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Where is Malaysia's public healthcare workforce?
Compare active public-sector healthcare staff across Malaysian states and federal territories using Ministry of Health records through 2022.
SHOW ME THE DATA2014 → 2022 · public-sector healthcare staff
VIEW DATA ASSame source · different visual lens
PULSEKITA RACE2014 — 2022
MOH
SourceMinistry of Health Malaysia
2014
1Selangor15.4K
2Sabah12.8K
3Johor11.1K
4Sarawak10.9K
5Perak10.1K
6W.P. Kuala Lumpur8.4K
7Kedah8.0K
8W.P. Putrajaya7.8K
9Pahang7.4K
10Kelantan6.8K
11Pulau Pinang6.4K
12Terengganu5.5K
13Negeri Sembilan5.0K
14Melaka3.8K
15Perlis1.6K
16W.P. Labuan381
201420142022
MOHMinistry of Health MalaysiaValues: public-sector healthcare staff
SourceMinistry of Health Malaysia ↗01 Sep 2024 · data through 2022HIGH CONFIDENCE
Method & notes
Public healthcare staff counts show workforce scale by state, but should be read alongside population size and private-sector provision.
METHOD & LIMITATIONSHow the numbers were calculated
PulseKita filters the Ministry of Health healthcare-staff dataset to the all-staff total for each state, covering doctors, nurses, community nurses and dentists.
- This dataset covers public-sector healthcare staff and does not represent the entire private healthcare workforce.
- Absolute staff counts are affected by state population and the concentration of referral or specialist facilities.
- The data reflects active staff as at 31 December of each year and is currently published through 2022.
Evidence trail
EVIDENCE CHAINtransformation inherited from methodology
- 1Primary evidenceHealthcare Staff by State and Staff Type
- 2TransformationPulseKita filters the Ministry of Health healthcare-staff dataset to the all-staff total for each state, covering doctors, nurses, community nurses and dentists.
- 3Published visualAnimated race
Source
HIGH CONFIDENCEofficial primary
COVERAGE2014 → 2022
UNITpublic-sector healthcare staff
SOURCEmachine readable
UPDATED01 Sep 2024 · data through 2022