Key Statistics of Labour Force in Malaysia, November 2022
Malaysia’s Informal Employment reached 3.5 million persons in 2021, contributing 23.2 per cent of the country’s total employment
Release Date : Friday 30, December 2022 1200Labour market continued its recovery at a steady pace in the third quarter of 2022. The normalisation of all economic and social activities strengthened the job market and reduced unemployment as reported in Labour Market Review, Third Quarter 2022. This report also features an article entitled “Exploring the Characteristics of Female Labour Force In Malaysia : Low Participation Despite Potential".
Release Date : Thursday 17, November 2022 1200Malaysia’s labour productivity as expressed in terms of value added per hour worked improved 3.8 per cent, year-on-year as the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) further expanded at 14.2 per cent as compared to 8.9 per cent in the last quarter, while total hours worked went up 10.0 per cent.
Release Date : Thursday 17, November 2022 1200In Q3 2022, the total number of jobs in the economic sector registered a positive growth of 3.2 per cent (+270 thousand) to 8.68 million as compared to 8.41 million jobs in Q3 2021. On the contrary, the rate of filled jobs dropped by 0.1 percentage points from the same quarter of the preceding year to 97.8 per cent with 8.48 million filled jobs, while the rate of job vacancies increased marginally by 0.1 percentage points to 2.2 per cent with 191 thousand job vacancies. The number of jobs created doubled in the third quarter 2022 (30.5 thousand) as compared of the same quarter last year (Q3 2021: 15.0 thousand). In fact, it was the highest number recorded since the first quarter of 2018. In comparison with the previous quarter, the number of jobs created increased by 3.8 per cent, reflecting that labour market was in the recovery phase.
Release Date : Wednesday 09, November 2022 1200Median monthly salaries & wages rose 9.1 per cent in 2021
Release Date : Tuesday 04, October 2022 1200In 2021, the number of graduates in Malaysia increased by 4.7 per cent to record 5.61 million persons (2020: 5.36 million persons). The number of graduates in the labour force which encompassed of employed and unemployed rose 4.6 per cent to 4.77 million persons (2020: 4.56 million persons). Meanwhile, graduates’ labour force participation rate (GLFPR) remained as in the previous year at 85.0 per cent.
Release Date : Wednesday 27, July 2022 1200HEALTHIER GROWTH OF MALAYSIA’S LABOUR FORCE IN 2021 FOLLOWING CONTINUOUS RESUMPTIONS OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES AMID TARGETED CONTAIMENT MEASURES TO MANAGE THE UNCERTAIN OF CURRENT HEALTH CRISIS
Release Date : Wednesday 27, April 2022 1200This publication presents the Employment and Salaries & Wages Statistics obtained from Annual Economic Survey 2018 for reference year 2017 covers employees working in the formal private sector in Malaysia. In this publication, the Employment and Salaries & Wages Statistics are analysed from various dimensions.
Release Date : Monday 30, December 2019 1800