Malaysia unemployment rate history: choose a year or date to look up past values. Preview the observations and download your selection.
- History starts
- January 2010
- History ends
- August 2026
- Frequency
- Monthly observations
- Unit
- Percent
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12 observations · January 2014 to December 2014
| Date or period | Value · Percent | Source |
|---|---|---|
| January 2014 | 3.1% | Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) |
| February 2014 | 3.1% | Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) |
| March 2014 | 3.0% | Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) |
| April 2014 | 3.0% | Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) |
| May 2014 | 2.8% | Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) |
| June 2014 | 2.8% | Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) |
| July 2014 | 2.8% | Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) |
| August 2014 | 2.7% | Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) |
| September 2014 | 2.6% | Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) |
| October 2014 | 2.7% | Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) |
| November 2014 | 2.7% | Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) |
| December 2014 | 3.1% | Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) |
Malaysia unemployment rate history by year
Full history →| Year | Average | High | Low | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (to date) | 3.0% | 3.0%January 2026 | 2.9%February 2026 | ▼ −0.1 |
| 2025 | 3.0% | 3.1%January 2025 | 2.9%December 2025 | ▼ −0.2 |
| 2024 | 3.2% | 3.3%January 2024 | 3.2%June 2024 | ▼ −0.1 |
| 2023 | 3.4% | 3.6%January 2023 | 3.3%June 2023 | ▼ −0.2 |
| 2022 | 3.8% | 4.2%January 2022 | 3.6%June 2022 | ▼ −0.5 |
| 2021 | 4.6% | 4.9%January 2021 | 4.3%December 2021 | ▼ −0.6 |
| 2020 | 4.5% | 5.2%May 2020 | 3.3%January 2020 | ▲ +1.7 |
| 2019 | 3.3% | 3.4%April 2019 | 3.2%January 2019 | ▲ +0.1 |
| 2018 | 3.3% | 3.4%June 2018 | 3.2%February 2018 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | 3.4% | 3.5%August 2017 | 3.3%January 2017 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | 3.4% | 3.5%April 2016 | 3.3%January 2016 | ▲ +0.1 |
| 2015 | 3.2% | 3.4%September 2015 | 3.0%January 2015 | ▲ +0.4 |
| 2014 | 2.9% | 3.1%January 2014 | 2.6%September 2014 | 0.0 |
| 2013 | 3.2% | 3.6%November 2013 | 2.8%June 2013 | ▼ −0.1 |
| 2012 | 3.0% | 3.3%October 2012 | 2.7%August 2012 | ▲ +0.2 |
| 2011 | 3.1% | 3.3%September 2011 | 2.8%February 2011 | 0.0 |
| 2010 | 3.2% | 3.4%March 2010 | 2.9%October 2010 | ▼ −0.1 |
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