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Malaysia: Inflation

Percent · 1901–2025 · 116 observations · forecasts to 2031 · infl

2025
1.40%percent
Change on 2024
−0.4 pointsfrom 1.83%
Average, 2016–2025
1.79%10 years
Record high and low
30.0% (1920)low −26.7% (1921)

Inflation

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20311.99Forecast
20301.99Forecast
20291.99Forecast
20281.99Forecast
20272.01Forecast
20261.89Forecast
20251.40
20241.83
20232.49
20223.38
20212.48
2020-1.14
20190.663
20180.97
20173.80
20162.08

Sources

  • Sultan Nazrin Shah1901–1939
  • Reinhart & Rogoff1949–2014
  • Mitchell1950–2009
  • Clio Infra1950–2010
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1951–2025
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • Bank for International Settlements1969–2025
  • World Bank (inflation)1970–2024
  • WDI (archive)1971–1997
  • Bordo1972–1997
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1981–2025
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor1987–2025
  • Asian Development Bank2000–2025
  • 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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