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DOSM - Department of Statistics Malaysia
04/15/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/14/2026 22:05
Flood Impact (Statistics)
Overview
This report presents statistics on the value of flood losses in Malaysia for year 2025. The statistics were obtained from a special survey conducted from January to December 2025. The flood losses include the value of damage for living quarters, vehicles, businesses, and industrial premises. Total damage for agricultural industry and public assets & infrastructure were assessed based on information released by the relevant government agencies
In 2025, the total losses caused by flood amounted to RM636.9 million (2024: RM933.4 million), equivalent to 0.03 percent (2024: 0.05%) as against the nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP). These losses include living quarters amounting to RM183.8 million (2024: RM372.2 million), vehicle losses RM6.8 million (2024: RM17.3 million), business premises valued at RM13.4 million (2024: RM54.1 million), manufacturing sector with RM0.1 million (2024: RM1.2 million), agricultural sector RM52.6 million (2024: RM185.2 million), and public assets & infrastructure totaling RM380.2 million (2024: RM303.4 million)
In 2025, all states in Malaysia were affected by floods, with Terengganu recording the highest loss value at RM89.2 million (2024: RM182.0 million). This was followed by Kelantan and Johor, which recorded losses of RM88.5 million (2024: RM263.0 million) and RM72.1 million (2024: RM59.0 million). In addition, Sarawak, Sabah, and Selangor were also among the states recorded the substantial loss values, at RM61.2 million (2024: RM27.4 million), RM58.4 million (2024: RM36.8 million), and RM52.9 million (2024: RM22.6 million), respectively.
Sarawak recorded the highest living quarters damage losses, amounting to RM32.6 million (2024: RM2.2 million). This was followed by Sabah with RM27.7 million of losses (2024: RM17.3 million) and Johor at RM26.2 million (2024: RM21.3 million). Pahang recorded the fourth highest for living quarters damage loss in 2025, amounting to RM18.8 million (2024: RM11.0 million), followed by Kelantan and Perak at RM15.6 million (2024: RM139.0 million) and RM15.3 million (2024: RM12.2 million), respectively.
For vehicle damage, Sabah recorded the highest loss value at RM1.3 million in 2025 (2024: RM0.7 million), followed by Johor at RM0.9 million (2024: RM2.1 million). Sarawak, Pahang and Perak were among the states with relatively high losses, recording RM0.8 million (2024: RM0.2 million), RM0.7 million (2024: RM0.9 million) and RM0.6 million (2024: RM0.7 million), respectively. In 2025, Terengganu recorded lower vehicle losses of RM0.4 million compared to 2024, (RM5.8 million). This was followed by Kelantan at RM0.5 million (2024: RM4.0 million) and Kedah at RM0.4 million (2024: RM2.1 million).
In 2025, 14 states experienced losses due to business premises damage following the floods that affected the country. Sarawak recorded the highest loss value at RM2.7 million (2024: RM0.2 million), followed by Johor with losses of RM2.1 million (2024: RM3.4 million). Additionally, Sabah, Kedah and Pahang were among the five states with the highest losses for business premises, recording RM1.8 million (2024: RM1.2 million), RM1.3 million (2024: RM4.3 million) and RM1.3 million (2024: RM0.4 million), respectively.
In 2025, Terengganu was the only state that recorded losses in the manufacturing sector due to floods, amounting to RM0.1 million (2024: RM0.1 million). Kelantan, which recorded manufacturing sector losses of RM1.1 million in 2024, was not affected in 2025.
Johor was the most affected state in the agriculture sector in 2025, recording losses of RM13.0 million (2024: RM2.4 million). This was followed by Selangor and Kedah, which recorded losses of RM9.6 million (2024: RM1.9 million) and RM5.0 million (2024: RM118.2 million), respectively. Sarawak and Melaka were the least affected states in this category, recording RM0.2 million (2024: RM0.5 million) and RM0.5 million (2024: RM0.5 million), respectively.
In 2025, public assets and infrastructure recorded the highest losses due to flood damage. Terengganu experienced the highest losses at RM71.8 million (2024: RM49.9 million), followed by Kelantan at RM67.1 million (2024: RM48.1 million). Johor recorded the third highest losses at RM29.8 million (2024: RM29.7 million). Selangor, Sarawak and Sabah also recorded high losses, amounting to RM26.6 million (2024: RM13.8 million), RM25.0 million (2024: RM24.3 million) and RM24.0 million (2024: RM16.9 million), respectively.
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