KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 7 — Services sector revenue in Malaysia grew by 5.9 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) in the third quarter of 2024 (3Q 2024), reaching RM618.5 billion, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 — The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) released the 2023 Cost of Living Indicator (KSH) report during its 75th Diamond Jubilee celebration today.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 1 — The incidence of sexual assault against children in 2023 saw a significant increase, of 21.1 per cent, with reported cases rising to 1,389, from 1,147 in 2022, said Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin.

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 29 — Pneumonia emerged as the leading cause of death in Malaysia in 2023, with 18,181 recorded fatalities, said Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 — Malaysia's export prices in September 2024 slipped by 0.6 per cent to 149.3 points from 150.3 points in August while import prices fell 1.9 per cent to 129.5 points, said the Statistics Department of Malaysia (DOSM) today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 — Malaysia’s Producer Price Index (PPI), which measures the price changes of goods at the producer level, fell year-on-year to 2.1 per cent in September after seven consecutive months of growth, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 17 — The number of live births rose by 7.7 per cent to 455,761 births in 2023 compared to 423,124 in 2022, according to the Vital Statistics Malaysia 2024 report released today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 — The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry, including e-commerce, has generated RM427.7 billion for Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023 compared to RM411.6 billion in 2022, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 — Malaysia’s inflation rate for August 2024 has eased to 1.9 per cent, with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) reaching 133.2, compared to 130.7 in the same month of the previous year, according to the Statistics Department (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 20 — A total of 64.8 million local tourists were recorded in the second quarter of 2024, marking a 23.8 per cent increase compared with the same period last year, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 19 — The number of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSME) increased from 907,065 in 2015 to 1,069,831 in 2022, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.4 per cent, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 12 — Malaysia’s domestic tourism showed impressive growth in 2023 when it recorded a total expenditure of RM78.7 billion compared to RM59.2 billion in the previous year, according to the Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 11 — Malaysia’s natural rubber (NR) production increased by 27.0 per cent to 37,960 tonnes in July 2024 compared to 29,881 tonnes in June 2024, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10 — The industrial production index (IPI) expanded by 5.3 per cent in July, following 5 per cent growth in the previous month driven by a surge in manufacturing output, said the Statistics Department (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10 — The manufacturing sector’s July 2024 sales value reached RM157.1 billion, registering a 9.1 per cent jump versus the corresponding month and marking its highest growth since February 2023, said the Statistics Department (DOSM).

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 30 — Eleven districts in Malaysia have been identified as ageing districts where seven per cent of the population comprise those aged 65 years and over, according to the Current Population Estimates, Administrative District, 2024 published by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 23 — The Leading Index (LI) continued its positive trend by registering a 3.5 per cent growth and reached 113.4 points in June 2024, compared to 109.6 in the same month last year, said the Department of Statistics (DOSM) today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 — Seven states have surpassed the national manufacturing industry capacity utilisation rate in the second quarter of 2024 (2Q 2024).

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 14 — The number of jobs in the economic sector increased by 1.5 per cent to record 8.96 million in the second quarter of 2024, according to Employment Statistics released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 9 — Malaysia’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) rose by five per cent year-on-year in June 2024, sustaining a positive momentum for six consecutive months, driven by consistent growth in the manufacturing sector, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).