Sources and licences
Every number in Bijirin comes from public open data. These are the publishers, what we use each source for, and the licence it comes under.
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We work it out
We clean the data, flag unusual prices and compute medians, ranges and changes.
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Originals stay untouched
We never edit the source records. They stay unchanged with each publisher.
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Credit on every view
Each table and chart carries a short source line. This page has the full list.
Credit when you reuse our figures
Contains data from the Department of Statistics Malaysia (OpenDOSM) and data.gov.my, including PriceCatcher by the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Shop prices
- PriceCatcher Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN), via OpenDOSM
Daily shop prices by item and premise. Every median, range and change on the price screens.
UpdatedDaily CC BY 4.0
Item pictures
- PriceCatcher item pictures Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN), PriceCatcher app
The small picture shown from the camera icon next to an ingredient, where KPDN has one.
These pictures are not covered by the open data licence. We show them with KPDN's credit and remove any of them on request.
UpdatedFetched once Shown with credit; not part of the CC BY 4.0 data
Fuel and exchange rates
- Fuel prices Ministry of Finance, via OpenDOSM
RON95, RON97 and diesel pump prices.
UpdatedWeekly CC BY 4.0 - Exchange rates Bank Negara Malaysia, via OpenDOSM
Ringgit exchange rates up to January 2026.
UpdatedArchive CC BY 4.0 - Exchange rates (Open API) Bank Negara Malaysia
Daily 12:00 middle rates from January 2026, and converting world prices to ringgit.
Credited as "Source: Bank Negara Malaysia".
UpdatedDaily BNM dataset terms
Inflation
- Consumer Price Index by state / federal territory Department of Statistics Malaysia (OpenDOSM)
Food CPI for each state and federal territory, to compare shop prices with official inflation.
UpdatedMonthly CC BY 4.0
World prices
- Commodity Price Data (Pink Sheet) World Bank
World prices for rice, wheat, maize, palm oil, sugar, beef and more, plus the food, grains and oils price indices.
UpdatedMonthly CC BY 4.0
Images
- State and territory flags Wikimedia Commons
The small flags next to state and territory names.
UpdatedStatic Public domain