KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 — Malaysia’s wholesale and retail trade grew 12.4 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) in January 2023 to record a monthly sales value of RM135.1 billion, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said.

PUTRAJAYA, March 8 — The number of Local Authority Areas (LAAs) in the country increased to 155 in 2020 from 148 in 2010, according to the “Key Findings of Population and Housing Census of Malaysia 2020: Local Authority Area” released today.

PUTRAJAYA, March 2 — Bangi has the highest population among the 222 Parliamentary constituencies in the country at 691,900 people, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia's (DOSM) latest Subnational Statistics of Parliament and State Legislative Assemblies (SLA) 2023.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28 — Malaysia’s terms of trade maintained positive growth of 2.2 per cent year-on-year in January 2023, from 109.1 points in the same period last year, according to the Department of Statistics (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — The Producer Price Index (PPI) for local production, which measures prices of goods at the factory gate, grew at a slower pace of 1.3 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) in January 2023 compared with 3.5 per cent y-o-y in December 2022, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24 — Malaysia's leading index (LI) decreased 0.6 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to 110.7 points in December 2022 against 111.4 points in December 2021, in anticipation that near-term growth momentum would ease, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 16 — Malaysia's labour productivity as expressed in terms of value added per employee in the fourth quarter of last year rose 3.6 per cent in line with an economic expansion in that period.

BATU PAHAT, Feb 12 — The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) will open offices in several districts across the country in the near future, said Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 9 — Malaysia's unemployment rate remained at 3.6 per cent in December 2022, with the number of unemployed persons declining to 599,600 persons from 600,900 persons in November 2022, according to the Statistics of Labour Force, Malaysia, Fourth Quarter and December 2022 released today.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 9 — Malaysia’s population in the fourth quarter of 2022 was estimated at 33 million, an increase of 1.3 per cent as compared to 32.6 million recorded in the same period of 2021, according to the latest demographic statistics released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — Malaysia’s services sector revenue recorded double-digit growth of 14.9 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to RM528.8 billion in the fourth quarter of 2022 (4Q 2022) compared to the corresponding quarter in 2021, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — The Volume Index of Services rose 11.7 per cent year-on-year to 142.6 points in the fourth quarter (4Q) of 2022 versus 127.7 points in the same quarter last year, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — The 2022 overall construction sector posted an 8.8 per cent rebound after a two-year declining trend, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — The volume index of the wholesale and retail trade Malaysia registered a 9.9 per cent growth year-on-year (y-o-y) in the fourth quarter (4Q) of 2022, bringing the overall performance for 2022 to 14.3 per cent, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — Malaysia’s natural rubber (NR) production rose by 8.9 per cent to 30,556 tonnes in December 2022 from 28,048 tonnes in November 2022, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — The sales value of Malaysia’s manufacturing sector expanded by 8.6 per cent year-on-year in December 2022 to RM156.3 billion while the overall performance reached RM1.8 trillion in 2022, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — The services producer price index (SPPI) increased 3.3 per cent in the fourth quarter (4Q) of 2022 compared to 110.7 in the same quarter of the preceding year, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 — Malaysia’s Producer Price Index (PPI) rose 3.5 per cent in December 2022 compared to the 3.2 per cent expansion in November, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) reported today.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 20 — My Local Stats 2021 data has been uploaded on the My Local Stats interactive visualisation platform on the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) portal and mobile app.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 20 — Malaysia’s inflation eased to 3.8 per cent in December 2022 as compared to 4.0 per cent in November 2022, thanks to a slower increase in the Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages group, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).