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GDP growth in Malaysia

Is that economy growing or stalling?

Malaysia's gdp growth is 5.17 % — #20 of 127 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.

5.17%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

GDP growth in Malaysia over time

9.03 %1.79 %-5.46 %9.03 % · 2022-5.46 % · 20202000: 8.86 %2001: 0.52 %2002: 5.39 %2003: 5.79 %2004: 6.78 %2005: 5.33 %2006: 5.58 %2007: 6.30 %2008: 4.83 %2009: -1.51 %2010: 7.42 %2011: 5.29 %2012: 5.47 %2013: 4.69 %2014: 6.01 %2015: 5.09 %2016: 4.45 %2017: 5.81 %2018: 4.84 %2019: 4.41 %2020: -5.46 %2021: 3.32 %2022: 9.03 %2023: 3.54 %2024: 5.11 %2025: 5.17 %2000201220255.17 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#20 of 127
higher is better
Ranked behind
84 %
107 of 127 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.07 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
3.86 pp
peak 9.03 % in 2022
Full series
▼ 3.69 pp
since 2000

In Asia: #10 of 36vs median 2.90 %: +2.27 pp (better)

Among 127 countries

4 of 127 countries between -2.71 % and -2.14 %2 of 127 countries between -2.14 % and -1.56 %1 of 127 countries between -1.56 % and -0.99 %3 of 127 countries between -0.99 % and -0.41 %12 of 127 countries between 0.16 % and 0.74 %11 of 127 countries between 0.74 % and 1.31 %12 of 127 countries between 1.31 % and 1.89 %9 of 127 countries between 1.89 % and 2.47 %14 of 127 countries between 2.47 % and 3.04 %13 of 127 countries between 3.04 % and 3.62 %11 of 127 countries between 3.62 % and 4.19 %10 of 127 countries between 4.19 % and 4.77 %6 of 127 countries between 4.77 % and 5.34 %3 of 127 countries between 5.34 % and 5.92 %1 of 127 countries between 5.92 % and 6.49 %2 of 127 countries between 6.49 % and 7.07 %3 of 127 countries between 7.07 % and 7.64 %2 of 127 countries between 7.64 % and 8.22 %2 of 127 countries between 8.22 % and 8.79 %2 of 127 countries between 9.37 % and 9.95 %4 of 127 countries between 10.52 % and 11.10 %median 2.90 %Malaysia: ahead of 84 % of the 127 countries with a published gdp growthMalaysia 5.17 %-2.71 %11.10 %
Half of all 127 countries sit between 1.30 % and 4.37 %. Malaysia is ahead of 84 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGDP growthvs Malaysia
18 Papua New Guinea5.64 %+0.47 pp
19 Cambodia5.35 %+0.18 pp
20 Malaysia5.17 %—
21 Indonesia5.11 %−0.06 pp
22 Singapore5.03 %−0.15 pp

Annual real GDP growth (World Bank).

How to read this figure

Annual growth of real GDP (World Bank) — the size of the economy adjusted for inflation. Population growth matters: a country can grow 2 % while its GDP per person stands still.

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