Overview

• In July 2024, the number of employed persons recorded a continuous upward trend, with a growth of 0.2 per cent (+26.3 thousand persons), resulting in a total of 16.63 million persons (June 2024: 16.61 million persons). The employment-to-population ratio which indicates the ability of an economy to create employment, rose by 0.1 percentage points to 68.1 per cent (June 2024: 68.0%).
  

• In terms of the economic sector, the number of employed persons in the Services sector continued to increase, largely in Food & beverage services; Wholesale & retail trade; and Transportation & storage activities. Likewise, the Manufacturing, Construction, Mining & quarrying and Agriculture sectors also registered positive growth in the number of employments.
  

• The employees’ category constituted the largest composition of the total employed persons, with a share of 75.0 per cent. In July 2024, this category registered a rise of 0.1 per cent (+17.5 thousand persons) to 12.48 million persons as compared to the previous month (June 2024: 12.46 million persons). Similarly, the number of own-account workers increased further, with an addition of 8.2 thousand persons or 0.3 per cent to register 3.07 million persons (June 2024: 3.06 million persons). 
  

• In July 2024, the number of unemployed persons continued to decrease, with a reduction of 1.6 thousand persons (-0.3%) to 563.7 thousand persons (June 2024: 565.3 thousand persons). The unemployment rate during the month remained at 3.3 per cent as in the previous month.
  

• The number of labour force in July 2024 remained its positive growth with an increase of 0.1 per cent or 24.6 thousand persons month-on-month to register 17.20 million persons (June 2024: 17.17 million persons). July’s labour force participation rate (LFPR) held steady at 70.4 per cent as of June 2024.
  

• The number of persons outside the labour force in July 2024 registered a marginal decline of 0.01 per cent or equivalent to a reduction of 1.0 thousand persons to 7.23 million persons (June 2024: 7.23 million persons). The major composition of the outside labour force was due to housework/ family responsibilities with 42.8 per cent, while schooling/ training ranked second with 41.4 per cent. 
  

The full publication of the Labour Force Report, July 2024 can be downloaded through eStatistik Portal

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