Malaysia — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Malaysia, 1960–2025.
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%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 17 of 36 economies; Marshall Islands (8,489) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 48% in 1973. That is 20% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1973; grown tenfold by 1990. Doubling roughly every 11 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 58th of 111 in 1960 → 75th of 146 in 1970 → 73rd of 163 in 1980 → 81st of 192 in 1990 → 75th of 204 in 2000 → 85th of 212 in 2010 → 84th of 210 in 2020 → 73rd of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13,124.56 | +10.5% |
| 2024 | 11,874.43 | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 11,386.04 | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 11,754.57 | +7.8% |
| 2021 | 10,903.1 | +9.5% |
| 2020 | 9,957.53 | -8.8% |
| 2019 | 10,920.19 | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 10,901.8 | +10.5% |
| 2017 | 9,862.55 | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 9,476.53 | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 9,648.68 | -12.4% |
| 2014 | 11,013.31 | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 10,713.64 | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 10,600.57 | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 10,217.11 | +14.8% |
| 2010 | 8,899.35 | +23.7% |
| 2009 | 7,191.43 | -14.1% |
| 2008 | 8,371.82 | +16.8% |
| 2007 | 7,168.93 | +16.4% |
| 2006 | 6,158.41 | +10.9% |
| 2005 | 5,555.58 | +12.5% |
| 2004 | 4,939.25 | +10.6% |
| 2003 | 4,465.32 | +6.7% |
| 2002 | 4,184.03 | +6.1% |
| 2001 | 3,943.8 | -3.4% |
| 2000 | 4,083.53 | +15.8% |
| 1999 | 3,527.82 | +7.1% |
| 1998 | 3,294.31 | -29.6% |
| 1997 | 4,678.56 | -3.3% |
| 1996 | 4,837.17 | +10.9% |
| 1995 | 4,363.14 | +16.1% |
| 1994 | 3,757.65 | +8.5% |
| 1993 | 3,462 | +10.2% |
| 1992 | 3,141.43 | +17.3% |
| 1991 | 2,679.2 | +8.5% |
| 1990 | 2,468.69 | +10.0% |
| 1989 | 2,243.6 | +6.8% |
| 1988 | 2,099.95 | +6.2% |
| 1987 | 1,977.13 | +12.4% |
| 1986 | 1,759.73 | -14.0% |
| 1985 | 2,045.57 | -11.1% |
| 1984 | 2,299.81 | +8.3% |
| 1983 | 2,124.29 | +9.6% |
| 1982 | 1,937.75 | +3.8% |
| 1981 | 1,866.1 | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 1,886.12 | +12.3% |
| 1979 | 1,679.88 | +26.6% |
| 1978 | 1,326.89 | +21.5% |
| 1977 | 1,091.71 | +16.1% |
| 1976 | 940.44 | +16.0% |
| 1975 | 810.57 | -4.4% |
| 1974 | 847.81 | +21.0% |
| 1973 | 700.73 | +48.3% |
| 1972 | 472.36 | +16.0% |
| 1971 | 407.2 | +7.3% |
| 1970 | 379.63 | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 368.39 | +7.6% |
| 1968 | 342.44 | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 335.43 | -0.9% |
| 1966 | 338.57 | +3.7% |
| 1965 | 326.44 | +7.8% |
| 1964 | 302.93 | +3.8% |
| 1963 | 291.8 | +22.2% |
| 1962 | 238.84 | +2.5% |
| 1961 | 232.94 | -3.3% |
| 1960 | 240.85 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Malaysia’s GDP per capita in 1961?
232.94 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Malaysia’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Malaysia’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +5349.3% in total — about 6.3% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 13,124.56; 2024: 11,874.43; 2023: 11,386.04; 2022: 11,754.57; 2021: 10,903.1. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
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.