Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Malaysia
Malaysia: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices was 11,858 USD in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Malaysia, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
In 2024, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Malaysia stood at 11,858 USD. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.8% on the previous year and up 26.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Malaysia peaked at 11,858 USD in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,676 USD, in 1970.
That places Malaysia 82nd out of 195 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1,676 USD | — |
| 1971 | 2,012 USD | +20.0% |
| 1972 | 2,149 USD | +6.8% |
| 1973 | 2,343 USD | +9.1% |
| 1974 | 2,478 USD | +5.8% |
| 1975 | 2,439 USD | -1.6% |
| 1976 | 2,657 USD | +8.9% |
| 1977 | 2,795 USD | +5.2% |
| 1978 | 2,910 USD | +4.1% |
| 1979 | 3,107 USD | +6.8% |
| 1980 | 3,246 USD | +4.5% |
| 1981 | 3,364 USD | +3.6% |
| 1982 | 3,453 USD | +2.7% |
| 1983 | 3,552 USD | +2.8% |
| 1984 | 3,705 USD | +4.3% |
| 1985 | 3,546 USD | -4.3% |
| 1986 | 3,470 USD | -2.2% |
| 1987 | 3,541 USD | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 3,733 USD | +5.4% |
| 1989 | 3,954 USD | +5.9% |
| 1990 | 4,185 USD | +5.8% |
| 1991 | 4,457 USD | +6.5% |
| 1992 | 4,726 USD | +6.0% |
| 1993 | 5,063 USD | +7.1% |
| 1994 | 5,390 USD | +6.5% |
| 1995 | 5,771 USD | +7.1% |
| 1996 | 6,190 USD | +7.3% |
| 1997 | 6,481 USD | +4.7% |
| 1998 | 5,858 USD | -9.6% |
| 1999 | 6,071 USD | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 6,456 USD | +6.3% |
| 2001 | 6,335 USD | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 6,517 USD | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 6,733 USD | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 7,025 USD | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 7,234 USD | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 7,470 USD | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 7,770 USD | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 7,976 USD | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 7,700 USD | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 8,119 USD | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 8,400 USD | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 8,711 USD | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 8,965 USD | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 9,342 USD | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 9,649 USD | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 9,901 USD | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 10,294 USD | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 10,610 USD | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 10,903 USD | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 10,171 USD | -6.7% |
| 2021 | 10,386 USD | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 11,151 USD | +7.4% |
| 2023 | 11,419 USD | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 11,858 USD | +3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2,457 USD | 1,676 USD | 3,107 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,556 USD | 3,246 USD | 3,954 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,419 USD | 4,185 USD | 6,481 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,122 USD | 6,335 USD | 7,976 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,489 USD | 8,119 USD | 10,903 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,997 USD | 10,171 USD | 11,858 USD | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 79 Romania 12,529 USD compare
- 80 Kazakhstan 12,073 USD compare
- 81 Maldives 12,034 USD compare
- 83 Saint Lucia 11,855 USD compare
- 84 Mauritius 11,753 USD compare
- 85 Russian Federation 11,119 USD compare
More economy & growth data for Malaysia
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.04 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.97 Percent per annum (2029)
- Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 4.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.5978 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), per capita 7,845 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- External balance on goods and services (current US$), annual growth 16.45 % change on previous year (2025)
- External balance on goods and services (current LCU), annual growth 9.02 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), annual 5.82 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), per 0.352 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), per 4,620 current LCU per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Malaysia?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Malaysia was 11,858 USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 11,858 USD in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,676 USD in 1970.
- How does Malaysia rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices?
- Malaysia ranks 82nd out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malaysia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).