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GDP per capita at PPP — Malaysia

GDP per capita at PPP in Malaysia in 2025 — 41,498 int$. Ranked 56 in the world out of 185. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 502.6%.

2025 41,498 int$ +6.85% vs 2024
World rank 56of 185
Period maximum 41,498 int$2025
Period minimum 6,887 int$1990

Trend over time

1990–2025 · international $ per capita

GDP per capita at PPP — Malaysia, 1990–2025020,00040,00060,00019901994199820022006201020142018202220251990: 6,887 int$1991: 7,583 int$1992: 8,224 int$1993: 9,018 int$1994: 9,806 int$1995: 10,720 int$1996: 11,709 int$1997: 12,469 int$1998: 11,398 int$1999: 11,980 int$2000: 13,027 int$2001: 13,072 int$2002: 13,656 int$2003: 14,387 int$2004: 15,416 int$2005: 16,371 int$2006: 17,426 int$2007: 18,617 int$2008: 19,480 int$2009: 18,923 int$2010: 20,193 int$2011: 21,324 int$2012: 22,639 int$2013: 23,161 int$2014: 24,307 int$2015: 24,526 int$2016: 25,286 int$2017: 26,416 int$2018: 27,794 int$2019: 28,934 int$2020: 27,475 int$2021: 29,823 int$2022: 34,414 int$2023: 36,497 int$2024: 38,836 int$2025: 41,498 int$
Change over the period: +34,611 (+502.58%) Average annual rate: 5.27 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Malaysia

Malaysia 41,498 int$
World 25,704 int$
East Asia & Pacific 29,303 int$
South-Eastern Asia computed 19,046 int$
Upper-middle-income countries computed 26,876 int$
GDP per capita at PPP — Malaysia, by year Malaysia All countries CSV XLSX
Year int$ Change Change, %
2025 41,498 +2,662 +6.85%
2024 38,836 +2,339 +6.41%
2023 36,497 +2,083 +6.05%
2022 34,414 +4,592 +15.4%
2021 29,823 +2,348 +8.55%
2020 27,475 −1,459 −5.04%
2019 28,934 +1,140 +4.1%
2018 27,794 +1,378 +5.22%
2017 26,416 +1,130 +4.47%
2016 25,286 +759 +3.1%
2015 24,526 +220 +0.9%
2014 24,307 +1,146 +4.95%
2013 23,161 +522 +2.31%
2012 22,639 +1,314 +6.16%
2011 21,324 +1,131 +5.6%
2010 20,193 +1,271 +6.72%
2009 18,923 −557 −2.86%
2008 19,480 +863 +4.64%
2007 18,617 +1,190 +6.83%
2006 17,426 +1,055 +6.44%
2005 16,371 +956 +6.2%
2004 15,416 +1,029 +7.15%
2003 14,387 +731 +5.35%
2002 13,656 +584 +4.47%
2001 13,072 +44 +0.34%
2000 13,027 +1,048 +8.74%
1999 11,980 +582 +5.1%
1998 11,398 −1,071 −8.59%
1997 12,469 +760 +6.49%
1996 11,709 +989 +9.23%
1995 10,720 +914 +9.32%
1994 9,806 +788 +8.74%
1993 9,018 +794 +9.66%
1992 8,224 +641 +8.46%
1991 7,583 +696 +10.11%
1990 6,887 — —

South-Eastern Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SG Singapore 163,354 BN Brunei Darussalam 92,430 MY Malaysia 41,498 TH Thailand 26,250 VN Vietnam 18,088 ID Indonesia 17,660 PH Philippines 12,577 LA Laos 10,383 KH Cambodia 8,543 MM Myanmar 6,012 TL Timor-Leste 4,809
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About the indicator

GDP at purchasing power parity divided by the population. Of all aggregate indicators this is the soundest basis for comparing material living standards across countries: it accounts both for the size of the economy per person and for how much that money buys inside the country. It says nothing about inequality or about the non-market side of well-being.

Important: The aggregate for a group is all of its GDP at PPP over all of its population, not an average of country values. Conversion at PPP accounts for differences in price levels, so comparing countries by it is fairer than comparing them at market exchange rates.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.

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