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Malaysia: Government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1949–2025 · 72 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdef_GDP

2025
−3.54%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.1 pointsfrom −3.45%
Average, 2016–2025
−3.63%10 years
Record high and low
5.45% (1994)low −15.1% (1981)

Government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-2.72Forecast
2030-2.73Forecast
2029-2.74Forecast
2028-2.74Forecast
2027-3.02Forecast
2026-3.31Forecast
2025-3.54
2024-3.45
2023-4.11
2022-4.56
2021-6.03
2020-4.90
2019-2.01
2018-2.64
2017-2.41
2016-2.60

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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