Inflation (CPI) during each chief minister or Menteri Besar's tenure
16 chief ministers, Menteri Besar and territory ministers, ranked by how the inflation (CPI) changed from their first day in office, next to Malaysia over the same months. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | Chief minister or Menteri Besar | State | In office | Total | vs MY | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor | Kedah | 17 May 2020 – now | +6.0 pp Apr 2020 → Sep 2026 | +1.3 pp MY +4.7 pp | +0.9 pp/yr | |
| 2 | N Shahidan Kassim | Putrajaya | 30 Aug 2021 – 24 Nov 2022 | +4.4 pp Jul 2021 → Oct 2022 | +2.6 pp MY +1.8 pp | +3.5 pp/yr | |
| 3 | Gagasan Hajiji Noor | Sabah | 29 Sep 2020 – now | +4.1 pp Aug 2020 → Sep 2026 | +0.9 pp MY +3.2 pp | +0.7 pp/yr | |
| 4 |  Saarani Mohamad | Perak | 10 Dec 2020 – now | +3.1 pp Nov 2020 → Sep 2026 | −0.4 pp MY +3.5 pp | +0.5 pp/yr | |
| 5 | Sulaiman Md Ali | Melaka | 9 Mar 2020 – 31 Mar 2023 | +2.7 pp Feb 2020 → Feb 2023 | +0.3 pp MY +2.4 pp | +0.9 pp/yr | |
| 6 | Azlan Man | Perlis | 7 May 2013 – 22 Nov 2022 | +2.5 pp Apr 2013 → Oct 2022 | +0.2 pp MY +2.3 pp | +0.3 pp/yr | |
| 7 | N Khalid Abdul Samad | Putrajaya | 2 Jul 2018 – 10 Mar 2020 | +1.9 pp Jun 2018 → Feb 2020 | +1.4 pp MY +0.5 pp | +1.1 pp/yr | |
| 8 | N Shahidan Kassim | Kuala Lumpur | 30 Aug 2021 – 24 Nov 2022 | +1.8 pp Jul 2021 → Oct 2022 | 0.0 pp MY +1.8 pp | +1.4 pp/yr | |
| 9 | N Annuar Musa | Putrajaya | 10 Mar 2020 – 30 Aug 2021 | +1.6 pp Feb 2020 → Jul 2021 | +0.7 pp MY +0.9 pp | +1.1 pp/yr | |
| 10 | Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail | Pahang | 15 May 2018 – now | +1.3 pp Apr 2018 → Sep 2026 | +0.9 pp MY +0.4 pp | +0.2 pp/yr |
Showing 10 of 46 tenures.
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last month complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); Malaysia is measured over the same months. Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in pp; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. % change on a year earlier · Department of Statistics Malaysia (OpenDOSM, data.gov.my), consumer price index by state, all items, change on the same month a year earlier (cpi_2d_state_inflation), from 2010 · state or federal territory data · as of Sep 2026.