Real GDP per person during each prime minister's tenure

Every prime minister since 1991, ranked by how real GDP per person changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

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#	Prime minister	In office	Total	Per year
1	Najib Razak	3 Apr 2009 – 10 May 2018	+29.9% 2008 → 2017	+3.0%/yr
2	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi	31 Oct 2003 – 3 Apr 2009	+20.7% 2003 → 2008	+3.8%/yr
3	Anwar Ibrahim	24 Nov 2022 – now	+9.3% 2022 → 2025	+3.0%/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. RM thousand per person, 2015 prices · Department of Statistics Malaysia (OpenDOSM, data.gov.my), GDP per capita at constant 2015 prices (gdp_gni_annual_real), yearly · Malaysia data · as of Sep 2026.