Malaysia - Current Account Balance 2025
1.52%
−0.17% from 2024
Malaysia's current account balance was 1.52% in 2025, decreased +0.17% from 1.69% in 2024. This was the 57th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2025▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Macao SAR, China | 35.51% | -2.2% |
| 2nd | Kuwait | 26.53% | -9.0% |
| 3rd | San Marino | 17.49% | -4.6% |
| 4th | Singapore | 17.40% | -0.8% |
| 5th | Brunei Darussalam | 16.43% | 13.1% |
| 6th | Norway | 16.19% | 9.3% |
| 7th | Andorra | 15.23% | -5.2% |
| 8th | Tuvalu | 15.05% | 106.6% |
| 9th | Liechtenstein | 13.24% | -9.6% |
| 10th | United Arab Emirates | 13.18% | -9.0% |
| 11th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 12.54% | -2.9% |
| 12th | Denmark | 12.24% | -0.4% |
| 13th | Luxembourg | 12.16% | 176.7% |
| 14th | Ireland | 11.11% | -36.1% |
| 15th | Qatar | 10.83% | -37.3% |
| 16th | Papua New Guinea | 10.77% | -28.1% |
| 17th | Marshall Islands | 10.29% | -26.4% |
| 18th | Aruba | 10.07% | 5.6% |
| 19th | Netherlands | 9.53% | 4.4% |
| 20th | Djibouti | 8.08% | -45.0% |
| 21st | Guyana | 7.89% | -52.0% |
| 22nd | Nicaragua | 7.08% | 70.4% |
| 23rd | Switzerland | 7.00% | -9.0% |
| 24th | Nepal | 6.61% | 68.8% |
| 25th | Sweden | 5.84% | -1.5% |
| 26th | Nigeria | 5.69% | -16.7% |
| 27th | Germany | 5.42% | -6.1% |
| 28th | Lao PDR | 5.33% | 65.7% |
| 29th | Malta | 5.12% | -28.1% |
| 30th | Ecuador | 4.91% | -13.3% |
| 31st | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.90% | 94.6% |
| 32nd | Korea | 4.80% | -9.1% |
| 33rd | Samoa | 4.50% | -19.3% |
| 34th | Azerbaijan | 4.27% | -32.1% |
| 35th | Viet Nam | 4.05% | -31.3% |
| 36th | Japan | 3.90% | -19.1% |
| 37th | Guatemala | 3.90% | 35.1% |
| 38th | Bahrain | 3.54% | -26.8% |
| 39th | Tajikistan | 3.42% | -45.2% |
| 40th | China | 3.30% | 46.1% |
| 41st | Zimbabwe | 3.12% | 158.8% |
| 42nd | Slovenia | 2.87% | -37.0% |
| 43rd | Israel | 2.79% | -2.8% |
| 44th | Nauru | 2.71% | -54.7% |
| 45th | Spain | 2.65% | -16.7% |
| 46th | Turkmenistan | 2.34% | -46.7% |
| 47th | Lithuania | 2.08% | -36.2% |
| 48th | Jamaica | 1.84% | -40.2% |
| 49th | Portugal | 1.81% | -12.8% |
| 50th | Ghana | 1.81% | -11.5% |
| 51st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.80% | -43.8% |
| 52nd | Austria | 1.79% | 17.1% |
| 53rd | Gabon | 1.78% | -55.2% |
| 54th | Peru | 1.76% | -20.2% |
| 55th | Russian Federation | 1.74% | -40.2% |
| 56th | Thailand | 1.66% | -24.7% |
| 57th | Malaysia | 1.52% | -10.1% |
| 58th | Zambia | 1.28% | 166.3% |
| 59th | Hungary | 1.24% | -21.5% |
| 60th | Italy | 0.97% | -10.4% |
| 61st | Libya | 0.94% | 122.5% |
| 62nd | Angola | 0.94% | -85.0% |
| 63rd | Czechia | 0.57% | -67.3% |
| 64th | Pakistan | 0.52% | 285.6% |
| 65th | Iraq | 0.42% | -85.9% |
| 66th | Finland | 0.13% | 119.8% |
| 67th | Bangladesh | 0.03% | -90.3% |
