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 highest figure Malaysia Unemployment Rate has ever reached is 5.30%.
Last month Malaysia Unemployment Rate was 3.30%, and the month before that it amounted to 3.30%.