Malaysia Health Inflation Doubles to 3 Percent as Insurance Costs Soar
(MENAFN) Malaysia’s health inflation more than doubled in 2025, climbing to 3 percent from 1.3 percent a year earlier as the cost of medical services, drugs and devices all moved higher, official figures released Tuesday showed.
Health services were the sharpest driver, with prices up 4.4 percent after a 0.9 percent rise in 2024. A 9.1 percent jump in health-related insurance spending did most of the work, having been flat the year before, the Department of Statistics Malaysia said in a statement.
Medicine, the heaviest component of the health price index (HPI) at 38.9 percent of its weight, rose 2.8 percent in 2025, quickening from 2.2 percent in 2024. Inside that category, both medicines, vaccines and other pharmaceutical preparations and herbal and homeopathic products saw prices increase 4.5 percent.
Medical devices also grew costlier, up 1.1 percent against 0.6 percent in 2024. Medical diagnostic products led that segment, rising 1.6 percent after a 0.3 percent gain previously.
Health services were the sharpest driver, with prices up 4.4 percent after a 0.9 percent rise in 2024. A 9.1 percent jump in health-related insurance spending did most of the work, having been flat the year before, the Department of Statistics Malaysia said in a statement.
Medicine, the heaviest component of the health price index (HPI) at 38.9 percent of its weight, rose 2.8 percent in 2025, quickening from 2.2 percent in 2024. Inside that category, both medicines, vaccines and other pharmaceutical preparations and herbal and homeopathic products saw prices increase 4.5 percent.
Medical devices also grew costlier, up 1.1 percent against 0.6 percent in 2024. Medical diagnostic products led that segment, rising 1.6 percent after a 0.3 percent gain previously.
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