73,000 jobs created in 2020

Mohd Uzir further explained that value added for 2020 contracted 5.6% as labour productivity per employment decreased by 5.4% to RM88,899 per person.

KUALA LUMPUR: The number of jobs created in 2020 decreased by 31,000 jobs to 73,000 from 104,000 jobs created in 2019, reflecting a softer labour demand from businesses in the private sector, said Department of Statistics Malaysia chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin.(pic)

He said that preliminary numbers based on the average of quarterly labour force statistics indicated employed persons recorded a marginal increase to 15.10 million persons, while the unemployment figure edged up to 711,000 persons.