Malaysia Current Account to GDP

Malaysia recorded a Current Account surplus of 1.30 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2016. Current Account to GDP in Malaysia averaged 3.35 percent from 1980 until 2016, reaching an all time high of 17.10 percent in 2008 and a record low of -13.20 percent in 1982.

Current Account to GDP in Malaysia is expected to be 3.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Malaysia Current Account to GDP is projected to trend around 1.50 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Malaysia Trade	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Balance of Trade	7554.24	16313.37	16313.37	-2880.61	MYR Million	[+]
Current Account	3784.00	3909.00	39982.00	978.00	MYR Million	[+]
Current Account to GDP	1.30	3.10	17.10	-13.20	percent	[+]
Imports	77237.42	80050.49	80197.13	313.60	MYR Million	[+]
Exports	84791.70	96363.90	96363.90	328.10	MYR Million	[+]
External Debt	947877.65	936489.00	947877.65	9063.00	MYR Million	[+]
Terms of Trade	96.90	96.30	117.20	92.50	Index Points	[+]
Tourism Revenues	82200.00	82098.20	82200.00	8580.50	MYR Million	[+]
Tourist Arrivals	2092378.00	2253534.00	2806565.00	459374.00		[+]
Gold Reserves	38.90	37.60	38.90	35.46	Tonnes	[+]
Crude Oil Production	606.00	675.00	791.00	489.00	BBL/D/1K	[+]
Terrorism Index	3.33	2.69	3.58	0.00		[+]
Capital Flows	164.26	9114.33	51408.25	-71566.30	MYR Million	[+]
Foreign Direct Investment	3949.00	2843.00	37325.00	2843.00	MYR Million	[+]

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The Current account balance as a percent of GDP provides an indication on the level of international competitiveness of a country. Usually, countries recording a strong current account surplus have an economy heavily dependent on exports revenues, with high savings ratings but weak domestic demand. On the other hand, countries recording a current account deficit have strong imports, a low saving rates and high personal consumption rates as a percentage of disposable incomes. This page provides - Malaysia Current Account to GDP - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Malaysia Current Account to GDP - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on January of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	1.30	3.10	17.10	-13.20	1980 - 2016	percent	Yearly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Singapore	19.50	Dec/17	19	26.1 : -13.1	%
Netherlands	10.20	Dec/17	8.5	10.4 : -1	%
Switzerland	9.80	Dec/17	9.4	14.8 : -0.6	%
Germany	8.00	Dec/17	8.5	8.9 : -1.7	%
South Korea	5.60	Dec/17	7	10.7 : -10.5	%
Japan	4.02	Dec/17	3.7	4.7 : -1	%
Euro Area	3.50	Dec/17	3.4	3.5 : -1.5	%
Italy	2.80	Dec/17	2.6	2.9 : -3.7	%
Russia	2.20	Dec/17	1.9	18 : -1.4	%
Saudi Arabia	2.20	Dec/17	-3.7	28.5 : -21	%
Spain	1.90	Dec/17	1.9	1.9 : -9.6	%
China	1.30	Dec/17	1.8	10.1 : -3.7	%
Brazil	-0.48	Dec/17	-1.3	1.8 : -8.2	%
France	-0.80	Dec/17	-0.9	3.4 : -2.1	%
Mexico	-1.60	Dec/17	-2.1	3.4 : -6.1	%
Indonesia	-1.70	Dec/17	-1.8	4.8 : -6.8	%
India	-1.90	Dec/17	-0.6	2.3 : -4.8	%
United States	-2.40	Dec/17	-2.4	0.2 : -6	%
South Africa	-2.50	Dec/17	-2.8	6 : -7.5	%
Canada	-3.00	Dec/17	-3.3	2.7 : -4.2	%
Australia	-3.10	Dec/17	-1.4	2.3 : -7.3	%
United Kingdom	-4.10	Dec/17	-5.8	2.6 : -5.8	%
Argentina	-4.80	Dec/17	-2.6	8 : -4.8	%
Turkey	-5.50	Dec/17	-3.8	2 : -9	%