Malaysia — Combined government deficit (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1949–2030 · 77 observations

About this series

The combined government deficit series records the period's fiscal balance under the source's accounting and sign convention. A deficit indicates a shortfall; the series is a flow, not a debt stock. WED's combined-government scope requires source metadata. This series expresses that measure as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.

In Malaysia, the combined government deficit reading was −3.61% of GDP in 2025, compared with −3.95% of GDP in 2024. The period change was +0.35 percentage points. The latest reading was above the selected 10-year average of −3.67% of GDP.

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Latest observations

2015–2030

PeriodValue
2030-3.62 % of GDP
2029-3.61 % of GDP
2028-3.65 % of GDP
2027-3.66 % of GDP
2026-3.57 % of GDP
11 earlier values, back to 2015
2025-3.61 % of GDP
2024-3.95 % of GDP
2023-3.97 % of GDP
2022-4.56 % of GDP
2021-6.03 % of GDP
2020-4.9 % of GDP
2019-2.01 % of GDP
2018-2.64 % of GDP
2017-2.41 % of GDP
2016-2.6 % of GDP
2015-2.55 % of GDP
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.