The unemployment rate in May 2024 stood at 3.3 per cent, with the number of unemployed reduced further to 566.1 thousand persons, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) reported today in the release on Statistics of the Labour Force, Malaysia, May 2024.
The statistics described the labour supply situation based on the Labour Force Survey conducted by DOSM.
Chief Statistician Malaysia, Dato' Sri Dr. Mohd Uzir Mahidin said, "An optimistic economic position in May 2024 has allowed the country's labour market to continue to develop steadily. Therefore, the number of labour force in May 2024 strengthened further by 0.1 per cent to record 17.15 million persons (April 2024: 17.12 million persons). The labour force participation rate remained at 70.3 per cent, as recorded last month."
Dr. Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the number of employed persons in May 2024 remained in a positive trend, with a rise of 0.1 per cent month-on-month to 16.58 million persons (April 2024: 16.56 million persons).
Meanwhile, the number of unemployed persons fell slightly by 0.1 per cent from 566.4 thousand persons in April 2024 to 566.1 thousand persons in May 2024.
The unemployment rate during the month remained unchanged at 3.3 per cent.
On the employment situation, the Chief Statistician Malaysia said, "In May 2024, the employees' category comprised 75.1 per cent of the total employed persons, increasing by 0.1 per cent to 12.44 million persons (April 2024: 12.43 million persons). Similarly, the category of own-account workers was on an upward trend, with an addition of 0.3 per cent to 3.05 million persons (April 2024: 3.04 million persons)."
In terms of economic sector, nearly two-thirds of the employed persons were concentrated in the Services sector, which continued to show an uptrend, particularly in the Wholesales & retail trade, Food & beverage services and Information & communication activities. On the same note, the Manufacturing, Construction, Mining & quarrying and Agriculture sectors also recorded a rise in employment.
Dr. Mohd Uzir added those who were available for work and were actively seeking jobs or were actively unemployed made up 79.9 per cent of the total unemployed persons.
This category showed an increase of 0.1 per cent to 452.0 thousand persons (April 2024: 451.4 thousand persons). By duration of unemployment for the actively unemployed, 61.5 per cent were those who were unemployed for less than three months, whereas 6.8 per cent were those who were in long-term unemployment for more than a year.
Meanwhile, the inactively unemployed or those who believed that there were no jobs available were reduced by 0.8 per cent to 114.0 thousand persons (April 2024: 115.0 thousand persons).
The unemployment rate for youth aged 15 to 24 years declined by 0.1 percentage points to 10.5 per cent in May 2024, resulting in 305.6 thousand unemployed youths (April 2024: 10.6%; 305.9 thousand persons).
Nevertheless, the unemployment rate for youth aged 15 to 30 years remained unchanged at 6.5 per cent, with 434.6 thousand unemployed youths compared to the previous month (April 2024: 6.5%; 434.9 thousand persons).
As for the inactivity group, the number of persons outside the labour force in May 2024 posted a slight decrease of 0.003 per cent to 7.23 million persons (April 2024: 7.23 million persons). The major composition of the outside labour force was housework/ family responsibilities, accounting for 42.7 per cent, followed by the schooling/ training category (41.4%).
He said as economic and business activities continue to flourish, it has contributed to the creation of more jobs and income opportunities in the economy, which will encourage more labour participation in the market. In addition, the performance of the country's leading index also continued to improve, signalling that the Malaysian economy is expected to experience sustained growth in the near term.
Therefore, the labour market is expected to remain on a stable path in the upcoming months, backed by favourable economic growth, a growing domestic economic position, as well as the recovery of the external sector.
馬來西亞統計部（DOSM）今天在2024年5月發佈的馬來西亞勞動力統計報告中報告說，2024年5月的失業率爲3.3％，失業人數進一步減少至56.1萬人。
統計數據根據DoSM進行的勞動力調查描述了勞動力供應情況。
馬來西亞首席統計師拿督斯里莫哈德·烏齊爾·馬希丁博士說：“2024年5月樂觀的經濟狀況使該國的勞動力市場得以繼續穩步發展。因此，2024年5月的勞動力人數進一步增長了0.1％，達到創紀錄的171.5萬人（2024年4月：171.2萬人）。正如上個月記錄的那樣，勞動力參與率保持在70.3％。”
莫哈德·烏齊爾·馬希丁博士說，2024年5月的就業人數保持積極趨勢，同比增長0.1％，達到1658萬人（2024年4月：1656萬人）。
同時，失業人數從2024年4月的56.64萬人略有下降0.1％至2024年5月的56.61萬人。
該月的失業率保持不變，爲3.3％。
關於就業情況，馬來西亞首席統計師表示：“2024年5月，僱員類別佔總就業人數的75.1％，增長0.1％，達到1244萬人（2024年4月：1243萬人）。同樣，自營員工類別也呈上升趨勢，增加了0.3％，達到305萬人（2024年4月：304萬人）。”
就經濟部門而言，近三分之二的就業人員集中在服務業，該行業繼續呈上升趨勢，特別是在批發和零售貿易、食品和飲料服務以及信息和通信活動中。同樣，製造業、建築業、採礦和採石業以及農業部門的就業人數也有所增加。
莫哈德·烏齊爾博士補充說，有工作機會、正在積極尋找工作或積極失業的人佔失業總人數的79.9％。
該類別增長了0.1％，達到45.2萬人（2024年4月：45.14萬人）。按活躍失業者的失業時間來看，61.5％是失業不到三個月的人，而長期失業超過一年的失業者佔6.8％。
同時，非活躍失業者或認爲沒有工作機會的人減少了0.8％，至11.4萬人（2024年4月：11.5萬人）。
2024年5月，15至24歲青年的失業率下降了0.1個百分點至10.5％，導致30.56萬名青年失業（2024年4月：10.6％；30.59萬人）。
儘管如此，15至30歲青年的失業率保持不變，爲6.5％，與上個月相比，失業青年爲43.46萬人（2024年4月：6.5％；43.49萬人）。
至於不活躍群體，2024年5月勞動力以外的人數略有下降0.003％，至72.3萬人（2024年4月：723萬人）。外部勞動力的主要構成是家務/家庭責任，佔42.7％，其次是教育/培訓類別（41.4％）。
他說，隨着經濟和商業活動的持續蓬勃發展，它爲在經濟中創造了更多的就業機會和收入機會，這將鼓勵更多的勞動力參與市場。此外，該國領先指數的表現也繼續改善，這表明馬來西亞經濟有望在短期內實現持續增長。
因此，在有利的經濟增長、不斷增長的國內經濟地位以及對外部門復甦的支持下，勞動力市場在未來幾個月預計將保持穩定的道路。
