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Unemployment rate, monthly, Malaysia

3 latest (2026-05-01) % unit monthly frequency Malaysia geography

Coverage 2010-01-01 to 2026-05-01 · series id dosm-malaysia-datagovmy/lfs_month:u_rate

Recent values

PeriodValueRevision
2026-05-01 3 1
2026-04-01 3 1
2026-03-01 2.9 1
2026-02-01 2.9 1
2026-01-01 2.9 1
2025-12-01 2.9 1
2025-11-01 2.9 1
2025-10-01 3 1
2025-09-01 3 1
2025-08-01 3 1
2025-07-01 3 1
2025-06-01 3 1

Verification history

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License cc-by-4.0 (terms). Based on data from the Department of Statistics Malaysia (OpenDOSM / data.gov.my), used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

Official table: Labour Force Survey, monthly, Malaysia · Department of Statistics Malaysia

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