Work & Labour in Malaysia 85 indicators covering work & labour for Malaysia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 37.3% 2025 up 8.3% 74th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 52.9% 2025 up 5.4% 58th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 66.1% 2025 up 1.4% 52nd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 79.2% 2025 up 1.3% 29th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 65.2% 2025 up 0.3% 141st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 45.5% 2025 up 6.1% 65th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 56.7% 2025 up 4.3% 113th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 83.1% 2025 up 2.8% 37th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 70.7% 2025 up 3.4% 85th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 51.6% 2025 up 1.6% 105th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 74.6% 2025 up 1.7% 70th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 57.4% 2025 up 9.4% 70th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 81.8% 2025 up 0.2% 64th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 70.4% 2025 up 2.8% 82nd Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 77.6% 2025 up 6.3% 89th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 0.1% 2025 down 7.3% 171st Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 0.1% 2025 up 4.8% 180th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 0.1% 2025 down 1.9% 169th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 17.7% 2025 down 7.8% 30th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 30.8% 2025 down 4.9% 50th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 26.0% 2025 down 5.7% 38th Employment in services (% of total employment) 64.9% 2025 up 8.1% 79th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 25.4% 2025 down 4.8% 117th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 29.6% 2025 down 6.1% 105th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 18.2% 2025 down 0.7% 123rd Employers, total (% of total employment) 3.5% 2025 down 1.6% 88th Employers, male (% of male employment) 3.6% 2025 down 8.6% 112th Employers, female (% of female employment) 3.2% 2025 up 15.5% 33rd Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 13.3% 2025 up 8.4% 90th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 11.1% 2025 up 8.6% 102nd Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 12.0% 2025 up 8.9% 98th GDP per person employed 70,821 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 19.8% 57th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.9% 2022 up 28.5% 126th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 3.8% 2022 up 28.2% 111th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.1% 2022 up 29.9% 128th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 55.8% 2022 up 12.7% 91st Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 81.9% 2022 up 1.7% 23rd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 69.3% 2022 up 5.6% 40th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 37.6% 2022 up 13.4% 67th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 53.8% 2022 up 6.1% 51st Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 68.1% 2022 up 10.8% 140th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 46.1% 2022 up 9.1% 60th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 11.7% 2022 up 18.0% 94th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 10.7% 2022 up 12.4% 92nd Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 13.4% 2022 up 25.6% 83rd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 10.7% 2025 down 33.9% 154th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 9.8% 2025 up 12.5% 140th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 10.3% 2025 down 16.2% 153rd Productivity: output per hour worked 29.75 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 15.3% 60th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 26.0% 2025 down 5.8% 96th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 32.4% 2025 up 7.0% 69th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 47.1% 2025 up 4.4% 55th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 40.1% 2025 up 4.9% 63rd Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 21.9% 2025 down 5.3% 114th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 15.0% 2025 down 3.6% 123rd Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 63.6% 2025 up 0.7% 46th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 76.3% 2025 up 0.5% 28th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 49.6% 2025 up 1.1% 96th Unemployment with basic education 3.6% 2022 down 1.6% 93rd Unemployment with basic education, male 3.5% 2022 down 12.3% 86th Page 1 of 2 Next →