Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Malaysia
Malaysia: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 99.7% in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Malaysia, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Malaysia stood at 99.7%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Malaysia peaked at 99.7% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 99.5%, in 2010.
Malaysia ranks 23rd of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 99.5% | — |
| 2010 | 99.5% | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 99.5% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 99.6% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 99.6% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 99.7% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 99.6% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 99.7% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 99.7% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 99.7% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 99.7% | +0.0% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 99.7% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 96.6%, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 99.7% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 98.1%, 1.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 99.5% | 99.5% | 99.5% | 1 |
| 2010s | 99.6% | 99.5% | 99.7% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 20 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 99.7% compare
- 21 Philippines 99.7% compare
- 22 Netherlands 99.7% compare
- 24 Papua New Guinea 99.7% compare
- 25 Finland 99.7% compare
- 26 Saudi Arabia 99.7% compare
More private sector data for Malaysia
- Merchandise trade 151.7% (2025)
- Food imports 8.3% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 72.0% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 340.44 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.4% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 72.7% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 376.04 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 10,452 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.7964 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 13.69 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Malaysia?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Malaysia was 99.7% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 99.7% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.5% in 2010.
- How does Malaysia rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Malaysia ranks 23rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Malaysia data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.