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Malaysia: Primary income receipts

20.68Bcurrent USD · 2025+64.3% since 2015

Primary income receipts refer to employee compensation paid to resident workers working abroad and investment income (receipts on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments, and receipts on reserve assets). 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
202520,682,231,924.378
202420,552,783,243.229
202318,972,433,045.952
202221,081,697,977.098
202123,513,619,057.394
202012,631,893,027.305
201915,772,549,423.864
201814,966,068,646.334
201712,498,614,465.906
201611,441,441,026.395
201512,591,546,845.353
201416,049,349,739.599
201315,091,720,788.064
201213,700,015,837.131
201117,143,591,181.028
201011,995,717,573.73
200911,212,711,261.232
200812,081,221,582.089
200711,379,784,816.779
20068,494,052,277.915
20055,372,652,765.278
20044,329,078,947.368
20033,448,157,894.737
20022,139,210,526.316
20011,846,842,368.421
20001,986,052,631.579
19992,003,157,894.737
19981,542,156,394.33
19972,484,722,275.707
19962,692,827,836.884
19952,623,378,481.575
19942,308,463,221.966
19932,006,918,936.558
19921,609,102,150.573
19911,425,419,989.818
19901,849,253,662.369
19891,171,718,538.982
19881,090,200,920.275
1987833,849,831.623
1986548,143,317.849
1985590,807,645.193
1984613,575,027.599
1983562,197,092.286
1982649,569,843.977
1981792,057,722.849
1980738,670,729.871
1979554,732,629.573
1978377,799,766.273
1977256,776,613.922
1976174,694,825.117
1975156,238,033.25
1974161,607,489.11

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

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