Budget balance — all countries

Budget balance — Malaysia

Budget balance in Malaysia in 2031 — -2.7%. Ranked 105 in the world out of 188. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 2.8 pp.

2031 -2.7% +0 pp vs 2030
World rank 105of 188
Period maximum 5.4%1994
Period minimum -6.1%2000

Trend over time

1990–2031 · % of GDP

Budget balance — Malaysia, 1990–2031-10-505101990199520002005201020152020202520301990: 0.1%1991: 1.6%1992: 1.8%1993: 3.4%1994: 5.4%1995: 3.1%1996: 3.3%1997: 4.8%1998: -0.6%1999: -3%2000: -6.1%2001: -4.4%2002: -4%2003: -4.6%2004: -3.4%2005: -2.8%2006: -2.6%2007: -2.6%2008: -3.4%2009: -5.9%2010: -4.3%2011: -3.6%2012: -3.1%2013: -3.5%2014: -2.6%2015: -2.5%2016: -2.6%2017: -2.4%2018: -2.6%2019: -2%2020: -4.9%2021: -6%2022: -4.6%2023: -4.1%2024: -3.4%2025: -3.5%2026: -3.3%2027: -3%2028: -2.7%2029: -2.7%2030: -2.7%2031: -2.7%
Change over the period: −2.8 pp Annual average: -0.07 pp

Comparison, 2031

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

Malaysia -2.7%
World computed -4.85%
East Asia & Pacific computed -5.66%
South-Eastern Asia computed -1.82%
Budget balance — Malaysia, by year Malaysia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2031 -2.7 +0 pp
2030 -2.7 +0 pp
2029 -2.7 +0 pp
2028 -2.7 +0.3 pp
2027 -3 +0.3 pp
2026 -3.3 +0.2 pp
2025 -3.5 −0.1 pp
2024 -3.4 +0.7 pp
2023 -4.1 +0.5 pp
2022 -4.6 +1.4 pp
2021 -6 −1.1 pp
2020 -4.9 −2.9 pp
2019 -2 +0.6 pp
2018 -2.6 −0.2 pp
2017 -2.4 +0.2 pp
2016 -2.6 −0.1 pp
2015 -2.5 +0.1 pp
2014 -2.6 +0.9 pp
2013 -3.5 −0.4 pp
2012 -3.1 +0.5 pp
2011 -3.6 +0.7 pp
2010 -4.3 +1.6 pp
2009 -5.9 −2.5 pp
2008 -3.4 −0.8 pp
2007 -2.6 +0 pp
2006 -2.6 +0.2 pp
2005 -2.8 +0.6 pp
2004 -3.4 +1.2 pp
2003 -4.6 −0.6 pp
2002 -4 +0.4 pp
2001 -4.4 +1.7 pp
2000 -6.1 −3.1 pp
1999 -3 −2.4 pp
1998 -0.6 −5.4 pp
1997 4.8 +1.5 pp
1996 3.3 +0.2 pp
1995 3.1 −2.3 pp
1994 5.4 +2 pp
1993 3.4 +1.6 pp
1992 1.8 +0.2 pp
1991 1.6 +1.5 pp
1990 0.1

About the indicator

Net lending or net borrowing of general government as a percent of GDP — what is commonly called the budget deficit, taken with a plus sign when there is a surplus. General government includes regions, local authorities and extrabudgetary funds, so the quantity is fuller than the balance of the central budget alone. The IMF series runs with a forecast several years ahead.

Important: Negative values are deficits. Accumulated deficits are what government debt is, so the two indicators are worth looking at together: a country can live with a deficit for years and carry a small debt all the same, if its economy grows faster.

Source: World Economic Outlook (IMF), license IMF open data.