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Malaysia: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1949–2025 · 75 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdebt_GDP

2025
70.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.8 pointsfrom 69.8%
Average, 2016–2025
63.5%10 years
Record high and low
110.4% (1987)low 3.07% (1951)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203165.4Forecast
203066.1Forecast
202966.9Forecast
202867.8Forecast
202768.7Forecast
202669.5Forecast
202570.7
202469.8
202369.7
202265.5
202169.2
202067.7
201957.1
201855.6
201754.4
201655.8

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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