KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 22 — Malaysia’s inflation rose 1.4 per cent in November 2025, edging up from 1.3 per cent in October, with the consumer price index at 135.1 points compared with 133.3 a year earlier, said the Malaysian Statistics Department (DOSM).
Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the increase was mainly driven by faster price gains in education, which rose 2.6 per cent from 2.4 per cent in October.
“This was followed by alcoholic beverages and tobacco, which climbed 2.4 per cent from 0.3 per cent previously, while transport prices increased 0.2 per cent after contracting 0.1 per cent in October.
“Meanwhile, personal care, social protection and miscellaneous goods and services rose 5.6 per cent (October 2025: 6.0 per cent); housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels increased 0.7 per cent (October 2025: 1.1 per cent); and furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance climbed 0.2 per cent (October 2025: 0.3 per cent), all recording slower growth than in the previous month,” he said in a statement today.
Uzir added that 61.1 per cent of items, or 350 out of 573, recorded price increases in November.
Of these, 342 items, or 97.7 per cent, registered increases of 10 per cent or less, while eight items recorded gains of more than 10 per cent. A further 184 items, or 32.1 per cent, posted declines, while prices of 39 items were unchanged.
The average price of RON97 petrol rose to RM3.24 per litre in November from RM3.18 in October (November 2024: RM3.19).
The average price of diesel in Peninsular Malaysia increased to RM3.05 per litre from RM2.92 in October (November 2024: RM2.95), while diesel prices in Sabah, Sarawak, and the Labuan Federal Territory remained unchanged at RM2.15 per litre.
At the state level, four states recorded inflation above the national rate of 1.4 per cent: Johor and Negeri Sembilan at 1.9 per cent each, Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory at 1.7 per cent, and Selangor at 1.6 per cent.
He said the remaining 12 states recorded inflation at or below the national rate, with Kelantan posting the lowest increase at 0.2 per cent in November.
Compared with selected regional peers, Malaysia’s inflation was lower than in Vietnam at 3.6 per cent, Indonesia at 2.7 per cent, and South Korea at 2.4 per cent, but higher than China at 0.7 per cent and Thailand, which recorded deflation of 0.5 per cent.
