Malaysia’s current account surplus tumbled to MYR 4.40 billion in Q2 of 2022 from MYR 13.24 billion in the same period of the previous year. The surplus of goods account fell to MYR 34.03 billion from MYR 40.68 billion a year ago. At the same time, the deficit of primary income widened to MYR 14.74 billion from MYR 10.79 billion in the prior year and the shortfall of secondary income increased to MYR 2.60 billion from MYR 1.41 billion. Meantime, the gap of services account narrowed to MYR 12.27 billion from MYR 15.24 billion. source: Department of Statistics, Malaysia
Current Account in Malaysia averaged 14829.30 MYR Million from 1999 until 2022, reaching an all time high of 39982 MYR Million in the third quarter of 2008 and a record low of 978 MYR Million in the second quarter of 2013. This page provides - Malaysia Current Account - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Malaysia Current Account - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on August of 2022.
Current Account in Malaysia is expected to be 12000.00 MYR Million by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Malaysia Current Account is projected to trend around 16500.00 MYR Million in 2023, according to our econometric models.