Interest payments in Malaysia
Malaysia: Interest payments was 14.9% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Interest payments in Malaysia, 1996–2023
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 14.9% for interest payments in 2023.
That represents a change of up 16.2% on the previous year and up 50.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Malaysia peaked at 15.4% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 8.5%, in 2008.
Malaysia ranks 27th of 152 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Interest payments in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 14.3% | — |
| 1997 | 13.4% | -6.3% |
| 1998 | 14.5% | +8.4% |
| 1999 | 14.2% | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 15.4% | +8.3% |
| 2001 | 14.6% | -5.3% |
| 2002 | 14.3% | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 14.3% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 12.2% | -14.6% |
| 2005 | 12.1% | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 11.8% | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 10.7% | -9.4% |
| 2008 | 8.5% | -20.7% |
| 2009 | 9.2% | +8.4% |
| 2010 | 10.4% | +13.3% |
| 2011 | 9.8% | -5.6% |
| 2012 | 9.6% | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 9.9% | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 10.4% | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 11.3% | +8.8% |
| 2016 | 12.6% | +12.1% |
| 2017 | 12.8% | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 13.3% | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 12.5% | -5.4% |
| 2020 | 13.2% | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 14.2% | +8.2% |
| 2022 | 12.8% | -9.8% |
| 2023 | 14.9% | +16.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.1% | 13.4% | 14.5% | 4 |
| 2000s | 12.3% | 8.5% | 15.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.3% | 9.6% | 13.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.8% | 12.8% | 14.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More public sector data for Malaysia
- Arms imports 7.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.1993 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -90.14 % change on previous year (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 7.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 121.29 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0102 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 9.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 4.31 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 21.31 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Malaysia?
- Interest payments in Malaysia was 14.9% in 2023, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 15.4% in 2000.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.5% in 2008.
- How does Malaysia rank for interest payments?
- Malaysia ranks 27th out of 152 countries with data for 2023.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malaysia data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Interest payments (% of expense). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Interest payments include interest payments on government debt (including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments) to domestic and foreign residents. This indicator is expressed as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.