Malaysia’s unemployment rate declined to 3.0% in June 2025 from 3.3% in the same month a year earlier, marking its lowest level since April 2015 for the third consecutive month. The number of unemployed persons dropped by 6.3% year-on-year to a more than five-year low of 518.7 thousand, while employment increased by 3.0% to a record high of 16.92 million. Meanwhile, the labor force participation rate climbed to an all-time high of 70.8% in June, up from 70.6% a year earlier, marking the third consecutive month at this record level. source: Department of Statistics, Malaysia
Unemployment Rate in Malaysia remained unchanged at 3 percent in June. Unemployment Rate in Malaysia averaged 3.43 percent from 1998 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 5.30 percent in May of 2020 and a record low of 2.70 percent in August of 2012. This page provides - Malaysia Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Malaysia Unemployment Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2025.
Unemployment Rate in Malaysia remained unchanged at 3 percent in June. Unemployment Rate in Malaysia is expected to be 3.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Malaysia Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 3.20 percent in 2026 and 3.10 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.