Labor force participation rate in Malaysia 2017-2023, by gender

Published by
Amanda Siddharta,
Dec 10, 2024

In 2023, the labor force participation rate of men in Malaysia was 82.3 percent. This was significantly higher than the participation rate of women in the workforce, which was 56.2 percent. The labor force participation rate is defined as the percentage of the population working or actively seeking work. In that year, the size of Malaysia's labor force was approximately 16 million.

Labor force participation rate in Malaysia from 2017 to 2023, by gender

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October 2024

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Malaysia

Survey time period

2017 to 2023

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