Malaysia - Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP)

Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP) in Malaysia was 17.47 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 23 years was 23.44 in 1997, while its lowest value was 16.06 in 2017.

Definition: Revenue is cash receipts from taxes, social contributions, and other revenues such as fines, fees, rent, and income from property or sales. Grants are also considered as revenue but are excluded here.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1996 23.28
1997 23.44
1998 20.06
1999 19.65
2000 17.48
2001 22.67
2002 21.79
2003 22.11
2004 20.97
2005 19.56
2006 20.70
2007 21.02
2008 20.75
2009 22.25
2010 19.44
2011 20.34
2012 21.41
2013 20.95
2014 19.94
2015 18.62
2016 17.00
2017 16.06
2018 16.09
2019 17.47

Limitations and Exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance