Malaysia's taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) was 26.06 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 77.29% from 14.7 billion in 2015 (5.89% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 26.06 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 15.76 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 14.7 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 26.06 billion | 2025 |
| Lowest | -730 million | 1962 |
| Average since 2016 | 19.12 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | -547 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Malaysia's taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) rose 3.3 billion on 2024 (from 22.76 billion to 26.06 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +511.99 million and a typical year strayed about 1.35 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 5.7 billion in 1984 and the biggest yearly fall was 12.65 billion in 1987. 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 799.07 million a year. A straight line explains 57% 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 101st highest value of the 150 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
What this measures
Taxes less subsidies on products are taxes payable per unit of a good or service. 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 | Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 26,059,475,000 |
| 2024 | 22,759,659,000 |
| 2023 | 20,487,060,000 |
| 2022 | 18,812,147,000 |
| 2021 | 17,022,758,000 |
| 2020 | 15,755,299,000 |
| 2019 | 17,052,749,000 |
| 2018 | 17,453,118,000 |
| 2017 | 19,280,110,000 |
| 2016 | 16,528,942,000 |
Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Australia — 177.87 billion (2025)
- Brunei Darussalam — -279.94 million (2025)
- Cambodia — 11.88 trillion (2025)
- Fiji — 2.15 billion (2025)
- French Polynesia — 79.03 billion (2020)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 83.34 billion (2024)
- Indonesia — 1,012.64 trillion (2025)
- Japan — 3.66 trillion (2024)
- Kiribati — -10.45 million (2024)
- Korea, Rep.
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)
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Questions people ask
- What is Malaysia's taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU)?
- 26.06 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 4,864% from -547 million in 1960. The highest value was 26.06 billion in 2025 and the lowest -730 million in 1962.
- How does Malaysia rank?
- 101st highest of 150 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) unusual for Malaysia?
- In 2025, Malaysia's taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) rose 3.3 billion on 2024 (from 22.76 billion to 26.06 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +511.99 million and a typical year strayed about 1.35 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.TAX.NIND.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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