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Federal spending 2022

What the Malaysian federal government actually spent in 2022, from the audited federal financial statements. Every figure links to the page it was read from. How these numbers are checked.

Total spending
RM 395.25 bn
Operating
RM 292.69 bn
Development
RM 71.57 bn
COVID-19 Fund
RM 30.98 bn

Operating is the printed operating total of RM 294.36 bn (JANM 2022, p. 183) less the RM 1.66 bn transfer to the Development Fund (JANM 2022, p. 117). That fund pays for development spending, so counting the transfer as well would count the same money twice. Development is the printed development total (JANM 2022, p. 217). The COVID-19 Fund (Kumpulan Wang COVID-19) was financed outside the operating account, so its spending adds to the other two (JANM 2022, p. 221). Each part is checked against data.gov.my's published figures; see the methodology.

Year by year

YearOperatingMengurusDevelopmentPembangunanCOVID-19 FundTotalChange
2016RM 210.17 bnRM 42.00 bn–RM 252.17 bn–
2017RM 217.70 bnRM 44.88 bn–RM 262.58 bn+4.1%
2018RM 230.96 bnRM 56.10 bn–RM 287.06 bn+9.3%
2019RM 263.34 bnRM 54.17 bn–RM 317.52 bn+10.6%
2020RM 224.60 bnRM 51.36 bnRM 38.02 bnRM 313.98 bn-1.1%
2021RM 231.52 bnRM 64.26 bnRM 37.71 bnRM 333.48 bn+6.2%
2022RM 292.69 bnRM 71.57 bnRM 30.98 bnRM 395.25 bn+18.5%
2023RM 311.27 bnRM 96.09 bn–RM 407.36 bn+3.1%
2024RM 321.51 bnRM 84.01 bn–RM 405.52 bn-0.5%
2025RM 330.78 bnRM 81.92 bn–RM 412.70 bn+1.8%

By ministry

Each ministry's supply vote (B) and development vote (P), actual spending as printed. Charged expenditure (T votes, such as debt service and pensions, RM 78.42 bn) is not voted to a ministry and is listed under operating expenditure. B.12 is transfers into statutory funds, including the Development Fund transfer above. Hover a figure for the exact amount.

Ministry or departmentOperatingMengurusDevelopmentPembangunanTotalShare of the largest
Perkhidmatan Am PerbendaharaanRM 63.41 bnB.11–RM 63.41 bn
Kementerian PendidikanRM 48.39 bnB.63RM 3.55 bnP.63RM 51.95 bn
Kementerian KesihatanRM 28.71 bnB.42RM 4.34 bnP.42RM 33.04 bn
PerbendaharaanRM 5.12 bnB.10RM 19.90 bnP.10RM 25.02 bn
Kementerian Dalam NegeriRM 13.51 bnB.62RM 3.04 bnP.62RM 16.55 bn
Kementerian PertahananRM 11.41 bnB.60RM 4.75 bnP.60RM 16.16 bn
Kementerian Pengajian TinggiRM 11.54 bnB.64RM 2.79 bnP.64RM 14.33 bn
Jabatan Perdana MenteriRM 4.47 bnB.06RM 6.19 bnP.06RM 10.66 bn
Kementerian Pembangunan Luar BandarRM 3.47 bnB.22RM 6.92 bnP.22RM 10.39 bn
Kementerian Kerja RayaRM 820.45 mB.27RM 5.33 bnP.27RM 6.15 bn
Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan TempatanRM 1.76 bnB.43RM 3.24 bnP.43RM 5.00 bn
Kementerian Pertanian dan Industri MakananRM 3.31 bnB.21RM 1.32 bnP.21RM 4.63 bn
Kementerian PengangkutanRM 1.47 bnB.28RM 2.20 bnP.28RM 3.68 bn
Peruntukan kepada Kumpulan Wang TerkanunRM 3.62 bnB.12–RM 3.62 bn
Kementerian Alam Sekitar dan AirRM 564.90 mB.33RM 2.86 bnP.33RM 3.43 bn
Kementerian Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Hal Ehwal PenggunaRM 3.15 bnB.25RM 58.46 mP.25RM 3.21 bn
Kementerian Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan MasyarakatRM 2.48 bnB.48RM 125.90 mP.48RM 2.60 bn
Kementerian Komunikasi dan MultimediaRM 888.36 mB.47RM 955.11 mP.47RM 1.84 bn
Kementerian Tenaga dan Sumber AsliRM 1.11 bnB.23RM 516.42 mP.23RM 1.63 bn
Jabatan Perkhidmatan AwamRM 466.50 mB.07RM 852.27 mP.07RM 1.32 bn
Kementerian Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan IndustriRM 550.45 mB.24RM 626.72 mP.24RM 1.18 bn
Kementerian Sumber ManusiaRM 814.80 mB.46RM 321.05 mP.46RM 1.14 bn
Kementerian Pelancongan, Seni dan BudayaRM 923.69 mB.31RM 91.82 mP.31RM 1.02 bn
Kementerian Belia dan SukanRM 603.30 mB.45RM 264.52 mP.45RM 867.81 m
Kementerian Sains, Teknologi dan InovasiRM 520.28 mB.30RM 311.08 mP.30RM 831.35 m
Kementerian Luar NegeriRM 739.91 mB.13RM 64.35 mP.13RM 804.26 m
Kementerian Wilayah PersekutuanRM 249.84 mB.32RM 319.17 mP.32RM 569.01 m
Kementerian Pembangunan Usahawan dan KoperasiRM 193.97 mB.26RM 355.63 mP.26RM 549.60 m
Kementerian Perpaduan NegaraRM 353.63 mB.14RM 140.51 mP.14RM 494.13 m
Kementerian Perusahaan Perladangan dan KomoditiRM 225.04 mB.20RM 138.48 mP.20RM 363.52 m
Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah MalaysiaRM 288.82 mB.09–RM 288.82 m
Suruhanjaya Pilihan RayaRM 267.42 mB.04–RM 267.42 m
Jabatan Peguam NegaraRM 182.18 mB.08–RM 182.18 m
Jabatan Audit NegaraRM 151.54 mB.03–RM 151.54 m
ParlimenRM 129.82 mB.01–RM 129.82 m
Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan AwamRM 39.15 mB.05–RM 39.15 m
Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan PelajaranRM 18.01 mB.40–RM 18.01 m
Pejabat Penyimpan Mohor Besar Raja-rajaRM 2.21 mB.02–RM 2.21 m
Simpanan Luar Jangka–RM 0.00P.70RM 0.00