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Malaysia Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics

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Country or Region: Malaysia › Change country
Economic Indicator: Current Account Balance (% GDP) › See all Malaysia indicators, › See Current Account Balance (% GDP) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2016
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: Malaysian Ringgit (or Malaysian Dollar)
Currency Symbol: MYR

Current account is all transactions other than those in financial and capital items. The major classifications are goods and services, income and current transfers. The focus of the BOP is on transactions (between an economy and the rest of the world) in goods, services, and income. See notes for: Gross domestic product, current prices (National currency) Current account balance (U.S. dollars).

Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics for Malaysia , Year 2010 - In Detail

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Malaysia in year 2010 is 11.817 %

This makes Malaysia No. 11 in world rankings according to Current Account Balance (% GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Current Account Balance (% GDP) value is -2.68 %; Malaysia is 14.50 more than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Malaysia was 16.50 % Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Malaysia in 2010 was or will be 28.38% less than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Malaysia was or will be 11.39 %, which is 3.58% less than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Malaysia, in other Years
Year %
  2016 8.609
  2015 9.076
  2014 9.609
  2013 10.29
  2012 10.827
  2011 11.394
2010 11.817
  2009 16.499
  2008 17.48
  2007 15.916
  2006 16.438
  2005 15
  2004 12.088
  2003 11.984
  2002 7.957
  2001 7.853
  2000 9.049
  1999 15.687
  1998 13.006
  1997 -5.837
  1996 -4.358
  1995 -9.586
  1994 -7.444
  1993 -4.535
  1992 -3.676
  1991 -8.489
  1990 -2.085
  1989 0.663
  1988 5.13
  1987 8.191
  1986 -0.433
  1985 -1.929
  1984 -4.835
  1983 -11.458
  1982 -13.195
  1981 -9.763
  1980 -1.142