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Malaysia: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1949–2010 · 57 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2010
−4.41%percent of GDP
Change on 2009
+1.6 pointsfrom −5.98%
Average, 2001–2010
−3.92%10 years
Record high and low
3.77% (1973)low −15.1% (1981)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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-20%-15%-10%-5%0%5%1950196019701980199020002010MalaysiaMalaysia
Percent of GDP

Compare with other countries →Definition of Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2010-4.41
2009-5.98
2008-3.89
2007-2.81
2006-2.19
2005-3.15
2004-3.93
2003-5.46
2002-4.72
2001-2.63

Sources

  • Mitchell1949–2010
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1996–2001
  • World Development Indicators1996–2010

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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