Malaysia — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Malaysia, 1960–2025.
Latest value · 2025
1.38%
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) · annual % · +2085.1% since 1960
Inflation for Malaysia was 1.38% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 17.33% in 1974. The lowest was -1.14% in 2020 (about -1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 4.86% per year.
Malaysia ranks 144 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 77%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 2.21%, so Malaysia sits below it. It peaked in 1974 and has fallen 92% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 34%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
1.38%
First (1960)
0.06%
Change
+2085.1%
Highest
17.33%
in 1974
Lowest
-1.14%
in 2020
Average
2.87%
Annual growth (CAGR)
4.86%
Years of data
66
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.38% |
| 2024 | 1.83% |
| 2023 | 2.49% |
| 2022 | 3.38% |
| 2021 | 2.48% |
| 2020 | -1.14% |
| 2019 | 0.66% |
| 2018 | 0.88% |
| 2017 | 3.87% |
| 2016 | 2.09% |
| 2015 | 2.1% |
| 2014 | 3.14% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services. A negative value means deflation. 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
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (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.