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Malaysia — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Malaysia, 1960–2025.
Latest value · 2025
13,125
GDP per Capita (Nominal) · current US$ · +5349.3% since 1960
GDP per capita for Malaysia was 13,125 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 233 in 1961 (about 56.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 6.34% per year.
Malaysia ranks 93 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 44%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 8,489, so Malaysia sits above it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 36%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
13,125
First (1960)
241
Change
+5349.3%
Highest
13,125
in 2025
Lowest
233
in 1961
Average
4,476
Annual growth (CAGR)
6.34%
Years of data
66
Recent years
| Year | current US$ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 13,124.56 |
| 2024 | 11,874.43 |
| 2023 | 11,386.04 |
| 2022 | 11,754.57 |
| 2021 | 10,903.1 |
| 2020 | 9,957.53 |
| 2019 | 10,920.19 |
| 2018 | 10,901.8 |
| 2017 | 9,862.55 |
| 2016 | 9,476.53 |
| 2015 | 9,648.68 |
| 2014 | 11,013.31 |
Reading this correctly. Nominal GDP divided by midyear population. A rough proxy for average income; it does not account for income distribution. Figures are in current US$. 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.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). 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.