PUTRAJAYA, July 22 — Malaysia scored 6.48 which is a Happy level in the Malaysia Happiness Index (MHI) 2021, said Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 — Malaysia’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 3.4 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to 127.4 in June 2022 from 123.2 in June 2021, surpassing the average inflation in Malaysia for the January 2011-June 2022 period by 1.9 per cent.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 20 — Malaysia’s total trade recorded double-digit growth of 43.4 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) in June 2022 to reach a new high of RM270.4 billion, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia.

PUTRAJAYA, July 11 — Life expectancy at birth in 2021 is expected to increase to 75.6 years, or about 12 years, compared with 63.6 years five decades ago in 1970, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

PUTRAJAYA, July 7 — The number of unemployed persons in May this year continued to decline with a reduction of 1.8 per cent to 637,700 persons, from 649,300 people the previous month, according to the Statistics of Labour Force for May 2022 released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) today.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 7 — The unit price index of Building of Cost Material Index (BCI) (without steel bars and with steel bars) for all building categories in Malaysia increased in June 2022 compared with June 2021, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, July 6 — The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) and Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation (APU) today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) towards sharing data analysis, research results and new findings.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 4 — The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM) reported that Malaysia’s terms of trade expanded by 1.0 per cent month-on-month to 112.0 points in May 2022, boosted by rising export prices.

PUTRAJAYA, July 3 — The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) today received the Excellence Award as Supporter of National Data Sharing (Public Sector) from the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) in conjunction with the Digital Economy Industry Appreciation Awards.

PUTRAJAYA, June 30 — The economic performance of all states registered positive growth in 2021, with five states recording a better growth rate than the 3.1 per cent growth rate at the national level.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 30 — The total number of occupational injuries recorded a 34.09 per cent drop or 21,534 cases last year, compared to 32,674 cases in 2020.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 29 — Economic recovery remains in sight with a better trend as signalled by Malaysia's macroeconomic performance in April 2022 amid global uncertainty, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, June 28 — Malaysia's Producer Price Index (PPI) local production, which measures the costs of goods at the factory gate, remained high in May with a growth of 11.2 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) compared with 11.0 per cent y-o-y in April 2022, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

PUTRAJAYA, June 22 — Industry players in Malaysia spent RM2.97 billion on environmental protection expenditure in 2020, according to the Survey of Environmental Protection Expenditure 2021.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 — Foreign investment into Malaysia recorded net inflows of RM48.1 billion in 2021 compared to RM13.3 billion in the previous year, while investment abroad registered RM19.7 billion versus RM10.2 billion in 2020.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 — Malaysia’s natural rubber (NR) production decreased by 20 per cent to 22,498 tonnes in April 2022 compared with 28,106 tonnes in March, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, June 10 — The Industrial Production Index (IPI) increased 4.6 per cent in April 2022 compared to the same month of the previous year, steered by the manufacturing and electricity sectors, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 — The average price of steel bars increased 20 per cent in May 2022 to RM3,910 per tonne from RM3,258 per tonne in the corresponding period last year following the increase in the prices of building materials, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 — Malaysia’s total trade recorded a new achievement in 2021, surpassing RM2 trillion and recording the fastest growth since 1994, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — Malaysia’s export prices in April 2022 remained steady with an increase of 1.1 per cent to 143.0 points from 141.5 points in March 2022, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).