Female Workforce Statistics In Malaysia 2018

Malaysian women show a labour force participation rate of just over 54 per cent 1 however they tend to exit the workforce in their late 20s to early 30s usually due to family commitments.

Female workforce statistics in malaysia 2018. Out of this number 15 6 million people are in the labour force male. 4 8 million for various reasons such as schooling include those going for further studies family responsibilities disability and retirement. In 2018 416 8 thousand teachers in government government aided schools. 1985 6407 july 2018 published by.

The 2nd jilpt tokyo comparative labor policy seminar 2018 for women s development it should be noted that the closing of the gender gap is partly attributed to the decline in male labor force participation. Labour force in malaysia increased 2 0 to nearly 15 3 million persons in 2018 female lfpr rose 0 5 percentage points to 55 2 per cent in 2018 principal statistics of labour force malaysia second quarter q2 2019. In addition malaysia has a national women s policy the malaysia woman policy mwp established nearly 30 years ago and revised in 2009. 2018 malaysia educational statistics.

It aims to develop women s human capital and to empower women to be competent resilient knowledgeable visionary creative and innovative while demonstrating moral values. Labour force in malaysia increased 2 0 to nearly 15 3 million persons in 2018. Women make up half the nation s population and account for over 55 per cent of enrolment in local universities. Anne abraham founder and chief executive officer of leadwomen sdn bhd said malaysia still has a very dynamic and young female workforce.

6 1 million while 7 1 million people are outside of the labour force male. Although the medium term trend shows female numbers increasing in it professional roles the numbers of men working in these roles are increasing at a faster rate so the female proportion of the it professional workforce is still only 16 2 in 2018 14 3 in 2014. Table 13 4 female participation in education table 13 5 pupil teacher ratio. Nonetheless the primary reason behind the increasing number of women in the workforce is rising educational attainment among women.

Malaysia s current labour force figure stands at 15 million. As our chart of the week shows malaysia s labor force participation rate for women when compared to some of the regional economies and the organization for economic co operation and development oecd average remains just above 54 percent. Educational data sector educational planning and research division. Median monthly salaries wages of employees in 2018 rose 6 6 per cent to rm2 308.

Latest data by the statistics department shows that the labour force participation rate of women is 54 6.