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Malaysia: General government tax revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2000–2024 · 25 observations · gen_govtax_GDP

2024
12.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.1 pointsfrom 12.6%
Average, 2015–2024
12.3%10 years
Record high and low
17.8% (2001)low 10.9% (2020)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202412.4
202312.6
202211.6
202111.2
202010.9
201911.9
201812.0
201712.9
201613.6
201514.1

Sources

  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2000–2001
  • Asian Development Bank (archive)2000–2023
  • Asian Development Bank2000–2024

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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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