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Malaysia: General government revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1990–2025 · 36 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govrev_GDP

2025
19.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.7 pointsfrom 20.6%
Average, 2016–2025
20.2%10 years
Record high and low
30.7% (1990)low 18.4% (2021)

General government revenue (% of GDP)

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18%20%22%24%26%28%30%32%19902000201020202030MalaysiaMalaysia
ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203118.8Forecast
203018.9Forecast
202919.0Forecast
202819.0Forecast
202719.0Forecast
202619.2Forecast
202519.9
202420.6
202320.9
202220.1
202118.4
202020.1
201921.6
201820.2
201719.6
201620.3

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1990–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2025
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1996–2001
  • Asian Development Bank (archive)2000–2023
  • Asian Development Bank2000–2024
  • 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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