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PULSEKITA / DUIT NEGARA

Where federal money comes from and goes

Three separate cuts of actual federal accounts: revenue, operating expenditure and development expenditure.

Where does federal revenue come from?

2023 · Main categories only; RM billion, actual accounts.

tax direct
171.3b
non tax
79.0b
tax indirect
57.8b
non revenue
6.7b

Only supplied categories are shown; consult original category codes and methodology.

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What does operating expenditure fund?

2023 · Main categories only; RM billion, actual accounts.

Emolumen
91.9b
subsidies sa
77.9b
debt service
46.3b
debt service dom
45.6b
supplies services
35.9b
retirement charges
34.1b
grants transfers
23.3b
asset acquisition
1.0b
other
0.9b
debt service ext
0.7b

Only supplied categories are shown; consult original category codes and methodology.

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Where does development expenditure go?

2023 · Main categories only; RM billion, actual accounts.

economy
57.2b
Perkhidmatan sosial
24.2b
defence
11.4b
admin
3.2b

Only supplied categories are shown; consult original category codes and methodology.

Official dataset ↗

Source: Accountant-General via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0). RM billion converted from RM million; rounding may apply. Budget estimates are excluded.