Positive employment trends to cap off 2023


Malaysia’s labour market is likely to remain robust in 2024 driven by the nation’s healthier economic outlook.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s unemployment rate in December 2023 remained unchanged at 3.3% as in November but the number of unemployed persons continued to fall to 567,800 persons.

The number of employed persons increased by 0.2% month-on-month to record 16.46 million persons in December according to the Statistics Department.

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