| 68th | Haiti | 0.03% | 104.9% |
| 69th | France | -0.08% | -189.3% |
| 70th | Mexico | -0.25% | 72.4% |
| 71st | Honduras | -0.41% | 90.7% |
| 72nd | Poland | -0.69% | -325.6% |
| 73rd | El Salvador | -0.80% | 55.4% |
| 74th | Cabo Verde | -0.87% | -122.3% |
| 75th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -0.89% | -181.8% |
| 76th | South Africa | -0.90% | -39.7% |
| 77th | Panama | -0.91% | -146.9% |
| 78th | Belgium | -0.91% | -140.0% |
| 79th | Estonia | -0.92% | 26.6% |
| 80th | India | -1.00% | -22.1% |
| 81st | Oman | -1.02% | -135.7% |
| 82nd | Indonesia | -1.05% | -68.5% |
| 83rd | Argentina | -1.18% | -232.5% |
| 84th | Uruguay | -1.37% | -75.4% |
| 85th | Canada | -1.41% | -206.6% |
| 86th | Türkiye | -1.44% | -91.9% |
| 87th | St. Lucia | -1.55% | 38.5% |
| 88th | Burkina Faso | -1.62% | 71.7% |
| 89th | Croatia | -1.62% | -43.8% |
| 90th | Eswatini | -1.66% | -203.0% |
| 91st | Belize | -1.73% | -7.0% |
| 92nd | Belarus | -1.79% | 30.2% |
| 93rd | Togo | -1.80% | 43.5% |
| 94th | Australia | -1.85% | 6.5% |
| 95th | Costa Rica | -1.89% | -44.4% |
| 96th | Saudi Arabia | -2.09% | -59.0% |
| 97th | Latvia | -2.12% | -34.3% |
| 98th | Côte d'Ivoire | -2.15% | 48.5% |
| 99th | Comoros | -2.22% | -2.9% |
| 100th | Chad | -2.28% | -317.3% |
| 101st | Morocco | -2.29% | -96.4% |
| 102nd | Colombia | -2.30% | -39.8% |
| 103rd | Myanmar | -2.34% | -116.4% |
| 104th | Albania | -2.39% | 0.4% |
| 105th | Uzbekistan | -2.42% | 51.4% |
| 106th | Cambodia | -2.48% | -603.2% |
| 107th | Dominican Republic | -2.49% | 25.6% |
| 108th | Brazil | -2.51% | 17.2% |
| 109th | Chile | -2.52% | -71.2% |
| 110th | Tanzania | -2.58% | 14.5% |
| 111th | Kenya | -2.81% | -118.4% |
| 112th | Slovak Republic | -2.89% | 37.4% |
| 113th | Equatorial Guinea | -3.04% | 6.7% |
| 114th | Sudan | -3.07% | 6.3% |
| 115th | United Kingdom | -3.09% | -41.3% |
| 116th | Tunisia | -3.15% | -108.2% |
| 117th | São Tomé and Principe | -3.26% | -164.5% |
| 118th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -3.26% | 14.9% |
| 119th | Niger | -3.30% | 44.9% |
| 120th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -3.35% | -30.8% |
| 121st | Cameroon | -3.36% | -6.8% |
| 122nd | Sierra Leone | -3.37% | 12.3% |
| 123rd | Paraguay | -3.53% | -2.9% |
| 124th | North Macedonia | -3.56% | -69.7% |
| 125th | Iceland | -3.57% | -36.9% |
| 126th | Algeria | -3.68% | -259.8% |
| 127th | Kazakhstan | -3.78% | -38.7% |
| 128th | Philippines | -3.81% | 3.7% |
| 129th | Bulgaria | -3.83% | -149.3% |
| 130th | South Sudan | -3.84% | 72.4% |
| 131st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -3.85% | -11.1% |
| 132nd | Lesotho | -3.90% | -199.4% |
| 133rd | United States | -3.99% | 3.3% |
| 134th | Georgia | -4.53% | 13.3% |
| 135th | Mali | -4.59% | 1.1% |
| 136th | Solomon Islands | -4.64% | -11.0% |
| 137th | Armenia | -4.66% | -1.2% |
