Remittance corridor · World Bank RPW · 2025Q3
Malaysia → China
What it costs to send from Malaysia to China on World Bank RPW $200 sends (4.7% average), with the cheapest provider on record and the gap to the UN 3% target.
- 4.7%
- Average cost
- 2.4%
- Cheapest · MoneyGram
- 9
- Providers tracked
How the 4.7% average cost breaks down
World Bank RPW splits total remittance cost into the provider's transaction fee and the exchange-rate margin applied to the transfer. Same 2025Q3 figures as the detail table below.
Corridor-cost tercile vs fleet
Malaysia → China posts a mid-tercile 4.7% average cost (~4.3-6.6% fleet band), ranking #146 of 348. Cheapest tracked floor: 2.4%.
- #146 of 348
- cheapest-cost corpus rank
- 4.7%
- average cost of a $200 transfer
- -2.6pp
- vs the 7.3% average of 348 corridors
- +1.7pp
- gap to the UN 3% target
Compared against the 348 corridors in the 2025Q3 release, not a generic headline figure.
Based on average cost, delivery speed, FX margin, provider competition, and cost trend from World Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide data, benchmarked against all 348 tracked corridors - not a quote or a prediction of what you will pay.
What changed
World Bank RPW release record: 2025Q1 to 2025Q3
- Average transfer cost changed from 4.27% to 4.69% (+0.42 percentage points).
- Providers recorded by the source changed from 8 to 9 (+1 provider).
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Where this corridor sits by provider panel size
Malaysia → China has 9 World Bank RPW providers among 377 tracked corridors (inventory signal, not a cost-quality ranking). Orthogonal to the cost comparison below.
Malaysia → China vs all corridors by provider count
Where this corridor's RPW provider panel sits among every tracked route
9 138th of 377 higher than 239 of 377 corridors
Corridors, banded by RPW provider inventory
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Source World Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide · 2026-08-10
How Malaysia → China compares
Average cost of a $200 transfer, percent, lower is cheaper
4.69% average - 1.7pp above target
Cost trend: Malaysia → China
Average and cheapest cost of a $200 transfer over time, percent
Sending Country
Receiving Country
Nearby Corridors from Malaysia
Malaysia sends through 8 corridors we track. Comparing them against the Malaysia → China route shows whether this destination is cheap or expensive relative to that country's other outbound options.
| # | Destination | Avg cost | Cheapest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Myanmar | 0.3% | 0.1% |
| 2 | Nepal | 2.8% | 1.9% |
| 3 | India | 3.3% | 1.2% |
| 4 | Vietnam | 3.8% | 2.1% |
| 5 | Philippines | 3.9% | 1.3% |
World Bank RPW fee spread
Release 2025Q3 MY→CN
4.7% avg · 2.4% floor · 2.26pp spread on $200
- AVG 4.7%
- CHEAP 2.4%
- SPREAD 2.26pp
- SDG +1.7pp
- RANK #146 of 348
- REL 2025Q3
- PANEL 9
Cross-sender cost peers
Fee spread manifest for Malaysia → China: entity-varying RPW stamps plus cross-sender ABS(avg_cost) peers from the current release. Compare corridors side-by-side →
Mid-band transfer cost on Malaysia → China
World Bank RPW tracks Malaysia → China at 4.69% average cost as of 2025Q3.
That cheapest figure comes from the World Bank's mystery-shopping survey: trained researchers pose as customers and obtain real quotes for a standardized $200 transfer, across the 9 banks, money transfer operators, post offices and mobile-money providers RPW tracks on this corridor. It is a snapshot from that survey quarter, not a live guarantee -- confirm the current rate directly with the provider before sending.
Costs here have crept up 0.42 percentage points over the tracked period, bucking the wider trend toward cheaper transfers seen on most corridors. Across 39 quarters on record, average cost ranged 3.1%–7.5%, with 0 quarters at or under the UN 3% target. It sits 1.7 pp above the UN SDG 10.c 3% target.
About Malaysia → China data
PlainRemit compares international money-transfer costs across tracked corridors so you can see which routes and providers charge the least before you send money abroad. This corridor's figures are computed directly from the World Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide (RPW) quarterly survey, a mystery-shopping panel of actual transfer quotes for a standardized $200 transfer.
Average 4.69%; cheapest observed 2.43% via MoneyGram; 9 providers tracked across 39 RPW quarters; vintage 2026-08-10.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to send money from Malaysia to China?
Average 4.69% of the transfer amount (World Bank RPW, 2025Q3). Cheapest observed: 2.43% via MoneyGram.
What is the cheapest way to send money from Malaysia to China?
Lowest RPW survey quote: 2.43% (MoneyGram). Panel is high-tercile with 9 providers tracked.
Is the Malaysia to China corridor meeting the UN SDG cost target?
Not yet: 4.7% is 1.7pp above the UN SDG 10.c 3% target.
Where does Malaysia → China sit among tracked remittance corridors?
According to World Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide average cost among 348 tracked corridors on PlainRemit, Malaysia → China ranks #146 of 348 (cheapest = #1). Ordinal uses latest_avg_cost ASC matching /rankings/cheapest. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.