Taxes on exports in Malaysia
Malaysia: Taxes on exports was 0.9% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Taxes on exports in Malaysia, 1996–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of tax revenue.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 0.9% for taxes on exports in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 24.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on exports in Malaysia peaked at 2.7% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2020.
Malaysia ranks 22nd of 76 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 29 years of available data.
Taxes on exports in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | % of tax revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 2.1% | — |
| 1997 | 1.9% | -10.7% |
| 1998 | 1.3% | -30.5% |
| 1999 | 1.6% | +20.2% |
| 2000 | 2.1% | +34.1% |
| 2001 | 1.4% | -34.8% |
| 2002 | 1.2% | -13.1% |
| 2003 | 1.8% | +48.3% |
| 2004 | 2.2% | +24.7% |
| 2005 | 2.6% | +16.5% |
| 2006 | 2.7% | +5.4% |
| 2007 | 2.4% | -10.5% |
| 2008 | 2.5% | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 1.1% | -56.1% |
| 2010 | 1.7% | +52.8% |
| 2011 | 1.5% | -6.7% |
| 2012 | 1.3% | -15.9% |
| 2013 | 1.2% | -4.6% |
| 2014 | 1.2% | -6.9% |
| 2015 | 0.6% | -45.5% |
| 2016 | 0.6% | -7.8% |
| 2017 | 0.8% | +31.8% |
| 2018 | 1.0% | +30.0% |
| 2019 | 0.6% | -37.1% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | -22.5% |
| 2021 | 1.2% | +145.2% |
| 2022 | 1.3% | +6.0% |
| 2023 | 0.9% | -29.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9% | -2.1% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 0.9% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.1%, 10.6× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 0.9% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.2%, 4.3× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.7% | 1.3% | 2.1% | 4 |
| 2000s | 2.0% | 1.1% | 2.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 0.6% | 1.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.5% | 1.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 19 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.1%
- 20 Angola 1.0% compare
- 21 Afghanistan 0.9% compare
- 23 Namibia 0.7% compare
- 24 Cambodia 0.6% compare
- 25 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.6%
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 taxes on exports in Malaysia?
- Taxes on exports in Malaysia was 0.9% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on exports recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.7% in 2006.
- What is the lowest taxes on exports recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2020.
- How does Malaysia rank for taxes on exports?
- Malaysia ranks 22nd out of 76 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taxes on exports rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.4%. 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 Taxes on exports (% of tax revenue). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Export taxes are taxes on goods or services that become payable to government when the goods leave the economic territory or when the services are delivered to non-residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of tax revenue which includes compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units.