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Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)Values: unemployment rate · %IN BRIEF
JOBS · STATES · MALAYSIA
How has unemployment varied across Malaysian states?
Follow quarterly unemployment rates across all 16 Malaysian states and federal territories from 2017 through the latest published state Labour Force Survey quarter.
SHOW ME THE DATAQ1 2017 → Q2 2026 · unemployment rate · %
VIEW DATA ASSame source · different visual lens
PULSEKITA RACEQ1 2017 — Q2 2026
SourceDepartment of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)
Q1 2017
1W.P. Labuan8
2Sabah6
3Perak4
4Terengganu4
5Kelantan3
6Negeri Sembilan3
7Selangor3
8W.P. Kuala Lumpur3
9Sarawak3
10Johor3
11Pahang3
12Perlis3
13Kedah3
14Pulau Pinang2
15Melaka1
16W.P. Putrajaya1
Q1 2017Q1 2017Q2 2026
Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)Values: unemployment rate · %SourceDepartment of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) ↗10 Nov 2025 · data through 3Q 2025HIGH CONFIDENCE
Method & notes
Quarterly unemployment rates show different labour-market conditions across states, but small differences should be read with survey uncertainty in mind.
METHOD & LIMITATIONSHow the numbers were calculated
PulseKita uses DOSM's quarterly state Labour Force Survey unemployment rate directly. Each frame ranks the published state rates for the same quarter.
- The Labour Force Survey is sample-based, so small differences between states should not be over-interpreted.
- Unemployment rate is the share of the labour force that is unemployed, not the share of the total population.
- Quarterly state estimates can move more than national estimates because state samples are smaller.
Evidence trail
EVIDENCE CHAINtransformation inherited from methodology
- 1Primary evidenceQuarterly Principal Labour Force Statistics by State
- 2TransformationPulseKita uses DOSM's quarterly state Labour Force Survey unemployment rate directly. Each frame ranks the published state rates for the same quarter.
- 3Published visualAnimated race
Source
HIGH CONFIDENCEofficial primary
COVERAGEQ1 2017 → Q2 2026
UNITunemployment rate · %
SOURCEmachine readable
UPDATED10 Nov 2025 · data through 3Q 2025