KUALA LUMPUR, July 7 — Malaysia’s unemployment rate is projected to trend lower this year to 3.8 per cent from 4.6 per cent in 2021, underpinned by domestic reopening and strong economic fundamentals.

PUTRAJAYA, May 11 — Malaysia’s labour market rebounded in the first quarter of 2022, adding 148,520 jobs compared to the same quarter of the preceding year to record 8.57 million jobs, while the quarter-on-quarter basis increased by 41,400 jobs, said Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — The number of jobs available in the private sector stood at 8.45 million in the fourth quarter of 2020 (Q4 2020), a decrease of 204,000 jobs compared with 8.66 million available in Q4 2019, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM) said.