Key data points
Last release
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Observation period
Oct 2024
Next release
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Forecast
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Highest
5.30 % on May 31, 2020
Lowest
2.70 % on Nov 30, 2014
About Malaysia unemployment rate
In Malaysia, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.
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Frequently Asked Questions
To calculate Malaysia unemployment rate you need to take the number of the country residents without a job and looking for work divided by the total number of residents in the labor force.
The lowest ever Malaysia unemployment rate is 2.70%.
The highest figure Malaysia unemployment rate has ever reached is 5.30%.
Last month Malaysia unemployment rate was 3.20%, and the month before that it amounted to 3.20%.