Financial system deposits to GDP in Malaysia
Malaysia: Financial system deposits to GDP was 122.6% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Financial system deposits to GDP in Malaysia, 1960–2021
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 122.6% for financial system deposits to gdp in 2021.
That represents a change of down 3.0% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, financial system deposits to gdp in Malaysia peaked at 131.1% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 15.5%, in 1960.
Malaysia ranks 14th of 185 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 62 years of available data.
Financial system deposits to GDP in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 15.5% | — |
| 1961 | 17.3% | +11.5% |
| 1962 | 17.7% | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 16.8% | -4.9% |
| 1964 | 16.3% | -2.7% |
| 1965 | 17.6% | +7.6% |
| 1966 | 18.8% | +6.8% |
| 1967 | 20.8% | +10.6% |
| 1968 | 26.1% | +25.4% |
| 1969 | 29.5% | +13.1% |
| 1970 | 31.8% | +7.9% |
| 1971 | 33.7% | +6.0% |
| 1972 | 37.8% | +12.0% |
| 1973 | 37.7% | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 50.2% | +33.3% |
| 1975 | 60.6% | +20.6% |
| 1976 | 61.3% | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 61.4% | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 63.2% | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 64.6% | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 69.4% | +7.4% |
| 1981 | 80.2% | +15.6% |
| 1982 | 86.2% | +7.4% |
| 1983 | 90.3% | +4.8% |
| 1984 | 94.4% | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 106.0% | +12.4% |
| 1986 | 130.3% | +22.8% |
| 1987 | 117.1% | -10.1% |
| 1988 | 111.2% | -5.0% |
| 1989 | 120.0% | +7.9% |
| 1990 | 54.9% | -54.3% |
| 1991 | 57.3% | +4.4% |
| 1992 | 91.2% | +59.1% |
| 1993 | 102.0% | +11.9% |
| 1994 | 98.5% | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 103.3% | +4.9% |
| 1996 | 104.6% | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 110.2% | +5.4% |
| 1998 | 114.1% | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 122.1% | +7.1% |
| 2000 | 112.9% | -7.6% |
| 2001 | 126.1% | +11.7% |
| 2002 | 119.9% | -4.9% |
| 2003 | 120.0% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 117.7% | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 109.2% | -7.2% |
| 2006 | 111.4% | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 111.9% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 107.8% | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 128.4% | +19.1% |
| 2010 | 120.1% | -6.5% |
| 2011 | 124.6% | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 127.9% | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 131.1% | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 128.0% | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 124.4% | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 119.7% | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 113.4% | -5.3% |
| 2018 | 115.6% | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 114.0% | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 126.4% | +10.9% |
| 2021 | 122.6% | -3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19.6% | 15.5% | 29.5% | 10 |
| 1970s | 50.2% | 31.8% | 64.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 100.5% | 69.4% | 130.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 95.8% | 54.9% | 122.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 116.5% | 107.8% | 128.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 121.9% | 113.4% | 131.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 124.5% | 122.6% | 126.4% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More financial sector data for Malaysia
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 82,207 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 6.26 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 5.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 43.75 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 3.99 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 82.45 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 87.75 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 91.73 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 91.67 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 2,548 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is financial system deposits to gdp in Malaysia?
- Financial system deposits to gdp in Malaysia was 122.6% in 2021, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest financial system deposits to gdp recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 131.1% in 2013.
- What is the lowest financial system deposits to gdp recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.5% in 1960.
- How does Malaysia rank for financial system deposits to gdp?
- Malaysia ranks 14th out of 185 countries with data for 2021.
- Is financial system deposits to gdp rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malaysia data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Financial system deposits to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Demand, time and saving deposits in deposit money banks and other financial institutions as a share of GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is demand and time and saving deposits, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMF’s International Financial Statistics. Financial system deposits (IFS lines 24, 25, 44, and 45); GDP in local currency (IFS line 99B..ZF or, if not available, line 99B.CZF); end-of period CPI (IFS line 64M..ZF or, if not available, 64Q..ZF); and average annual CPI is calculated using the monthly CPI values (IFS line 64M..ZF).