Malaysia Unemployment: The Latest Official Figure (2026-06-01)
Labour force figures: Malaysia's ๐ฒ๐พ unemployment rate held at 3.0% in June.
Labour force figures: Malaysia's ๐ฒ๐พ unemployment rate held at 3.0% in June.
The figures below come straight from Malaysia's open data portal at data.gov.my, published by the Department of Statistics Malaysia. We reproduce them unedited and add the wider context that a single headline number usually leaves out.
Labour force figures: Malaysia's ๐ฒ๐พ unemployment rate held at 3.0% in June.
That is 517,800 people looking for work, out of a labour force with a 70.9% participation rate.
Source: DOSM via data.gov.my
For context, here is where the rest of the official numbers sit at the time of writing:
Malaysia headline inflation: 1.8% year-on-year (2026-07). Unemployment rate: 3.0% (2026-06), 517,800 people unemployed. Real GDP growth: 6.0% year-on-year (latest quarter). Fuel: RON95 RM1.99 under BUDI95 / RM2.05 SKPS, unsubsidised RM4.02; diesel RM4.92 (week of 2026-09-10).
These are published figures, not forecasts. DOSM revises earlier periods from time to time, so a number quoted today may be restated later. Nothing here is financial advice.
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