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Malaysia: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1949–2010 · 61 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2010
33.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2009
−2.7 pointsfrom 36.3%
Average, 2001–2010
31.7%10 years
Record high and low
42.5% (1981)low 6.51% (1949)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
201033.6
200936.3
200834.6
200730.4
200628.2
200528.1
200429.8
200332.6
200231.4
200131.8

Sources

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

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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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