{
  "query": {
    "country": "MY",
    "fuel": "diesel"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "MYR",
    "unit": "per litre",
    "value": 5.17,
    "measure": "average",
    "median": null,
    "typical_low": null,
    "typical_high": null,
    "min": null,
    "max": null
  },
  "sample_size": null,
  "period": {
    "from": "2026-10-15",
    "to": "2026-10-15"
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "price_type": "official_statistic",
  "statistic": {
    "measure": "average",
    "reference_period": "week announced for 2026-10-15",
    "note": "Government-set price, not a station survey."
  },
  "as_of": "2026-10-16T20:26:24.614Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "my-fuel",
    "name": "Weekly fuel prices (data.gov.my data catalogue, id fuelprice)",
    "publisher": "Government of Malaysia, data.gov.my open data portal (Ministry of Finance weekly fuel price announcements)",
    "licence": "data.gov.my data catalogue: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)",
    "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "attribution": "Source: data.gov.my, Weekly fuel prices (Government of Malaysia). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Figures are passed on as published; the changes on the week and year are own calculations by ProofPrice.",
    "url": "https://data.gov.my/data-catalogue/fuelprice"
  },
  "method": "Malaysia fuel: the government-set national retail price of RON95, RON97 or diesel (ringgit per litre, unsubsidised Peninsular Malaysia rate) for the newest weekly announcement on data.gov.my, with the change on the week before and on the same week a year earlier. An official published price for the whole country, not a station survey; subsidised prices are in extra.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "The set national retail price of diesel (Peninsular Malaysia) in Malaysia was RM5.17 per litre in the week of 2026-10-15, down 1.9% on the week before (RM5.27 on 2026-10-08) and up 76.5% on a year earlier (RM2.93 on 2025-10-16). Official average published by Government of Malaysia, data.gov.my open data portal (Ministry of Finance weekly fuel price announcements) for week announced for 2026-10-15.",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "change_on_week": {
      "from": "2026-10-08",
      "value": 5.27,
      "absolute": -0.1,
      "percent": -1.9
    },
    "change_on_year": {
      "from": "2025-10-16",
      "value": 2.93,
      "absolute": 2.24,
      "percent": 76.5
    },
    "other_fuels_myr_per_litre": {
      "ron95": 4.62,
      "ron97": 5.1,
      "diesel": 5.17
    },
    "subsidised_myr_per_litre": {
      "ron95_budi95": 1.99,
      "ron95_skps": 2.05,
      "diesel_budi": 2.1,
      "diesel_skds": 2.15,
      "diesel_east_malaysia": 2.15
    }
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_c95ce1182410389e0a8b",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-16T20:26:24.615Z",
  "evidence": {
    "type": "official_statistic",
    "label": "Official published average",
    "meaning": "One average or median that a statistics office or regulator publishes for a reference period: it describes a group, not a distribution, and says nothing about any single price."
  },
  "reliability": "official_median_no_count",
  "data_as_of": "2026-10-15",
  "data_age_days": 1,
  "suggestions": [
    "This is one published average or median with no record count: use it as a reference point, not as a range of what individuals paid.",
    "For a decision on a specific job or purchase, ask for an itemised quote."
  ]
}