Malaysia’s Inflation Up 1.5 Pct In September 2025 - DOSM

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s inflation increased 1.5 per cent in September 2025, with the index points standing at 135.2 as against 133.2 in the same month of 2024, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

Following the release of its Consumer Price Index (CPI) for September 2025, chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said that the increase was mainly driven by a higher increase in the group of personal care, social protection and miscellaneous goods and services at 4.8 per cent as compared to August 2025 (4.0 per cent).

“This is followed by food and beverages at 2.1 per cent (August 2025: 2.0 per cent); housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, 1.5 per cent (August 2025: 1.2 per cent); health, 1.3 per cent (August 2025: 1.1 per cent) and transport, 0.7 per cent (August 2025: 0.2 per cent).

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“Meanwhile, restaurant and accommodation services at 3.3 per cent (August 2025: 3.5 per cent) and alcoholic beverages and tobacco at 0.3 per cent (August 2025: 0.4 per cent) recorded a slower increase as compared to the previous month,” he said in a statement today.

He said that 59.9 per cent of items (343 out of 573) recorded price increases.

“Nonetheless, out of this total, 333 items (97.1 per cent) registered an increase of less than or equal to 10 per cent, while only 10 items recorded increases of more than 10 per cent in Sept 2025.

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“The remaining 181 items (31.6 per cent) showed a decline, and 49 items remained unchanged,” he said.

Mohd Uzir said that the average price of RON97 unleaded petrol in September 2025 was RM3.19 per litre, as compared to RM3.15 per litre in August 2025 (September 2024: RM3.28).

“Meanwhile, the average price for diesel in Peninsular Malaysia was RM2.91 per litre as compared to RM2.90 per litre in August 2025 (September 2024: RM3.04).

“However, the average price of diesel for Sabah, Sarawak and Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan remained at RM2.15 per litre,” he said.

He also added that, as for inflation at the state level, five states recorded increases above the national inflation level (1.5 per cent), namely Johor (2.0 per cent), Negeri Sembilan (1.9 per cent), Melaka (1.8 per cent), Selangor (1.8 per cent) and Terengganu (1.7 per cent).

“However, the remaining 11 states increased below the national inflation rate, with Kelantan recording the lowest inflation (0.5 per cent) in Sept 2025.

“In comparison to inflation in other selected countries, inflation in Malaysia (1.5 per cent) was lower than inflation in Vietnam (3.4 per cent), Indonesia (2.7 per cent) and the Republic of Korea (2.1 per cent),” he said.

However, he added that the rate was higher than Thailand (-0.7 per cent) and China (-0.3 per cent).

-- BERNAMA