Unemployment Rate In Malaysia 2019
3 3 with the number of unemployed persons increased by 221 4 thousand persons from 520 2 thousand persons.
Unemployment rate in malaysia 2019. In 2020 the unemployment rate in malaysia was at approximately 3 38 percent. Though malaysia unemployment rate fluctuated substantially in recent years it tended to decrease through 2000 2019 period ending at 3 3 in 2019. Unemployment rate at 3 2 per cent as of dec 31 2019. This statistic shows the unemployment rate in malaysia from 1999 to 2020.
While the unemployment rate in february 2019 remained at 3 3 since september 2018 the number of unemployed stood at 516 400 a 1 6 increase against february 2018. The data reached an all time high of 5 40 in may 2020 and a record low of 3 20 in jan 2020. Last year malaysia s employment grew by 2 1 compared with 2 5 in 2018 mainly driven by the services sector followed by the manufacturing and agriculture sectors. Malaysia unemployment rate is updated monthly available from jan 2016 to may 2020 with an average rate of 3 40.
This was according to latest statistics from the department of statistics malaysia. In 2019 unemployment rate for malaysia was 3 3. Malaysian states may face legal. 3 3 in 2019.
The unemployment rate has been stable at around 3 3 to 3 4 during the last four years from 2016 to 2019. The number of unemployed surged 42 6 percent from a year earlier to 741 6 thousand while employment declined by 0 2 percent to 15 15 million. The number of unemployed persons increased by 17 1 per cent to 610 500 in march as compared to 521 000 in the same month in 2019 the statistics showed. The unemployment rate was recorded at 3 2 per cent or 510 000 people as of last dec 31 malaysian chief statistician datuk seri dr mohd uzir mahidin said.