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Malaysia: Government consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1900–2025 · 111 observations · gcons_GDP

2025
12.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.3 pointsfrom 12.0%
Average, 2016–2025
12.2%10 years
Record high and low
19.3% (1972)low 2.25% (1917)

Government consumption (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202512.3
202412.0
202311.9
202211.6
202112.6
202013.0
201911.7
201812.0
201712.2
201612.6

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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