| 138th | New Zealand | -4.71% | -1.1% |
| 139th | Mauritius | -4.79% | 31.8% |
| 140th | Gambia, The | -4.94% | -19.1% |
| 141st | Uganda | -5.04% | 36.7% |
| 142nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -5.11% | 10.8% |
| 143rd | Tonga | -5.20% | 22.6% |
| 144th | Serbia | -5.30% | -16.4% |
| 145th | Jordan | -5.51% | 6.0% |
| 146th | Benin | -5.55% | 16.0% |
| 147th | Greece | -5.76% | 18.9% |
| 148th | Congo, Republic of | -5.87% | -7,920.0% |
| 149th | Guinea-Bissau | -5.95% | 27.3% |
| 150th | Madagascar | -6.00% | -12.2% |
| 151st | Barbados | -6.28% | -40.5% |
| 152nd | Seychelles | -6.62% | 18.3% |
| 153rd | Burundi | -6.75% | 56.2% |
| 154th | Central African Republic | -7.10% | 21.9% |
| 155th | Mauritania | -7.24% | 24.0% |
| 156th | Fiji | -7.50% | 3.9% |
| 157th | Bahamas, The | -7.58% | -14.0% |
| 158th | Botswana | -7.60% | -79.6% |
| 159th | Romania | -7.97% | 2.3% |
| 160th | Senegal | -8.03% | 35.6% |
| 161st | Kyrgyz Republic | -8.38% | 66.9% |
| 162nd | Cyprus | -8.46% | -3.7% |
| 163rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -9.50% | -3.4% |
| 164th | Yemen, Republic of | -9.55% | 44.1% |
| 165th | Guinea | -9.69% | -518.5% |
| 166th | Kiribati | -10.48% | 45.8% |
| 167th | Antigua and Barbuda | -11.02% | -34.1% |
| 168th | Vanuatu | -11.61% | 24.7% |
| 169th | Maldives | -12.48% | 33.2% |
| 170th | Liberia | -13.14% | -20.4% |
| 171st | Rwanda | -13.80% | -8.8% |
| 172nd | Mongolia | -14.35% | -37.4% |
| 173rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | -14.54% | 3.6% |
| 174th | Namibia | -14.66% | -103,381.9% |
| 175th | Palau | -15.01% | 32.5% |
| 176th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -15.75% | -16.4% |
| 177th | Grenada | -15.94% | 19.2% |
| 178th | Ukraine | -16.51% | -107.9% |
| 179th | Bhutan | -16.80% | 16.0% |
| 180th | Montenegro | -18.13% | -6.8% |
| 181st | Malawi | -18.33% | 2.4% |
| 182nd | Moldova | -19.29% | -16.5% |
| 183rd | Timor-Leste | -31.07% | 1.3% |
| 184th | Dominica | -32.91% | -41.6% |
| 185th | Suriname | -33.45% | -15,973.2% |
| 186th | Mozambique | -39.91% | -264.1% |
FAQ
What was Malaysia's current account balance in 2025?▾
Malaysia's current account balance in 2025 was 1.52%. This ranked 57th globally.
How did Malaysia's current account balance change in 2025?▾
Malaysia's current account balance decreased by 10.1% in 2025 compared to 2024.
Which country had the highest current account balance in 2025?▾
Macao SAR, China had the highest current account balance in 2025 at 35.51%.
What is the current account balance of Malaysia in 2025?▾
The current account balance of Malaysia in 2025 was 1.52%. This ranked 57th globally.
How does 2025 compare to 2024 for Malaysia's current account balance?▾
Malaysia's current account balance went from 1.69% in 2024 to 1.52% in 2025, a 10.1% decrease.
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