)
136.4% of GDP
Exchange rate (2025)
4.28/USD
Foreign reserves (2025)
$125.6B
Source: World Bank + IMF World Economic Outlook. Most recent data: 2031.

GDP overview

Nominal GDP and real growth. Dashed = IMF forecast.

GDP per capita (PPP)

Purchasing power parity adjusted, in international dollars

Inflation (CPI)

Unemployment

ILO modeled estimate

Population

Fiscal and trade

Government debt (2031)
65.4% of GDP
Current account (2031)
1.8% of GDP
FDI inflows (2024)
$15.6B

Income inequality (Gini)

Gini index (2021)
0.41
Assessment
High inequality
Source: World Bank PIP via OWID. 0 = perfect equality, 1 = maximum inequality.

Business environment

New business density (2024)
2.38/1k
Tax revenue (2024)
12.4% of GDP
Services sector (2025)
54.8% of GDP

Financial access and costs

ATMs per 100k (2024)
52.2
Bank branches per 100k (2024)
7.7
ICT service exports (2024)
8.7%
Goods and services tax (2024)
4.2%

Historical data

Historical economic data
Year GDP GDP/cap PPP Growth Inflation Unemp. Population Gini Debt Curr. acct FDI Life exp. Health Internet FX rate
2031 * $716.4B $59,230 4.3% 2.0% 3.0% 36.0M - 65.4% 1.8% - - - - -
2030 * $672.5B $55,712 4.3% 2.0% 3.0% 35.7M - 66.1% 1.8% - - - - -
2029 * $630.5B $52,976 4.3% 2.0% 3.0% 35.3M - 66.9% 1.8% - - - - -
2028 * $591.1B $50,324 4.3% 2.0% 3.0% 35.0M - 67.8% 1.8% - - - - -
2027 * $552.9B $47,739 4.3% 2.0% 3.0% 34.6M - 68.7% 1.6% - - - - -
2026 * $516.4B $45,366 4.7% 1.9% 3.0% 34.2M - 69.5% 1.4% - - - - -
2025 $472.2B $41,498 5.2% 1.4% 3.0% 33.9M - 70.7% 1.6% - - - - 4.28
2024 $422.2B $38,836 5.1% 1.8% 3.2% 33.5M - 69.8% 1.4% $15.6B 76.8 - 98.0% 4.58
2023 $399.9B $36,497 3.5% 2.5% 3.4% 33.1M - 69.7% 1.1% $7.9B 76.7 4.0% 97.7% 4.56
2022 $407.8B $34,414 9.0% 3.4% 3.8% 32.7M - 65.5% 3.2% $15.0B 75.4 3.9% 97.4% 4.40
2021 $373.8B $29,823 3.3% 2.5% 4.7% 32.6M 40.7 69.2% 3.9% $20.2B 73.9 4.4% 96.8% 4.14
2020 $337.5B $27,475 -5.5% -1.1% 4.5% 32.4M - 67.7% 4.2% $4.1B 76.1 4.1% 89.6% 4.20
2019 $365.2B $28,934 4.4% 0.7% 3.3% 32.5M - 57.1% 3.5% $9.2B 75.9 3.8% 84.2% 4.14
2018 $358.8B $27,794 4.8% 1.0% 3.3% 32.4M 41.2 55.6% 2.2% $8.3B 75.7 3.8% 81.2% 4.04
2017 $319.1B $26,416 5.8% 3.8% 3.4% 32.0M - 54.4% 2.8% $9.4B 75.5 3.7% 80.1% 4.30
2016 $301.3B $25,286 4.4% 2.1% 3.5% 31.6M - 55.8% 2.4% $13.5B 75.4 3.7% 78.8% 4.15
2015 $301.4B $24,526 5.0% 2.1% 3.2% 31.2M 41.1 57.0% 3.0% $9.9B 75.3 3.8% 71.1% 3.91
2014 $342.9B $24,307 6.0% 3.1% 2.9% 30.7M - 55.4% 4.3% $10.6B 75.4 3.7% 63.7% 3.27
2013 $327.9B $23,161 4.7% 2.1% 3.1% 30.2M 41.3 55.7% 3.4% $11.3B 75.5 3.5% 57.1% 3.15
2012 $318.9B $22,639 5.5% 1.7% 3.0% 29.5M - 53.8% 5.1% $8.9B 75.6 3.5% 65.8% 3.09
2011 $302.2B $21,324 5.3% 3.2% 3.1% 29.1M 43.6 51.9% 10.7% $15.1B 75.5 3.3% 61.0% 3.06
2010 $258.6B $20,193 7.5% 1.7% 3.3% 28.6M - 51.2% 9.9% $10.9B 75.4 3.2% 56.3% 3.22
2009 $211.8B $18,923 -1.5% 0.6% 3.7% 28.1M - 50.4% 14.8% $114.7M 75.3 3.3% 55.9% 3.52
2008 $241.9B $19,480 4.8% 5.4% 3.3% 27.6M 45.5 39.4% 16.3% $7.6B 75.2 3.0% 55.8% 3.34
2007 $202.7B $18,617 6.3% 2.0% 3.2% 27.1M - 39.3% 14.7% $9.1B 75.0 3.1% 55.7% 3.44
2006 $170.4B $17,426 5.6% 3.6% 3.3% 26.8M 44.8 39.7% 15.4% $7.7B 74.7 3.1% 51.6% 3.67
2005 $150.3B $16,371 5.0% 3.0% 3.6% 26.5M - 40.8% 13.8% $3.9B 74.4 2.8% 48.6% 3.79
Source: World Bank + IMF World Economic Outlook. * = IMF forecast.

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