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.
2024年5月份失业率为3.3％，失业人数进一步下降至56.61万人，马来西亚统计局今日发布了《2024年5月马来西亚劳动力统计数据》。
这份统计报告基于DOSm进行的劳动力调查，描述了劳动力供应情况。
马来西亚首席统计师拿督斯里莫哈迪·乌齐尔·马希丁表示：“2024年5月的乐观经济形势允许该国劳动力市场继续稳步发展。因此，5月份劳动力人数进一步增强0.1％，达到1715万人（2024年4月：1712万人）。劳动力参与率保持在70.3％，与上个月相同。”
莫哈迪·乌齐尔·马希丁博士表示，2024年5月就业人数保持良好势头，较上月上升0.1％，达到1658万人（2024年4月：1656万人）。
与此同时，失业人数从2024年4月的56.64万人略微减少0.1％，降至2024年5月的56.61万人。
当月失业率保持不变，为3.3％。
在就业情况方面，马来西亚首席统计师表示：“2024年5月，雇员类别占总就业人数的75.1％，较上月增加0.1％，达到1244万人（2024年4月：1243万人）。同样，自雇工人类别也呈上升趋势，新增0.3％，达到305万人（2024年4月：304万人）。
在经济部门方面，近三分之二的就业人员集中于服务业板块，在批发和零售业、餐饮服务以及信息和通信活动等方面继续呈上升趋势。同样，制造业、建筑业、采矿业和农业等行业也出现就业增长。
莫哈迪·乌齐尔补充说，那些可用于工作并积极寻找工作或积极失业的人占总失业人数的79.9％。
这一类别的人数增加了0.1％，达到45.2万人（2024年4月：45.14万人）。根据积极失业者的失业时长，61.5％的人失业时间不到三个月，而6.8％的人长期失业一年以上。
与此同时，无活力的失业人数或那些认为没有可用工作的人减少了0.8％，达到11.4万人（2024年4月：11.5万人）。
2024年5月，15至24岁青年的失业率下降了0.1个百分点，达到10.5％，导致30.56万名失业青年（2024年4月：10.6％; 30.59万人）。
尽管如此，15至30岁青年的失业率仍然保持不变，为6.5％，失业青年人数较上个月增长了43.46万人（2024年4月：6.5％; 43.49万人）。
至于不在劳动力市场的人群，2024年5月份不在劳动力市场的人数略有下降，降至723万人（2024年4月：723万人）。不参加劳动力的人大部分是在家务/照顾家庭，占42.7％，其次是学校/培训类别（41.4％）。
他说，随着经济和企业活动的不断发展，这为经济创造了更多的工作机会和收入机会，这将鼓励更多的劳动力参与市场。此外，该国领先的指数表现也继续改善，这表明马来西亚经济有望在近期实现持续增长。
因此，在有利的经济增长、不断增长的国内经济实力以及外部部门的复苏的支持下，劳动力市场预计在未来几个月内保持稳定。
