Female Workforce Statistics In Malaysia

The labour force survey lfs is conducted by the department of statistics malaysia dosm annually to collect information on the structure of the labour force.

Female workforce statistics in malaysia. The detailed information and technical notes. Between 2010 and 2016 women s employment in malaysia grew at a faster pace compared to male employment at 4 percent and 2 percent compound annual rates respectively. And other non demographic statistics has been. 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.

Lower secondary female graduates by stream and year. Malaysia s current labour force figure stands at 15 million. Health and hospitality services and the public sector saw the highest rate of increase in female employment. Labor force participation rate female of female population ages 15 modeled ilo estimate malaysia international labour organization ilostat database.

Causes and effects of the increase of women in the workforce. Women make up half the nation s population and account for over 55 per cent of enrolment in local universities. Based on the population estimates by dosm malaysia s population grew from 32 4 million people in 2018 to 32 5 million people in 2019. In q4 2019 malaysia s labour force comprised 60 8 men 9 59mn and 39 2 women 6 18mn.

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. 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. The main areas covered are population housing health education employment social services public safety and communication recreation. 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.

Data retrieved in june 21 2020. Health indicators of women in malaysia 1970 1993. 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. Female represented 39 1 per cent of the labour force.

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. 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. Anne abraham founder and chief executive officer of leadwomen sdn bhd said malaysia still has a very dynamic and young female workforce.