KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 — Malaysia’s total trade for February 2022 amounted to RM184.8 billion, or an increase of 17.5 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y), with exports of RM102.3 billion (an increase of 16.8 per cent) and imports worth RM82.5 billion (an increase of 18.4 per cent), said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 — Malaysia continues to be on the path to economic recovery but it should stay cautious due to global uncertainties, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 2 — The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) has launched the Malaysia Economic Recovery Dashboard (MERD), a platform that serves as a quick overview of the country’s economic situation.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 — The Producer Price Index (PPI) for local production surged 13.2 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) in October 2021 to hit a new record high, mainly due to higher commodity prices, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia.

By Nadiah Zamlus SHAH ALAM, Nov 1 — Selangor people make up the largest number of consumers on e-commerce services last year, says the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM). The department said the statistics were obtained from a survey conducted on eight million households nationwide in...

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 12 — Manufacturing sales grew 1.7 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to RM118.5 billion in August 2020, according to the Monthly Manufacturing Statistics report published by the Department of Statistics.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 2 — Malaysia's export unit value index slipped 0.2 per cent month-on-month (m-o-m) in August 2020 to 109.7 points, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 2 — The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) has decided to postpone the implementation of the second phase of the Population and Housing Census 2020 (Census 2020), which involves face-to-face interview, for the whole of Sabah and a new date for it will be announced later.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18 (Bernama) -- Domestic tourism continued to record better performance last year, recording a double-digit growth of 12 per cent to RM92.6 billion, the Tourism Satellite Account 2019 reported.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 11 — Malaysia's wholesale and retail trade sales recorded RM108.7 billion in July 2020 and continued to recover, posting year-on-year growth of -3.5 per cent from -8.4 per cent in June 2020, says the Department of Statistics Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 19 — Malaysia’s labour productivity per person employed shrank 16.0 per cent to RM19,455 in the second quarter of 2020 (Q2 2020) with total hours worked plunging to 6.2 billion from an average of 8.5 billion hours, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 — Twenty-four of the 42 selected agricultural commodities recorded a self-sufficiency ratio (SSR) of more than 100 per cent in 2019, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM) said.

PUTRAJAYA, July 23 — A baby born in 2020 is expected to live longer till 74.9 years old compared to the life expectancy of 74.5 years old calculated in 2014.

PUTRAJAYA, July 23 — There were 2.54 million persons in the informal employment last year, comprising 1.26 million in the informal sector and the rest in the formal sector of enterprises and households, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 — The Department of Statistics Malaysia Report which says that about 12.7 million or 83.5 per cent of employees as of June 2, 2020 have returned to work, evidently shows that economic activities and services are recovering, said Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 — Malaysia's Consumer Price Index (CPI) declined 1.9 per cent in June 2020 from a year earlier, driven mainly by the transport component that slipped 14.3 per cent, Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said today.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 10 — Malaysia's Poverty Line Income (PLI) has been revised to RM2,208, according to the calculations based on the 2019 methodology, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).