Malaysia's gross capital formation (current LCU) was 413.94 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 38.34% from 299.23 billion in 2015 (3.3% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 413.94 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 278.85 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 299.23 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 424.21 billion | 2024 |
| Lowest | 695 million | 1960 |
| Average since 2016 | 363.88 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 695 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Malaysia's gross capital formation (current LCU) fell 2.4% on 2024 (from 424.21 billion to 413.94 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +7.1% and a typical year strayed about 17.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 51.1% in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 37.6% in 1998. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 12.4 billion a year. A straight line explains 52% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Malaysia had the 74th highest value of the 130 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Malaysia in the 2025 ranking
- Haiti — 70th of 130: 505.56 billion
- Italy — 71st of 130: 502.41 billion
- Romania — 72nd of 130: 496.36 billion
- Guinea-Bissau — 74th of 130: 379.71 billion
- Spain — 75th of 130: 361.22 billion
- Mozambique — 76th of 130: 346.38 billion
What this measures
Gross capital formation includes acquisitions less disposals of produced assets for purposes of fixed capital formation, inventories or valuables. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 66 values
| Year | Gross capital formation (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 413,940,621,000 |
| 2024 | 424,213,015,000 |
| 2023 | 415,908,307,000 |
| 2022 | 423,348,740,000 |
| 2021 | 342,661,021,000 |
| 2020 | 278,847,060,000 |
| 2019 | 318,404,679,000 |
| 2018 | 345,977,200,000 |
| 2017 | 350,588,706,000 |
| 2016 | 324,865,314,000 |
Gross capital formation (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Australia — 679.75 billion (2025)
- Brunei Darussalam — 5.33 billion (2025)
- Cambodia — 64.86 trillion (2025)
- China — 54.57 trillion (2024)
- Fiji — 2.82 billion (2024)
- French Polynesia — 152.8 billion (2024)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 611.33 billion (2025)
- Indonesia — 7,293.71 trillion (2025)
- Japan — 175.55 trillion (2024)
- Kiribati — 155.55 million (2024)
More economic policy & debt data for Malaysia
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$125.63 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$120.17 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$58.41 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 250.26 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$59.37 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 231.87 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 12.37% (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$291.01 billion (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Malaysia's gross capital formation (current LCU)?
- 413.94 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 59,460% from 695 million in 1960 (10.33% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 424.21 billion in 2024 and the lowest 695 million in 1960.
- How does Malaysia rank?
- 74th highest of 130 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in gross capital formation (current LCU) unusual for Malaysia?
- In 2025, Malaysia's gross capital formation (current LCU) fell 2.4% on 2024 (from 424.21 billion to 413.94 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +7.1% and a typical year strayed about 17.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.GDI.TOTL.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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