Key Statistics of Labour Force in Malaysia, February 2021*New
Marginal improvement in February's labour force in parallel with the encouraging signs of the economy
Marginal improvement in February's labour force in parallel with the encouraging signs of the economy
As of the fourth quarter of 2020, the fight to level the third wave of infection was still ongoing. With the government and private sectors continuing to work hand-in-hand to strike the equilibrium between life and livelihood, the labour market in Q4 2020 was somewhat stagnant with modest recovery as reported in Labour Market Review, Fourth Quarter 2020. This report also features an article entitled 'Initial Review of Labour Migration in Malaysia'.
Release Date : Thursday 18, February 2021 1200Malaysia’s labour productivity as measured by value added per hour worked dropped slightly by 0.8 per cent after recorded 0.1 per cent in Q3 2020.
Release Date : Wednesday 17, February 2021 1200Total jobs in the private sector in Q4 2020 fell by 204 thousand from Q4 2019 (8,661 thousand jobs) to record 8,457 thousand jobs. The rate of filled jobs in this quarter was 97.9 per cent, slightly higher than the same quarter of the previous year which was 97.7 per cent.
Release Date : Tuesday 09, February 2021 1200Labour force participation rate 68.5 per cent and unemployment rate 4.8 per cent.
Release Date : Monday 08, February 2021 1200The median monthly salaries & wages recorded an increase from RM2,308 to RM2,442 (5.8%). Meanwhile, the mean monthly salaries & wages increased from RM3,087 to RM3,224 (4.4%) within the same period.
Release Date : Thursday 17, September 2020 1200Employment in the informal sector in 2019 recorded 1.26 million people, contributed 8.3 per cent of employment in Malaysia
Release Date : Thursday 23, July 2020 1200In 2019, 83.5 per cent of the 5.29 million graduates in Malaysia were in the labour force while 16.5 per cent are outside labour force. Graduates Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) decreased 0.1 percentage points in 2019 (83.5%) from 2018 (83.6%).
Release Date : Thursday 16, July 2020 1200Labour force participation rate increased 68.7 per cent and unemployment rate remained at 3.3 per cent.
Release Date : Wednesday 29, April 2020 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