Southeast Asia · MYS

Malaysia market indicators

A compact view of economic scale, momentum and digital access. Each card uses the latest observation available from the source.

GDP per capita

$13,125
2025current US$

Economic output per person at current market exchange rates.

GDP growth

5.17%
2025annual %

Annual percentage growth of inflation-adjusted GDP.

Inflation

1.38%
2025annual %

Annual change in consumer prices.

Population

35,977,838
2025people

Total resident population.

Internet use

98.02%
2024% of population

Share of people who used the internet recently.

Unemployment

3.76%
2025% of labor force

Modeled ILO estimate of unemployment.

Trade openness

136.40%
2025% of GDP

Exports plus imports as a share of GDP.

Data-led reading

What the latest series says

Automatically calculated from the observations above; descriptive, not a forecast.

Income trend

$13,125 per person

Malaysia's GDP per capita was $13,125 in 2025. In current-dollar terms it increased by 31.8% from the closest observation around five years earlier; exchange rates and inflation are part of that movement.

Economic pulse

5.17% real growth

Real GDP growth was 5.17% in 2025. Consumer-price inflation was 1.38% in 2025 and modeled unemployment was 3.76% in 2025. These series may refer to different reporting years.

Digital reach

98.02% online

Internet use reached 98.02% of the population in 2024, while fixed broadband subscriptions were 13.55 per 100 people in 2024. A subscription can serve multiple users, so the measures answer different questions.

People & connections

35,977,838 residents

The population grew at 1.17% in 2025. Life expectancy was 76.82 years, while exports plus imports equaled 136.40% of GDP in their respective latest observations.

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