Malaysia Current Account (% of GDP)
Malaysia's overall balance with the rest of the world, trade in goods and services plus net investment income, as a share of GDP.
1.7%
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1974 to 2024
Source: World Bank BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS · % of GDP, annual.
Malaysia Current Account (% of GDP) in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In Malaysia, the current account rose by 0.1pp in 2024, from 1.6% in 2023.
Over the past five years it has ranged from 1.6% in 2023 to 4.2% in 2020.
Its average since 1974 is 2.9%, and the latest reading is below that.
How this series is defined
Everything you need to check the figure against the source.
- Source
- World Bank
- Series
- BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS
- Frequency
- Annual
- Unit
- %
- Seasonal adjustment
- Not applicable, annual data
- Latest observation
- 2024
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
Data refreshed 2026-10-06. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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