History starts
January 2010
History ends
August 2026
Frequency
Monthly observations
Unit
Percent

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12 observations · January 2010 to December 2010

Selected historical observations
Date or periodValue · PercentSource
January 20103.3%Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)
February 20103.3%Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)
March 20103.4%Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)
April 20103.0%Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)
May 20103.3%Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)
June 20103.4%Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)
July 20103.4%Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)
August 20103.2%Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)
September 20103.1%Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)
October 20102.9%Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)
November 20103.4%Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)
December 20103.2%Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)

Malaysia unemployment rate history by year

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Malaysia unemployment rate history by year
YearAverageHighLowChange
2026 (to date)3.0%3.0%January 20262.9%February 2026▼ −0.1
20253.0%3.1%January 20252.9%December 2025▼ −0.2
20243.2%3.3%January 20243.2%June 2024▼ −0.1
20233.4%3.6%January 20233.3%June 2023▼ −0.2
20223.8%4.2%January 20223.6%June 2022▼ −0.5
20214.6%4.9%January 20214.3%December 2021▼ −0.6
20204.5%5.2%May 20203.3%January 2020▲ +1.7
20193.3%3.4%April 20193.2%January 2019▲ +0.1
20183.3%3.4%June 20183.2%February 20180.0
20173.4%3.5%August 20173.3%January 20170.0
20163.4%3.5%April 20163.3%January 2016▲ +0.1
20153.2%3.4%September 20153.0%January 2015▲ +0.4
20142.9%3.1%January 20142.6%September 20140.0
20133.2%3.6%November 20132.8%June 2013▼ −0.1
20123.0%3.3%October 20122.7%August 2012▲ +0.2
20113.1%3.3%September 20112.8%February 20110.0
20103.2%3.4%March 20102.9%October 2010▼ −0.1

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Source
Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)
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Malaysia unemployment rate history
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