Overview

HIGHLIGHTS

Malaysia’s Manufacturing sales registered RM142.0 billion with a growth of 15.7 per cent in May 2022

Malaysia’s Manufacturing sales value in May 2022 stood at RM142.0 billion, grew 15.7 per cent as compared to the previous year. The rise in sales value in May 2022 was driven by the increase in Electrical & Electronics Products (24.9%), Food, Beverages & Tobacco Products (20.3%) and Petroleum, Chemical, Rubber & Plastic Products (7.7%). 

Total employees engaged in the Manufacturing sector in May 2022 was 2,296,686 persons, an increase of 2.7 per cent as compared to 2,236,459 persons in May 2021. Salaries & wages paid amounted to RM7,787.1 million, increased by 5.0 per cent or RM371.5 million in May 2022 as against the same month of the preceding year.

The sales value per employee rose by 12.7 per cent to record RM61,847 as compared with the same month in 2021. Meanwhile, the average salaries & wages per employee was RM3,391 in May 2022.

The sales value of the Manufacturing sector in the period January to May 2022 registered an increase of 13.5 per cent to RM705.3 billion as compared to the same period of 2021. The number of employees engaged during the period rose by 2.7 per cent to register 2,296,686 persons while salaries & wages paid went up by 4.4 per cent to RM39.0 billion. The sales value per employee during the reference period rose by 10.5 per cent to record RM307,088.

The full publication of the Monthly Manufacturing Statistics, May 2022 can be downloaded through eStatistik portal.

*Note

            Data for May 2022 is provisional. The data will be updated based on the latest available figures and subsequently published in the June 2022 publication

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THE OFFICE OF CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA

DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, MALAYSIA

8 July 2022

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