Inflation (CPI) during each prime minister's tenure

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

#	Prime minister	In office	Total	Per year	Chart
1	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi	31 Oct 2003 – 3 Apr 2009	+3.7 pp Sep 2003 → Mar 2009	+0.7 pp/yr
2	Ismail Sabri Yaakob	21 Aug 2021 – 24 Nov 2022	+1.8 pp Jul 2021 → Oct 2022	+1.4 pp/yr
3	Bersatu Muhyiddin Yassin	1 Mar 2020 – 21 Aug 2021	+0.9 pp Feb 2020 → Jul 2021	+0.6 pp/yr
4	Bersatu Mahathir Mohamad	10 May 2018 – 1 Mar 2020	−0.1 pp Apr 2018 → Feb 2020	−0.1 pp/yr
5	Najib Razak	3 Apr 2009 – 10 May 2018	−2.2 pp Mar 2009 → Apr 2018	−0.2 pp/yr
6	Anwar Ibrahim	24 Nov 2022 – now	−2.2 pp Oct 2022 → Sep 2026	−0.6 pp/yr

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); 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, all items, change on the same month a year earlier (cpi_2d_inflation) · Malaysia data · as of Sep 2026.