EMBARGO: Only to be published or disseminated at 12:00 hour, Friday, 16 February 2024

QUARTERLY BALANCE OF PAYMENTS, FOURTH QUARTER 2023

Malaysia’s Current Account Balance (CAB) posted a surplus of RM253.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2023, mainly due to wider deficit in Primary income. Meanwhile, Financial account turned around from a net inflow of RM14.9 billion in the previous quarter to a net outflow of RM19.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2023. This reversal was due to outflows in Other investment, Portfolio investment and Financial derivatives. The international reserves stood at RM520.7 billion (as at end of Q3 2023: RM517.1 billion). 

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) posted a higher net inflow of RM17.1 billion from RM7.2 billion in the preceding quarter. Direct Investment Abroad (DIA) registered a lower net outflow of RM12.4 billion as compared to RM13.4 billion in the previous quarter.

The surplus in the CAB for 2023 reached RM22.8 billion, while Financial account posted a net outflow of RM18.9 billion. FDI recorded a net inflow of RM39.5 billion while DIA posted a net outflow of RM34.9 billion.

The full publication of Quarterly Balance of Payments, Fourth Quarter 2023 can be downloaded through eStatistik portal.


Released by:

DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA

16 February 2024

Contact person:
Baharudin Mohamad
Public Relation Officer
Strategic Communication and International Division
Department of Statistics Malaysia
Tel : +603-8090 4681
Fax : +603-8888 9248
Email : baharudin[at]dosm.gov.my
Copyright ©2026 Department of Statistics Malaysia Official Portal. All Rights Reserved.
An Error occurred while handling another error:
yii\web\HeadersAlreadySentException: Headers already sent in /var/www/html/dosm/frontend/controllers/SiteController.php on line 191. in /var/www/html/dosm/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/web/Response.php:368
Stack trace:
#0 /var/www/html/dosm/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/web/Response.php(341): yii\web\Response->sendHeaders()
#1 /var/www/html/dosm/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/web/ErrorHandler.php(136): yii\web\Response->send()
#2 /var/www/html/dosm/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/base/ErrorHandler.php(152): yii\web\ErrorHandler->renderException()
#3 [internal function]: yii\base\ErrorHandler->handleException()
#4 {main}
Previous exception:
yii\web\HeadersAlreadySentException: Headers already sent in /var/www/html/dosm/frontend/controllers/SiteController.php on line 191. in /var/www/html/dosm/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/web/Response.php:368
Stack trace:
#0 /var/www/html/dosm/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/web/Response.php(341): yii\web\Response->sendHeaders()
#1 /var/www/html/dosm/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/base/Application.php(390): yii\web\Response->send()
#2 /var/www/html/dosm/www/index.php(24): yii\base\Application->run()
#3 {main}