Labour Market Information

Labour Market Review, First Quarter 2022^*New

Labour market situation throughout the first quarter of 2022 had encouraged more demand in the economy, hence had stimulated the increase in labour demand and subsequently increased the number of employed persons and reduced unemployment as reported in Labour Market Review, First Quarter 2021. This report also features an article entitled “Preliminary Review of the Relationship Between Real Wages and Labour Productivity".

Labour Productivity of First Quarter 2022^*New

In the first quarter of 2022, Malaysia’s labour productivity as measured by value added per hour worked grew at a marginal rate of 0.3 per cent (Q4 2021: 1.3%).

Employment Statistics First Quarter 2022^*New

In Q1 2022, total jobs in the economic sector were 8.572 million jobs, increased by 1.8 per cent as compared to 8.424 million jobs in Q1 2021. The rate of filled jobs decreased to 97.8 per cent to record 8.388 million filled jobs in this quarter (Q1 2021: 97.9%) whereas the rate of job vacancies was 2.2, increased by 0.1 percentage point (Q1 2021: 2.1%) with 184 thousand job vacancies (Q1 2021: 178 thousand). The number of jobs created in Q1 2022 increased to 25.8 thousand as compared to 17.4 thousand in the first quarter of 2021. On a quarterly basis, the number of jobs created had increased from 20.9 thousand in the fourth quarter of 2021 to 25.8 thousand in this quarter.

Key Statistics of Labour Force in Malaysia, March 2022^*New

Principal Statistics of Labour Force, Malaysia, First Quarter (Q1) 2022^*New

Unemployment rate in the first quarter of 2022 declined to 4.1 per cent with number of unemployed reduced to 671.2 thousand persons. 

Labour Force Survey Report, Malaysia, 2021

HEALTHIER 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

Job Vacancies Landscape in Malaysia, Third and Fourth Quarter of 2021

Graduates Statistics 2020

In 2020, 85.0 per cent of the 5.36 million graduates in Malaysia were in the labour force while 15.0 per cent are outside labour force. Graduates Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) increased 1.5 percentage points in 2020 (85.0%) from 2019 (83.5%).

Salaries & Wages Survey Report, Malaysia, 2020

Mean monthly salaries & wages fell 9.0 per cent in 2020, the first time decline since the series began in 2010

Informal Sector Work Force Survey Report, Malaysia, 2019

Employment in the informal sector in 2019 recorded 1.26 million people, contributed 8.3 per cent of employment in Malaysia

Employment and Salaries & Wages Statistics 2018

This 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.