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Malaysia: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1949–2025 · 76 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
23.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.6 pointsfrom 24.0%
Average, 2016–2025
23.8%10 years
Record high and low
42.5% (1981)low 6.51% (1949)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203121.6Forecast
203021.6Forecast
202921.7Forecast
202821.8Forecast
202722.1Forecast
202622.5Forecast
202523.4
202424.0
202325.0
202224.6
202124.5
202025.0
201923.6
201822.8
201722.0
201622.9

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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