Malaysia Tax Revenue

Current and historical tax revenue data for Malaysia, including latest value (12.43), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Malaysia
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:10:41+02:00
Economy Data Rating
Malaysia · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BBB
74 / 100
Stable economy
Fiscal stability 15.8 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 19.9 / 20
External stability 13.2 / 15
Financial robustness 8.4 / 15
Structural stability 0.6 / 10
Future capacity 7.6 / 10
Demographic capacity 4.5 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 90% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1996–2024 19962024
1996 2024
Selected year: 2024 · Value: n/a 2024

Malaysia · tax revenue as a percentage of gdp.

1996–2024
12.43 percent of GDP
12.56 percent of GDP
12.32 percent of GDP
50 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1996 2001 2006 2011 2016 2021 2024
tax revenue rate reference line

Countries by tax revenue

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Denmark 33.36 high
New Zealand 29.67 high
Luxembourg 28.64 high
Greece 27.38 high
Sweden 27.28 high
United Kingdom 26.96 medium
Austria 25.78 medium
Italy 25.63 medium

Interpretation

short note

This public finance indicator helps assess fiscal capacity, budget pressure and the role of government.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Japan 11.38
China 7.01
India 6.73
Germany 10.89

Related indicators

internal links
Government Revenue GC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS
Government Expense GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Fiscal Balance GC.BAL.CASH.GD.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:10:41+02:00

Malaysia Snapshot

country profile
Population 35.56 m
GDP 422.23 bn
Debt/GDP 64.57%
Inflation 1.83%
Unemployment 3.76%
Currency n/a
Region Asia
Income group Upper middle income

Malaysia Tax Revenue: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Tax Revenue for Malaysia. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: malaysia tax revenue rate, tax revenue data malaysia, malaysia tax revenue statistics, malaysia percent of gdp.