Overview

Malaysia’s GDP is projected to grow 5.2 per cent in the third quarter of 2025, driven by robust performance across all main sectors

Malaysia’s advance GDP estimates increased by 5.2 per cent in the third quarter of 2025 as compared to 4.4 per cent in the previous quarter. All sectors contributed to the economy’s performance, particularly the Services and Manufacturing sectors. Furthermore, the Mining & quarrying rebounded to positive growth during the quarter. In terms of quarter-on-quarter performance, Malaysia’s economy expanded by 5.5 per cent, as compared to 1.0 per cent in the second quarter of 2025.

The Services sector recorded a growth of 5.1 per cent in the third quarter of 2025, maintaining its growth momentum from the preceding quarter. The performance was underpinned by the Wholesale & retail trade, Transportation & storage and Food & beverages and accommodation sub-sectors. In the third quarter of 2025, the Manufacturing sector increased by 4.0 per cent as compared to 3.7 per cent in the previous quarter. This growth was supported by the production of Electrical, electronic & optical products; Vegetable and animal oils & fats and food processing; and Non-metallic mineral products, basic metal & fabricated metal products.

The Agriculture sector grew marginally at 0.4 per cent in the third quarter of 2025, as compared to 2.1 per cent in the preceding quarter. The growth was driven by the Livestock, Other agriculture and Fishing sub-sectors. Meanwhile, the Oil palm and Rubber sub-sectors declined during the quarter. The Mining & quarrying sector rebounded to 10.9 per cent after registering a contraction of 5.2 per cent in the second quarter of 2025. This increase was mainly supported by a surge in the Natural gas and Crude oil & condensate sub-sectors in this quarter. The Construction sector registered double-digit growth of 11.2 per cent in the third quarter of 2025 as compared to 12.1 per cent in the previous quarter. The growth in this sector was supported by strong performance of all segments, mainly Civil engineering, Specialised construction activities and Non-residential buildings.

Overall, Malaysia’s economy for the first three quarters of 2025 increased by 4.7 per cent as compared to 5.2 per cent in the same period in 2024. The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) is committed to compile and disseminate statistics that serve the needs of statistical users. DOSM will release the actual GDP for the third quarter of 2025 on 14 November 2025.

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