PUTRAJAYA, Oct 13 — Information and Communications Technology (ICT), as well as e-commerce, contributed 23 per cent to the nation's economy with a 14.8 per cent growth to register RM412.3 billion in 2022, from RM359.3 billion in 2021, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 11 — Malaysia, via the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM), has been elected as the co-chair of the Regional Advisory Board (RAB) Meeting on International Comparison Programme (ICP) 2021 for Asia and the Pacific, effective on Monday (October 9).

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 — The price index of steel for September 2023 dropped between -0.1 per cent and -4.0 per cent in the price index per unit of steel for almost all areas compared to August, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 10 — The number of unemployed persons decreased by 0.3 per cent in August 2023 to 577,300 from 579,200 people last month, while the unemployment rate remained at 3.4 per cent.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 — Malaysia’s accumulated fixed asset investment, or gross capital stock (GKS),  rose 2.8 per cent to RM5.4 trillion in 2022, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 — The number of occupational injuries increased by 58.9 per cent to a record 34,216 cases in 2022 compared with 21,534 cases in the previous year, said the Statistics Department (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 27 — Malaysia's economy is expected to continue moderating in the near term based on data in July and August, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 26 — The average life expectancy of babies born is expected to be 74.8 years, according to the Abridged Life Tables, Malaysia, 2021-2023 findings released by the Department of Statistics (DOSM) today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 26 — The government is planning to revise the Statistics Act 1965 in the Dewan Rakyat in July to boost the Statistics Department’s (DOSM) role in strengthening the field.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22 — Nearly 3,000 foreign affiliates are operating in Malaysia, contributing a value-added of RM274.3 billion in 2021, or 17.7 per cent of Malaysia’s economy, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 21 — The Department of Statistics (DOSM) released a report by MyCensus 2020: Population Well-Being (Social Relations) today, claiming that 11.8 million people in Malaysia aged 15 and over use mobile data as a mode of accessibility to the Internet.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 20 — Domestic tourism in Malaysia recorded encouraging performance in 2022 when it recorded a total expenditure of RM59.2 billion, compared to RM17.5 billion in 2021, according to a report released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 11 — Malaysia's Industrial Production Index (IPI) rebounded to 0.7 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) in July 2023, spurred by the mining and electricity sectors, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 11 — Malaysia’s wholesale and retail trade recorded a sales value of RM139.8 billion, a 7.2 per cent increase year-on-year (y-o-y) in July 2023, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 11 — The sales value of the manufacturing sector rose 2.5 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to RM1.03 trillion for the first seven months of 2023, the Department of Statistics Malaysia said.

By Selangor Journal Team SHAH ALAM, Sept 8 — The latest Statistics Department (DOSM) data showed unemployment in the country is on the decline. The number of unemployed individuals stood at 579,200 in July, which brings the joblessness rate to 3.4 per cent. For comparison, 581,700...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 — The local manufacturing industry operated at a lower capacity utilisation of 78.2 per cent in the second quarter of 2023 (2Q 2023) versus 79.0 per cent in the same period last year, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 — The overall inflation rate in Malaysia eased from 4.0 per cent to 2.0 per cent during the eight months of the Unity Government’s administration.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 — The labour market grew by 2.4 per cent in the second quarter (Q2), with 16.73 million people despite slower growth in employment and a smaller decline in unemployed persons, said the Statistics Department (DOSM) today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 — Malaysia’s second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 2.9 per cent reflects a 'business cycle slowdown' rather than an impending recession, in line with global trends, economists said.