Malaysia Labor Force Participation Rate

Labor Force Participation Rate in Malaysia decreased to 68.50 percent in February from 68.60 percent in January of 2019. Labor Force Participation Rate in Malaysia averaged 66.62 percent from 2010 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 68.60 percent in July of 2018 and a record low of 62.30 percent in November of 2010.

Labor Force Participation Rate in Malaysia is expected to be 69.10 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Labor Force Participation Rate in Malaysia to stand at 69.40 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Malaysia Labor Force Participation Rate is projected to trend around 70.70 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Malaysia Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	3.30	3.30	4.50	2.70	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	15026.80	14992.80	15026.80	5624.60	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	516.40	515.60	534.70	210.50	Thousand	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	68.50	68.60	68.60	62.30	percent	[+]
Job Vacancies	275496.00	269075.00	745205.00	7850.00		[+]
Minimum Wages	1100.00	1000.00	1100.00	900.00	MYR/Month	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	3706.00	3731.00	3863.00	2391.00	MYR/Month	[+]
Population	32.40	32.05	32.40	8.20	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	60.00	60.00	60.00	55.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	60.00	60.00	60.00	55.00		[+]
Wages	2880.00	2657.00	2880.00	1814.00	MYR/Month	[+]
Living Wage Family	1970.00	2030.00	2030.00	1900.00	MYR/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1150.00	1170.00	1200.00	1080.00	MYR/Month	[+]

Malaysia Labor Force Participation Rate

The labour force participation rates is the number of persons who are employed and unemployed but looking for a job divided by the total working-age population. This page provides - Malaysia Labor Force Participation Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Malaysia Labor Force Participation Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on April of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	68.50	68.60	68.60	62.30	2010 - 2019	percent	Monthly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
United Kingdom	79.30	Jan/19	79.3	79.3 : 74.1	%
France	72.30	Dec/18	72.3	72.3 : 69.5	%
Netherlands	71.00	Mar/19	71	71.1 : 67.4	%
Indonesia	69.20	Dec/18	69.02	69.21 : 57.14	%
Switzerland	68.50	Sep/18	68.4	68.8 : 66.8	%
Singapore	67.70	Dec/18	67.7	68.3 : 55.3	%
Australia	65.70	Mar/19	65.6	65.8 : 60.1	%
Canada	65.70	Mar/19	65.8	67.7 : 61.4	%
Italy	65.70	Feb/19	65.7	65.9 : 61.6	%
South Korea	63.10	Mar/19	62.3	63.9 : 48.5	%
United States	63.00	Mar/19	63.2	67.3 : 58.1	%
Russia	62.10	Feb/19	61.9	70.3 : 61.9	%
Brazil	61.60	Feb/19	61.6	61.9 : 60.9	%
Germany	61.50	Sep/18	60.9	61.7 : 56.9	%
Japan	61.40	Feb/19	61.2	74 : 58.5	%
South Africa	59.40	Dec/18	59.5	60.8 : 53.6	%
Mexico	59.20	Jan/19	59.5	61.47 : 58.18	%
Spain	58.61	Dec/18	58.73	60.55 : 48.88	%
Euro Area	57.30	Sep/18	57.2	57.3 : 55	%
Saudi Arabia	55.90	Dec/18	56.4	56.5 : 47.8	%
Turkey	52.90	Jan/19	53.1	53.5 : 43.9	%
India	52.50	Dec/13	50.9	52.9 : 50.9	%
Argentina	46.50	Dec/18	46.7	46.9 : 44.5	%