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Malaysia — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Malaysia, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
5.17%
GDP Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -31.9% since 1961
GDP growth for Malaysia was 5.17% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 11.70% in 1973. The lowest was -7.36% in 1998 (about -1.4× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.60% per year.
Malaysia ranks 47 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 22%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 3.62%, so Malaysia sits above it. It peaked in 1973 and has fallen 56% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 2%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
5.17%
First (1961)
7.60%
Change
-31.9%
Highest
11.70%
in 1973
Lowest
-7.36%
in 1998
Average
6.06%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.60%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.17% |
| 2024 | 5.11% |
| 2023 | 3.54% |
| 2022 | 9.03% |
| 2021 | 3.32% |
| 2020 | -5.46% |
| 2019 | 4.41% |
| 2018 | 4.84% |
| 2017 | 5.81% |
| 2016 | 4.45% |
| 2015 | 5.09% |
| 2014 | 6.01% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at constant market prices. A negative value means the economy contracted that year. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.