Labour Force Survey Report Malaysia 2017

Department of statistics malaysia foreigners take up more than a fifth.

Labour force survey report malaysia 2017. Alice suriati mazlan zuraidah abd manaf phd ramlee abd rahman phd suhana saad phd compiled by. Many of the government documents on statistics such as the. The increase in labour force was contributed by 286 300 employed persons. Labour force participation rate rate lfpr in 2018 increased 0 3 percentage points to 68 3 per cent as compared to 68 0 per cent in 2017.

Share of foreigners to employment by sector 2016 refers to non citizens in the labour force survey report 2016 source. The labor force survey 2017 methodology increases the sample size from 1336 clusters to 1656 clusters per round thus providing a representation level for non jordanians. The workforce is another category which includes those who do any work for pay profit or family gain whether as employer employee self employed or unpaid family worker. Siti hamisah tapsir edited by.

Labour force in malaysia increased 2 0 per cent to nearly 15 0 million persons in 2017 as compared to 14 7 million persons in 2016. Foreign worker share of labour force has trended downwards of late 10 8 18 8 12 0 2002 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 15 ceiling set in rmk 11 chart 3. The primary objective of the lfs is to provide labour market statistics for development. International labour organization the international labour organization is the un specialized agency which seeks the promotion of social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights.

First printing 2017 published by ministry of higher education management publication. The malaysian labour force rose to 15million last year which was a 2 increase compared to 14 7million in 2016 following data revealed by the labour force survey report 2017. The increase in labour force was contributed by 299 200 employed persons. Nik zainun nik mood ministry of higher education.

Hence the remaining 31 7 per cent of the working age population was outside labour force. This report presents the 2017 labour force survey lfs annual results arising from an analysis of a combined dataset drawn from the quarterly 2017 lfss. Kuala lumpur april 27. Labour force participation rate lfpr in 2017 increased 0 3 percentage points to 68 0 per cent as compared to 67 7 per cent in 2016.

The term labour force refers to all people in malaysia aged between 15 and 64 years who are at work or unemployed. The survey questionnaire was developed and new chapters were added as follows. Labour force in malaysia increased 2 0 per cent to nearly 15 3 million persons in 2018 as compared to 15 0 million persons in 2017. The malaysian labour force rose two per cent to nearly 15 million in 2017 compared with 14 7 million recorded in 2016 according to the findings of the labour force survey report 2017 released by the department of statistics.