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Malaysia: Current account (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1974–2025 · 52 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP

2025
1.61%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.1 pointsfrom 1.69%
Average, 2016–2025
2.70%10 years
Record high and low
16.9% (2008)low −13.4% (1982)

Current account (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20311.80Forecast
20301.76Forecast
20291.82Forecast
20281.77Forecast
20271.62Forecast
20261.39Forecast
20251.61
20241.69
20231.56
20223.12
20213.88
20204.19
20193.50
20182.24
20172.81
20162.37

Sources

  • WDI (archive)1974–1997
  • World Development Indicators1974–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • IMF International Financial Statistics2010–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Malaysia documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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