Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Malaysia
Malaysia: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita was 11,866 USD in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 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 in Malaysia stood at 11,866 USD. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Malaysia peaked at 11,866 USD in 2024 and was at its lowest, 379.63 USD, in 1970.
Malaysia ranks 92nd of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 379.63 USD | — |
| 1971 | 407.2 USD | +7.3% |
| 1972 | 472.36 USD | +16.0% |
| 1973 | 700.73 USD | +48.3% |
| 1974 | 847.81 USD | +21.0% |
| 1975 | 813.22 USD | -4.1% |
| 1976 | 940.44 USD | +15.6% |
| 1977 | 1,092 USD | +16.1% |
| 1978 | 1,327 USD | +21.5% |
| 1979 | 1,680 USD | +26.6% |
| 1980 | 1,886 USD | +12.3% |
| 1981 | 1,866 USD | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 1,938 USD | +3.8% |
| 1983 | 2,124 USD | +9.6% |
| 1984 | 2,300 USD | +8.3% |
| 1985 | 2,046 USD | -11.1% |
| 1986 | 1,760 USD | -14.0% |
| 1987 | 1,977 USD | +12.4% |
| 1988 | 2,100 USD | +6.2% |
| 1989 | 2,244 USD | +6.8% |
| 1990 | 2,469 USD | +10.0% |
| 1991 | 2,679 USD | +8.5% |
| 1992 | 3,141 USD | +17.2% |
| 1993 | 3,462 USD | +10.2% |
| 1994 | 3,758 USD | +8.5% |
| 1995 | 4,369 USD | +16.3% |
| 1996 | 4,837 USD | +10.7% |
| 1997 | 4,686 USD | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 3,295 USD | -29.7% |
| 1999 | 3,528 USD | +7.1% |
| 2000 | 4,084 USD | +15.8% |
| 2001 | 3,944 USD | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 4,184 USD | +6.1% |
| 2003 | 4,465 USD | +6.7% |
| 2004 | 4,939 USD | +10.6% |
| 2005 | 5,556 USD | +12.5% |
| 2006 | 6,158 USD | +10.9% |
| 2007 | 7,169 USD | +16.4% |
| 2008 | 8,372 USD | +16.8% |
| 2009 | 7,191 USD | -14.1% |
| 2010 | 8,899 USD | +23.7% |
| 2011 | 10,217 USD | +14.8% |
| 2012 | 10,601 USD | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 10,714 USD | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 11,013 USD | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 9,649 USD | -12.4% |
| 2016 | 9,477 USD | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 9,863 USD | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 10,902 USD | +10.5% |
| 2019 | 10,920 USD | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 9,958 USD | -8.8% |
| 2021 | 10,904 USD | +9.5% |
| 2022 | 11,731 USD | +7.6% |
| 2023 | 11,378 USD | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 11,866 USD | +4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 865.99 USD | 379.63 USD | 1,680 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,024 USD | 1,760 USD | 2,300 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,622 USD | 2,469 USD | 4,837 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,606 USD | 3,944 USD | 8,372 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,225 USD | 8,899 USD | 11,013 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,167 USD | 9,958 USD | 11,866 USD | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 89 Montenegro 12,645 USD compare
- 90 Serbia 12,222 USD compare
- 91 Mauritius 12,076 USD compare
- 93 Grenada 11,806 USD compare
- 94 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11,702 USD compare
- 95 Dominican Republic 10,965 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)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$), annual growth 11.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9871 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$), per capita 12,956 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current LCU), annual growth 4.58 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current LCU), per unit of GDP 4.23 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current LCU), per capita 55,507 current LCU per person (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (constant 2015 US$), annual 5.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (constant 2015 US$), per unit 0.9289 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Malaysia?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in Malaysia was 11,866 USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 11,866 USD in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 379.63 USD in 1970.
- How does Malaysia rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita?
- Malaysia ranks 92nd out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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. 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).