Malaysia Inflation Rate

Last Release

Apr 30, 2025

Actual

1.4

Units In

1.4

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jun 24, 2025

Time to Release

30 Days 18 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
23.9 Mar 1974	-2.9 Apr 2020	3.34 %	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 rate held steady at 1.4% in April 2025, unchanged from March and matching market expectations. It remained the lowest level since February 2021, with food prices rising the least in six months (2.3% vs 2.5% in March). At the same time, cost continued to increase for alcoholic beverages (0.8% vs 0.8%), housing (2.0% vs 1.9%), furnishing, household maintenance (0.1% vs 0.2%), health (0.9% vs 1.0%), transport (0.7% vs 0.7%), recreation (1.3% vs 1.7%), education (2.3% vs 2.2%), restaurants (2.9% vs 2.9%), financial services (1.5% vs 1.5%), and miscellaneous items (4.1% vs 3.6%). Meanwhile, prices fell further for clothing (-0.1% vs -0.2%) and communication (-4.5% vs -5.4%). Core consumer prices, excluding volatile fresh food items and administered costs, rose 2.0% yoy in April, after a 1.9% increase in the previous two months, marking the steepest pace since November 2023. Monthly, consumer prices edged up 0.1%, following a flat reading in March.