Malaysia GDP Q3 2025 +5.2%

According to the latest data from the Department of Statistics Malaysia, the country’s economy expanded by 5.2 per cent in the third quarter of 2025, reaching a one-year high and exceeding expectations.

Growth was supported by strong domestic demand and a broad-based expansion across key sectors.

The services sector expanded by 5.1 per cent year-on-year in the third quarter, while manufacturing increased by 4.0 per cent. The mining sector surged by 10.9 per cent after a 5.2 per cent decline in the previous quarter, and construction rose sharply by 11.2 per cent.

Exports grew by 12.2 per cent year-on-year in September, up from 1.9 per cent in August, surpassing analysts’ forecasts of 3.4 per cent.

The Malaysian government projects GDP growth between 4.0 and 4.8 per cent for 2025, and between 4.0 and 4.5 per cent for 2026.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a political and economic union of ten members, has 667 million people and a territory of 4.5 million Km2; is currently the third largest economy in Asia-Pacific and the fifth largest in the World. The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) has a combined GDP of USD 4.2 trillion, according to estimates for 2024.