Interest payments in Malaysia
Malaysia: Interest payments was 15.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Interest payments in Malaysia, 1996–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
In 2024, interest payments in Malaysia stood at 15.6%.
That represents a change of up 5.7% on the previous year and up 51.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Malaysia peaked at 16.3% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 8.0%, in 2008.
Malaysia ranks 27th of 155 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Interest payments in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 11.5% | — |
| 1997 | 9.7% | -15.5% |
| 1998 | 12.2% | +25.4% |
| 1999 | 13.4% | +10.2% |
| 2000 | 14.5% | +8.2% |
| 2001 | 12.1% | -17.1% |
| 2002 | 11.6% | -4.0% |
| 2003 | 11.4% | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 11.0% | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 10.9% | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 10.1% | -7.3% |
| 2007 | 9.2% | -8.7% |
| 2008 | 8.0% | -13.2% |
| 2009 | 9.0% | +11.9% |
| 2010 | 9.8% | +9.1% |
| 2011 | 9.6% | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 9.4% | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 9.7% | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 10.2% | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 11.1% | +8.3% |
| 2016 | 12.5% | +12.5% |
| 2017 | 12.6% | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 13.1% | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 12.5% | -5.0% |
| 2020 | 15.3% | +23.1% |
| 2021 | 16.3% | +6.3% |
| 2022 | 14.0% | -13.9% |
| 2023 | 14.7% | +4.9% |
| 2024 | 15.6% | +5.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.7% | 9.7% | 13.4% | 4 |
| 2000s | 10.8% | 8.0% | 14.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.0% | 9.4% | 13.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.2% | 14.0% | 16.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 24 Côte d'Ivoire 18.0% compare
- 25 Philippines 17.3% compare
- 26 Costa Rica 16.6% compare
- 28 Mozambique 15.1% compare
- 29 Iceland 14.9% compare
- 30 Namibia 14.7% compare
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 15.6% in 2024, 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 16.3% in 2021.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.0% in 2008.
- How does Malaysia rank for interest payments?
- Malaysia ranks 27th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 revenue). 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 a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.