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Deposit rate in Malaysia

What does parked money earn there?

Malaysia's deposit rate is 2.42 % — #49 of 70 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.

2.42%

Checked 9 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF International Financial Statistics

Among 70 countries

10 of 70 countries between 0.14 % and 0.93 %6 of 70 countries between 0.93 % and 1.73 %6 of 70 countries between 1.73 % and 2.52 %5 of 70 countries between 2.52 % and 3.31 %3 of 70 countries between 3.31 % and 4.10 %5 of 70 countries between 4.10 % and 4.89 %6 of 70 countries between 4.89 % and 5.69 %5 of 70 countries between 5.69 % and 6.48 %3 of 70 countries between 6.48 % and 7.27 %5 of 70 countries between 7.27 % and 8.06 %3 of 70 countries between 8.86 % and 9.65 %3 of 70 countries between 9.65 % and 10.44 %2 of 70 countries between 10.44 % and 11.24 %2 of 70 countries between 11.24 % and 12.03 %2 of 70 countries between 12.03 % and 12.82 %1 of 70 countries between 14.41 % and 15.20 %3 of 70 countries between 18.37 % and 19.16 %median 4.82 %Malaysia: ahead of 30 % of the 70 countries with a published deposit rateMalaysia 2.42 %0.14 %19.16 %
Half of all 70 countries sit between 1.89 % and 7.70 %. Malaysia is ahead of 30 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 3 values beyond it sit in the end bars.
Rank
#49 of 70
higher is better
Ranked behind
30 %
21 of 70 countries

In Asia: #13 of 19vs median 4.96 %: −2.54 pp (worse)

The neighbourhood

#CountryDeposit ratevs Malaysia
47 Kuwait2.62 %+0.20 pp
48 Mexico2.55 %+0.13 pp
49 Malaysia2.42 %—
50 Botswana2.35 %−0.07 pp
51 Nicaragua2.27 %−0.15 pp

Bank deposit rate, IMF-harmonised — what parked money earns.

How to read this figure

The IMF-harmonised deposit rate — what banks pay on deposits. Compare it with inflation: a deposit rate below inflation means parked money loses purchasing power even inside the bank. Same harmonisation trade-off as the lending rate.

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