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House prices during each prime minister's tenure

Every prime minister since 1991, ranked by how house prices 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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1 Najib Razak 3 Apr 2009 – 10 May 2018 +107% Q1 2009 → Q1 2018+8.4%/yr
2 Abdullah Ahmad Badawi 31 Oct 2003 – 3 Apr 2009 +17.1% Q3 2003 → Q1 2009+2.9%/yr
3 Anwar Ibrahim 24 Nov 2022 – now +10.5% Q3 2022 → Q2 2026+2.7%/yr
4 Ismail Sabri Yaakob 21 Aug 2021 – 24 Nov 2022 +4.9% Q2 2021 → Q3 2022+3.9%/yr
5Bersatu Mahathir Mohamad 10 May 2018 – 1 Mar 2020 +4.0% Q1 2018 → Q4 2019+2.3%/yr
6Bersatu Muhyiddin Yassin 1 Mar 2020 – 21 Aug 2021 +1.9% Q4 2019 → Q2 2021+1.2%/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last quarter 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); 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. index, 2010 = 100 · National Property Information Centre (NAPIC), Malaysian House Price Index, via the BIS's residential property prices (WS_SPP, Q.MY.N.628), not adjusted for inflation · Malaysia data · as of Sep 2026.

Sources: Department of Statistics Malaysia (OpenDOSM, data.gov.my: national and state accounts, Labour Force Survey, Salaries & Wages Survey, consumer prices, population estimates, Household Income Survey; the Royal Malaysia Police's crime figures), NAPIC's house price index via the BIS, Natural Earth, World Bank (Worldwide Governance Indicators), V-Dem Institute, Transparency International, World Happiness Report, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons; office-holders checked against the states' official lists. Every chart is indexed to the office-holder's first day. Correlation is not credit. CreditsPrivacy