Female Workforce Statistics In Malaysia 2019

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Female workforce statistics in malaysia 2019. The detailed information and technical notes. Get the latest women in the workplace news sign up. She said the latest data showed that women participation in the labour market was at 55 2 per cent last year compared to men whose participation was at 80 4 per cent. Putrajaya oct 14 female labour force in malaysia must be mobilised to help it attain developed nation and high income status deputy prime minister datuk seri dr wan azizah wan ismail said.

Women make up half the nation s population and account for over 55 per cent of enrolment in local universities. Among the other highlights of the report by department of statistics malaysia dosm are. 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. Where is malaysia in terms of gender equality in the workplace.

Department of statistics malaysia. Latest data by the statistics department shows that the labour force participation rate of women is 54 6. Social statistics bulletin malaysia 2019 presents selected social statistics as the basic indicators for measuring the quality of life and well being of the population. 2018 2017 2016 2015.

Malaysia s current labour force figure stands at 15 million. 2019 compared to 89 2 for men meanwhile women are much more likely to work part time. In q4 2019 malaysia s labour force comprised 60 8 men 9 59mn and 39 2 women 6 18mn. The number of labour force for both male and female increased by 23 000 persons and 49 000 persons respectively as compared to the first quarter of 2019.

In the second quarter of 2019 the labour force was represented by 60 9 per cent male 9 49 million and 39 1 per cent female 6 11 million. In addition youth unemployment rate has dropped slightly from 10 9 to 10 5 295 800 persons. These numbers for both men and women in the workforce have increased by 60 073 persons and 32 369 persons respectively as compared to q3 2019 as shared in the image above. The unemployment rate in 2019 was not affected by the negative impact caused by the covid 19 pandemic and it is expected to have an impact on labour force indicators in 2020.

Female represented 39 1 per cent of the labour force. The civilian workforce participation rate for prime age workers ages 25 to 54 was 76 8 for women in dec. The department of statistics report on statistics on women empowerment in selected domains malaysia 2019 shows that the estimated income earned for a female stood at rm35 508 versus rm38 088 for male.