Female Workforce Statistics In Malaysia 2018

Women make up half the nation s population and account for over 55 per cent of enrolment in local universities.

Female workforce statistics in malaysia 2018. The 2nd jilpt tokyo comparative labor policy seminar 2018 for women s development it should be noted that the closing of the gender gap is partly attributed to the decline in male labor force participation. Policies like improving the quality of education can help the country increase the number of women in the workforce photo. 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 labour force survey lfs is conducted by the department of statistics malaysia dosm annually to collect information on the structure of the labour force.

By imfblog april 2 2018 version in baˈhasa indoneˈsia indonesian four students walk past a bank in kuala lumpur malaysia. Latest data by the statistics department shows that the labour force participation rate of women is 54 6. John mulligan istock by getty images. Nonetheless the primary reason behind the increasing number of women in the workforce is rising educational attainment among women.

Malaysian well being index 2018. Crime statistics malaysia 2019 presents selected crime statistics namely crime index drugs corruptions environments and other crimes. Female lfpr rose 0 5 percentage points to 55 2 per cent in 2018 principal statistics of labour force malaysia second quarter q2 2019 home statistics by themes social indicators principal statistics of labour force malaysia second quarter q2 2019. Malaysian well being index increased 0 8 to 122 4 index points in 2018 as compared to 2017.

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.