Malaysia — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Malaysia, 1960–2025.
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%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 19 of 28 economies; Singapore (0.90%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 2764% in 1963. That is 24% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1963; grown tenfold by 1963. Doubling roughly every 15 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 55th of 63 in 1960 → 76th of 92 in 1970 → 95th of 106 in 1980 → 116th of 131 in 1990 → 126th of 163 in 2000 → 137th of 186 in 2010 → 168th of 178 in 2020 → 128th of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.38% | -0.5 pp |
| 2024 | 1.83% | -0.7 pp |
| 2023 | 2.49% | -0.9 pp |
| 2022 | 3.38% | +0.9 pp |
| 2021 | 2.48% | +3.6 pp |
| 2020 | -1.14% | -1.8 pp |
| 2019 | 0.66% | -0.2 pp |
| 2018 | 0.88% | -3.0 pp |
| 2017 | 3.87% | +1.8 pp |
| 2016 | 2.09% | -0.0 pp |
| 2015 | 2.1% | -1.0 pp |
| 2014 | 3.14% | +1.0 pp |
| 2013 | 2.11% | +0.4 pp |
| 2012 | 1.66% | -1.5 pp |
| 2011 | 3.17% | +1.6 pp |
| 2010 | 1.62% | +1.0 pp |
| 2009 | 0.58% | -4.9 pp |
| 2008 | 5.44% | +3.4 pp |
| 2007 | 2.03% | -1.6 pp |
| 2006 | 3.61% | +0.6 pp |
| 2005 | 2.98% | +1.6 pp |
| 2004 | 1.42% | +0.3 pp |
| 2003 | 1.09% | -0.7 pp |
| 2002 | 1.81% | +0.4 pp |
| 2001 | 1.42% | -0.1 pp |
| 2000 | 1.53% | -1.2 pp |
| 1999 | 2.74% | -2.5 pp |
| 1998 | 5.27% | +2.6 pp |
| 1997 | 2.66% | -0.8 pp |
| 1996 | 3.49% | +0.0 pp |
| 1995 | 3.45% | -0.3 pp |
| 1994 | 3.72% | +0.2 pp |
| 1993 | 3.54% | -1.2 pp |
| 1992 | 4.77% | +0.4 pp |
| 1991 | 4.36% | +1.7 pp |
| 1990 | 2.62% | -0.2 pp |
| 1989 | 2.81% | +0.3 pp |
| 1988 | 2.56% | +2.3 pp |
| 1987 | 0.29% | -0.4 pp |
| 1986 | 0.74% | +0.4 pp |
| 1985 | 0.35% | -3.6 pp |
| 1984 | 3.9% | +0.2 pp |
| 1983 | 3.7% | -2.1 pp |
| 1982 | 5.82% | -3.9 pp |
| 1981 | 9.7% | +3.0 pp |
| 1980 | 6.67% | +3.0 pp |
| 1979 | 3.65% | -1.2 pp |
| 1978 | 4.86% | +0.1 pp |
| 1977 | 4.79% | +2.2 pp |
| 1976 | 2.63% | -1.9 pp |
| 1975 | 4.49% | -12.8 pp |
| 1974 | 17.33% | +6.8 pp |
| 1973 | 10.56% | +7.3 pp |
| 1972 | 3.23% | +1.6 pp |
| 1971 | 1.61% | -0.2 pp |
| 1970 | 1.84% | +2.3 pp |
| 1969 | -0.41% | -0.3 pp |
| 1968 | -0.16% | -4.7 pp |
| 1967 | 4.58% | +3.6 pp |
| 1966 | 0.97% | +1.1 pp |
| 1965 | -0.11% | +0.3 pp |
| 1964 | -0.4% | -3.5 pp |
| 1963 | 3.11% | +3.0 pp |
| 1962 | 0.11% | +0.3 pp |
| 1961 | -0.18% | -0.2 pp |
| 1960 | 0.06% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Malaysia’s Inflation in 1961?
-0.18% (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Malaysia’s Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +2085.1% in total — about 4.9% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG. 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: 1.38%; 2024: 1.83%; 2023: 2.49%; 2022: 3.38%; 2021: 2.48%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
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.