Malaysia - Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
The value for Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) in Malaysia was 2.48 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17.33 in 1974 and a minimum value of -1.14 in 2020.
Definition: Inflation as measured by the consumer price index reflects the annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly. The Laspeyres formula is generally used.
Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.06 |
| 1961 | -0.18 |
| 1962 | 0.11 |
| 1963 | 3.11 |
| 1964 | -0.40 |
| 1965 | -0.11 |
| 1966 | 0.97 |
| 1967 | 4.58 |
| 1968 | -0.16 |
| 1969 | -0.41 |
| 1970 | 1.84 |
| 1971 | 1.61 |
| 1972 | 3.23 |
| 1973 | 10.56 |
| 1974 | 17.33 |
| 1975 | 4.49 |
| 1976 | 2.63 |
| 1977 | 4.79 |
| 1978 | 4.86 |
| 1979 | 3.65 |
| 1980 | 6.67 |
| 1981 | 9.70 |
| 1982 | 5.82 |
| 1983 | 3.70 |
| 1984 | 3.90 |
| 1985 | 0.35 |
| 1986 | 0.74 |
| 1987 | 0.29 |
| 1988 | 2.56 |
| 1989 | 2.81 |
| 1990 | 2.62 |
| 1991 | 4.36 |
| 1992 | 4.77 |
| 1993 | 3.54 |
| 1994 | 3.72 |
| 1995 | 3.45 |
| 1996 | 3.49 |
| 1997 | 2.66 |
| 1998 | 5.27 |
| 1999 | 2.74 |
| 2000 | 1.53 |
| 2001 | 1.42 |
| 2002 | 1.81 |
| 2003 | 1.09 |
| 2004 | 1.42 |
| 2005 | 2.98 |
| 2006 | 3.61 |
| 2007 | 2.03 |
| 2008 | 5.44 |
| 2009 | 0.58 |
| 2010 | 1.62 |
| 2011 | 3.17 |
| 2012 | 1.66 |
| 2013 | 2.11 |
| 2014 | 3.14 |
| 2015 | 2.10 |
| 2016 | 2.09 |
| 2017 | 3.87 |
| 2018 | 0.88 |
| 2019 | 0.66 |
| 2020 | -1.14 |
| 2021 | 2.48 |
Aggregation method: Median
Periodicity: Annual
Classification
Topic: Financial Sector Indicators
Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices
