Malaysia vs Thailand

Malaysia vs Thailand: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 1.4% a year in Malaysia and -0.1% a year in Thailand, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Malaysia, by 1.5 percentage points.

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% a year · IMF

Malaysia vs Thailand: InflationInflation in 2025: 1.4% a year in Malaysia and -0.1% a year in Thailand, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Malaysia, by 1.5 percentage points.
MalaysiaThailandIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Malaysia has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Thailand.
  • In 2025, Malaysia ranked 136 and Thailand ranked 171 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Malaysia at 2% a year and Thailand at 2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearMalaysiaThailand
20251.4-0.1
20241.80.4
20232.51.2
20223.46.1
20212.51.2
2020-1.1-0.8
20190.70.7
201811.1
20173.80.7
20162.10.2
20152.1-0.9
20143.11.9
20132.12.2
20121.73
20113.23.8
20101.73.3
20090.6-0.9
20085.45.5
200722.2
20063.64.7
200534.5
20041.42.8
20031.11.8
20021.80.7
20011.41.6
20001.61.7
19992.70.2
19985.38
19972.75.6
19963.55.8
19953.55.8
19943.75.1
19933.53.4
19924.84
19914.35.8
199035.8
19892.65.5
19880.33.8
19870.72.6
19860.41.8
19852.62.3
19843.90.9
19833.73.9
19825.85.3
19819.712.7
19806.719.7
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearMalaysiaThailand
20262.22.1
20271.91.7
202821.5
202921.7
203021.8
203122

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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