Balance of Key BOP Components
Data as of 1Q 2025Overall balance of the 4 main components of Malaysia's balance of payments (BOP).
Date | Account Type | Balance (RM mil) |
|---|---|---|
| 2010-01-01 | reserves | -702.811 |
| 2010-04-01 | reserves | -6,224.706 |
| 2010-07-01 | reserves | -5,925.734 |
| 2010-10-01 | reserves | -17,160.594 |
| 2011-01-01 | reserves | -15,806.988 |
| 2011-04-01 | reserves | -58,050.367 |
| 2011-07-01 | reserves | -2,215.712 |
| 2011-10-01 | reserves | -11,043.098 |
| 2012-01-01 | reserves | -173.859 |
| 2012-04-01 | reserves | -4,958.991 |
| 2012-07-01 | reserves | -522.902 |
| 2012-10-01 | reserves | -5,903.392 |
| 2013-01-01 | reserves | -6,176.687 |
| 2013-04-01 | reserves | 1,900.052 |
| 2013-07-01 | reserves | 4,293.090 |
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How is this data produced?
In general, Malaysia's balance of payments (BOP) record all international economic transactions between Malaysia and other nations. This dataset presents the overall balance of the main components of Malaysia's BOP, that is the current account, capital account, financial account, and official reserve account. It is compiled based on the IMF's BPM6 guidelines. For a full description of the methodology, please refer to the Technical Notes.
What caveats I should bear in mind when using this data?
Values for the most recent 8 quarters may be revised in future releases.
Publication(s) using this data
Balance of Payments, 3Q 2024, the latest edition of the quarterly BOP statistics published by DOSM. OpenDOSM also features a dashboard on BOP which enables you to explore Malaysia's BOP data interactively.
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Dataset description
Overall balance of the 4 main components of Malaysia's balance of payments (BOP).
Variable definitions
- Date
- Component
- Balance (RM mil)
Name in Dataset | Variable | Definition |
|---|---|---|
date (Date) | Date | The date in YYYY-MM-DD format. The earliest date in the quarter is chosen, e.g. YYYY-01-01 for the 1st quarter and YYYY-04-01 for the 2nd quarter. |
account (Categorical) | Component | The type of account in the balance of payments: Current Account ('ca'), Capital Account ('ka'), Financial Account ('fa'), Official Reserve Account ('reserves'), or Net Errors and Omissions ('neo'). |
balance (Float) | Balance (RM mil) | The balance in RM millions. These are net values, derived by subtracting debits from credits for that account. |
Last updated:
16 May 2025, 12:00
Next update:
15 Aug 2025, 12:00
Data source(s)
- Department of Statistics Malaysia
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This data is made open under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). A copy of the license is available Here.
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# If not already installed, do: pip install pandas fastparquet
import pandas as pd
URL_DATA = 'https://storage.dosm.gov.my/bop/bop_balance.parquet'
df = pd.read_parquet(URL_DATA)
if 'date' in df.columns: df['date'] = pd.to_datetime(df['date'])
print(df)Sample OpenAPI query
The following code is an example of how to make an API query to retrieve the data catalogue mentioned above. You can use different programming languages by switching the code accordingly. For a complete guide on possible query parameters and syntax, please refer to the official Open API Documentation.
import requests
import pprint
url = "https://api.data.gov.my/data-catalogue?id=bop_balance&limit=3"
response_json = requests.get(url=url).json()
pprint.pprint(response_json)
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