PUTRAJAYA, Feb 29 — Job vacancies advertised online recorded an increase of 29.5 per cent with 338,305 vacancies in the third quarter (Q3) of 2023 compared to 261,231 vacancies recorded in the second quarter (Q2) last year, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 26 — A total of 557 out of 1,065 mukim (sub-districts) have a population where more than seven per cent of individuals are aged 65 years and over, classifying them into the ageing category, according to MyCensus 2020: Mukim, Town and Pekan statistics released by the Statistics Department.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 22 — Malaysia’s labour productivity posted a positive growth of 0.7 per cent in the fourth quarter of (Q4) 2023 with total hours worked increased by 2.3 per cent to register 9.4 billion hours, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

b fair Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the number of filled positions also saw a 2.1 per cent increase to 8.74 million positions in fourth quarter of 2023 compared to 8.56 million in fourth quarter of 2022 while the number of vacant positions decreased by 1.1 per...

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 9 — The number of unemployed persons in December dipped to 567,800 individuals (November 569,000 unemployed) with an unemployment rate of 3.3 per cent, according to the latest Labour Force statistics from the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

JERTIH, Feb 8 — A total of 600,000 civil servants under Federal government agencies nationwide have registered with the Central Database Hub (Padu) as of yesterday, says Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 28 — Malaysia’s export prices rose 1.2 per cent to 146.4 points in October 2023 from 144.6 points in the previous month, while import prices also increased marginally by 0.5 per cent to 131.3 points from 130.6 points in September 2023, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 — Business confidence indicator increased by 3.2 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2023 (4Q23), up from 0.7 per cent in the third quarter of  2023 as businesses anticipate a better business situation in the fourth quarter.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9 — Malaysia’s volume index of services grew 4.4 per cent year-on-year to record 146.7 points in the third quarter of 2023, driven by wholesale and retail trade, food and beverages and accommodation segment, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 — Malaysia saw its leading index (LI) contraction narrowed by 0.5 per per cent to 109.7 points in August 2023 from a decline of one per cent from 108.9 points in July 2023, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 25 — The Leading Index (LI) for July 2023 anticipated a modest economic performance after registering 109.0 points, a 0.9 per cent decrease year-on-year from 109.5 points in July 2022, said the Department of Statistics (DoSM) today.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 15 — Domestic tourism in Malaysia surged 20 per cent in the second quarter of 2023 compared with the same quarter in the previous year, recording a total of 54.5 million visitors, according to a report released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM) today.

PUTRAJAYA, May 19 – The labour market has expanded 2.5 per cent in the first quarter of this year with 16.65 million persons compared to 16.25 million persons in the same period last year, according to the Labour Market Review First Quarter 2023 released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM) today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 9 — The unemployment rate in Malaysia has climbed to 4.8 per cent in June 2021 involving 768,700 persons, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) reported today in the Statistics of Labour Force, Malaysia, June and second quarter of 2021.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 9 — Malaysia’s manufacturing sales rose by 6.5 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to RM124.4 million in June 2021, says the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 7 — The second phase of the Malaysian Population and Housing Census 2020 (Census 2020), involving face-to-face interviews, will be conducted from January 20 to February 6.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 31 — The Malaysian Well-Being Index (MyWI) increased 0.6 per cent to 121.0 index points last year compared to 120.3 index points in 2018, largely due to a positive growth in economic well-being.