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Malaysia: Primary income payments

36.48Bcurrent USD · 2025+75.9% since 2015

Primary income payments refer to employee compensation paid to nonresident workers and investment income (payments on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments).This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars. Annual figures for Malaysia from 1974 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
202536,481,286,319.996
202434,743,576,710.85
202331,155,678,974.652
202234,104,667,656.629
202133,668,029,569.488
202019,442,603,568.349
201925,299,246,553.319
201826,105,693,712.183
201721,497,504,805.194
201619,797,210,964.863
201520,738,975,495.38
201427,217,376,001.294
201325,870,224,253.99
201225,282,171,829.399
201124,204,550,278.374
201020,016,776,469.339
200915,382,337,020.183
200819,217,799,706.509
200715,462,118,127.093
200613,205,996,693.585
200511,690,736,102.85
200410,750,842,105.263
20039,376,210,526.316
20028,734,210,526.316
20018,589,736,842.105
20009,593,684,210.526
19997,499,473,684.211
19985,445,962,732.919
19977,850,869,267.706
19967,383,316,590.105
19956,766,879,014.802
19945,903,004,914.408
19935,217,756,143.421
19924,751,934,992.116
19913,897,723,691.547
19903,721,059,198.669
19893,350,878,758.141
19883,031,560,457.464
19872,797,226,850.679
19862,328,931,185.094
19852,779,252,596.782
19842,855,812,002.586
19832,375,013,463.427
19821,796,700,768.178
19811,588,889,492.247
19801,574,728,396.765
19791,459,942,958.389
19781,114,401,367.716
1977771,142,425.987
1976602,382,381.201
1975455,763,888.437
1974575,804,575.596

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Primary income payments. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-primary-income-payments (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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