Malaysia GDP Growth Rate
How much the economy grew or shrank compared with the previous three months, in real terms, with regular seasonal patterns removed.
2.5%
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Q2 2015 to Q2 2026
Source: DOSM quarterly GDP, OpenDOSM gdp_qtr_real_sa · change in seasonally adjusted real GDP on the previous quarter, to one decimal place.
Malaysia GDP Growth Rate in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In Malaysia, the GDP growth rate rose by 0.6pp over the year to Q2 2026, from 1.9% in Q2 2025.
It is the highest reading since Q2 2022.
Over the past five years it has ranged from −2.9% in Q3 2021 to 5.6% in Q4 2021.
Its average since Q2 2015 is 1.1%, and the latest reading is above that.
How this series is defined
Everything you need to check the figure against the source.
- Source
- DOSM quarterly GDP, OpenDOSM gdp_qtr_real_sa
- Series
- See the citation below
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Unit
- %
- Seasonal adjustment
- Seasonally adjusted
- Latest observation
- Q2 2026
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
This is the quarter-on-quarter figure DOSM headlines.
Data refreshed 2026-10-06. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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