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Malaysia: Merchandise trade

151.73percent · 2025+21.6% since 2015

General merchandise trade includes goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e. It is the total of merchandise exports plus merchandise imports. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Annual figures for Malaysia from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2025151.734
2024149.44
2023144.676
2022158.372
2021143.844
2020126.128
2019121.364
2018129.619
2017129.594
2016118.978
2015124.744
2014130.974
2013134.321
2012134.82
2011139.472
2010142.435
2009138.932
2008154.135
2007166.436
2006178.982
2005178.32
2004185.822
2003170.6
2002172.365
2001174.29
2000192.123
1999189.53
1998182.254
1997157.757
1996155.416
1995170.91
1994159.033
1993138.697
1992136.269
1991144.474
1990133.357
1989122.341
1988106.569
198795.208
198688.324
198588.363
198489.957
198390.176
198291.209
198193.264
198096.879
197989.227
197881.385
197780.833
197682.523
197579.677
197487.93
197371.761
197266.087
197172.825
197079.914
196977.199
196875.277
196772.219
196675.075
196578.881
196480.466
196384.897
1962103.073
1961104.004
1960109.434

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Trade Organization, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Merchandise trade. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-merchandise-trade (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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