ARAU, July 7 — Approximately 1.3 million households nationwide are expected to participate in the 2024 Agriculture Census, which begins today and ends in October, with over 5,000 enumerators mobilised for this purpose.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 — His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, the King of Malaysia, granted an audience to Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli and Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin at Istana Negara today.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 26 — Malaysia logged foreign direct investment (FDI) net inflows of RM40.4 billion in 2023 from RM75.4 billion the previous year, said the Statistics Department (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 — Domestic tourism expenditure in the first quarter of 2024 (1Q 2024) soared 25.3 per cent year-on-year to RM24.1 billion, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

PUTRAJAYA, June 12 — Selangor emerged as the most popular choice for domestic tourists last year with 27.6 million visitors, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 — Malaysia’s wholesale and retail trade expanded 6.6 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) in April 2024 with RM144.9 billion in sales, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, June 10 — The Industrial Production Index (IPI) accelerated 6.1 per cent year-on-year in April, underpinned by higher output growth in the manufacturing sector, said the Statistics Department (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, June 6 — The government will review policies related to the oil and gas service and equipment (OGSE) industry, said Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli.

PUTRAJAYA, May 31 — The median monthly wages for the formal sector increased 4.9 per cent year-on-year to RM2,900 in December 2023, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) reported in its Quarterly Employee Wages Statistics (Formal Sector) Report, Fourth Quarter 2023’s Summary, which was released today.

PUTRAJAYA, May 23 — The national labour productivity in the first quarter (Q1) of 2024 grew by 1.9 per cent to record RM42 per hour compared to RM41.2 per hour in the same quarter last year.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 — Malaysia’s current account balance (CAB) surplus surged to RM16.2 billion, equivalent to 3.5 per cent of the gross domestic product in the first quarter of (1Q) 2024, mainly fuelled by the income and goods accounts.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 — Malaysia's inflation in 2023 recorded a slower increase of 2.5 per cent from 3.3 per cent in 2022, with the index points at 130.4 against 127.2 in the previous year, said the Department of Statistics.

PUTRAJAYA, May 15 — The number of jobs in the first quarter (Q1) of this year increased by 1.5 per cent to 8.94 million, the highest recorded since 2018, according to the Employment Statistics, First Quarter 2024 released today.

PUTRAJAYA, May 14 — Malaysia’s population in the first quarter of 2024 was estimated at 34 million, an increase of 2.3 per cent compared with 33.2 million in the same period of 2023, showed the Demographic Statistics report released by the Statistics Department (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s natural rubber (NR) production fell by 9.2 per cent to 26,966 tonnes in March 2024 against 29,691 tonnes in February, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — The construction sector work done value soared by 14.2 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y), amounting to RM36.8 billion in the first quarter of 2024 (1Q 2024), said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KANGAR, May 12 — Malaysia’s wholesale and retail trade increased by 5.2 percent in March this year, indicating that the domestic economic ecosystem of the country is in a dynamic and progressive state.

PUTRAJAYA, May 10 — The number of labour force for the first quarter (Q1) of 2024 was on an upward trend, up by 0.3 per cent, recording 16.96 million persons, says the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 — The sales value of Malaysia's manufacturing sector expanded by 1.4 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to RM158.4 billion in March 2024, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 — The Industrial Production Index (IPI) increased by 2.4 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) in March 2024, spurred by the expansion in all sectors, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).