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Malaysia: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1949–2024 · 74 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
62.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−1.7 pointsfrom 64.3%
Average, 2015–2024
57.2%10 years
Record high and low
94.7% (1987)low 3.07% (1951)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202462.6
202364.3
202260.2
202163.3
202062.0
201952.4
201851.2
201750.0
201651.9
201553.6

Sources

  • Reinhart & Rogoff1949–2010
  • IMF Global Debt Database1950–2024
  • WDI (archive)1973–1987
  • World Development Indicators1990–2024

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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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