KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 — Malaysia’s leading index (LI) maintained its positive growth for 14 consecutive months, rising 0.4 per cent to 112.5 points in January 2025 versus 112.1 points in January 2024, said Statistics Department Malaysia (DOSM).

PUTRAJAYA, March 24 — The domestic tourism sector experienced impressive growth in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2024, recording 66.8 million visitors, while expenditure surged by 21.9 per cent to RM29 billion, according to a report by the Statistics Department (DOSM) today.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 — Malaysia's inflation rose at a slower pace of 1.5 per cent in February 2025, with the index standing at 134.1 points compared with 132.1 in the same month a year earlier, said the Statistics Department (DOSM).

PUTRAJAYA, March 19 — Malaysia records RM933.4 million in flood losses in 2024, equivalent to 0.05 per cent of the nominal gross domestic product, showed the Special Report on the Impact of Floods in Malaysia released by the Statistics Department (DOSM) today.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 12 — Malaysia’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) increased by 2.1 per cent year-on-year in January 2025, led by growth in manufacturing sector output, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 12 — Malaysia’s manufacturing sector sales value increased by 3.5 per cent in January 2025 (December 2024: 5.7 per cent), amounting to RM158.1 billion, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 12 — Malaysia's wholesale and retail trade sector began the year with total sales of RM148.9 billion in January, a 4.6 per cent growth year-on-year (y-o-y), according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

PUTRAJAYA, March 11 — The number of those unemployed in January decreased to 533,800, with an unemployment rate of 3.1 per cent, according to the Labour Force Statistics, January 2025, released today.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 — Malaysia’s natural gas production rose three per cent to 2,948.8 billion cubic feet in 2024, rebounding from previous declines, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28 — Malaysia’s total trade was valued at RM241.9 billion in January, with exports at RM122.8 billion and imports at RM119.2 billion, said the Statistics Department (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — Seven states surpassed the nation’s manufacturing industry capacity utilisation of 81.9 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2024 (4Q 2023: 79.9 per cent) with the first three states being Labuan at 97.9 per, followed by Johor (84.8 per cent), and Pahang (84.6 per cent).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 12 — Malaysia’s services sector revenue surged 6.3 per cent to a new high RM2.4 trillion in 2024 compared with RM2.3 trillion in the previous year, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 12 — Malaysia’s full-year wholesale and retail trade sales surged to a record high of RM1.77 trillion in 2024, after recording RM152.2 billion in December, a 5.5 per cent rise year-on-year (y-o-y), said the Statistics Department (DOSM).

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 10 — Selangor had one of the lowest unemployment rates nationwide, at 1.7 per cent, in the fourth quarter of 2024, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 — The value of construction work done in Malaysia in 2024 grew by 20.2 per cent to RM158.8 billion, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — The Industrial Production Index (IPI) increased by 4.6 per cent year-on-year in December, driven by expansion across all sectors, according to the Statistics Department (DOSM).

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 17 — Approximately 86.94 per cent of dismissal cases have been resolved at the Industrial Court of Malaysia (MPM) from 2019 to 2023.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — Malaysia’s 2024 gross domestic product (GDP) is projected to grow by 5.1 per cent compared to the 3.6 per cent growth recorded in 2023, supported by positive growth across all sectors, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 10 — The Industrial Production Index (IPI) increased by 3.6 per cent year-on-year in November 2024, driven by sustained output growth in the manufacturing sector, according to the Department of Statistics (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 27 — Selangor, Penang, Johor, Sarawak, and Kuala Lumpur dominated Malaysia’s exports, accounting for 83.8 per cent of the total in November, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).