Malaysia Inflation Rate

Last Release

Oct 31, 2025

Actual

1.3

Units In

1.5

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Dec 22, 2025

Time to Release

29 Days 3 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
23.9 Mar 1974	-2.9 Apr 2020	3.32 %	1973-2025	N/A

In Malaysia, the most important categories in the consumer price index are Food and non-alcoholic beverages (30 percent of total weight) and Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (23 percent of total weight). Others include: Transport (15 percent); Communication (6 percent); Recreation and culture (5 percent) and Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance (4 percent). The remaining components are Restaurants and hotels at 3.2 percent and miscellaneous goods and services at 6.3 percent.

Latest Updates

Malaysia’s annual inflation eased to 1.3% in October 2025, down from September’s seven-month high and market expectations of 1.5%. Food prices increased the least in over 4 years (1.5% vs 2.1% in September). Cost of housing also eased (1.1% vs 1.5% ), amid declines in prices of transport (-0.1% vs 0.7%), clothing (-0.3% vs -0.2%) and communication (-2.4% vs -4.5%). In contrast, inflation held steady for alcoholic beverages & tobacco (at 0.3%), education (at 2.4%), and financial services (at 5.6% ), while prices accelerated for furnishing (0.3% vs 0.2%), health (1.5% vs 1.3%), recreation (1.2% vs 0.9%), restaurants (3.4% vs 3.3%), and miscellaneous items (6.0% vs 4.8%). Core inflation, which excludes volatile fresh food and administered prices, rose 2.2% yoy, the fastest pace in two years, following a 2.1% increase in September. On a monthly basis, consumer prices fell 0.1%, reversing September’s 0.2% rise, which had been the steepest increase in seven months.