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Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)unemployment rate · %IN BRIEF
JOBS · MALAYSIA
Malaysia's unemployment shock and recovery
Follow the average monthly unemployment rate by year from 2010 through the latest available DOSM data.
SHOW ME THE DATA2010 → 2026 · unemployment rate · %
VIEW DATA ASSame source · different visual lens
PULSEKITA TIMELINE2010 — 2026
SourceDepartment of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)
20103unemployment rate · %
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Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)unemployment rate · %SourceDepartment of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) ↗Jul 2026HIGH CONFIDENCE
Method & notes
The annualised view makes the COVID-era labour shock and subsequent normalisation immediately visible.
METHOD & LIMITATIONSMonthly labour data, summarised as annual averages.
PulseKita averages the monthly unemployment-rate observations published by DOSM within each calendar year. The latest year is therefore year-to-date when all twelve months are not yet available.
- This is an annual average derived from a monthly source, not DOSM's separate annual labour-force series.
- The latest year can be partial.
Evidence trail
EVIDENCE CHAINtransformation inherited from methodology
- 1Primary evidenceMonthly Principal Labour Force Statistics
- 2TransformationPulseKita averages the monthly unemployment-rate observations published by DOSM within each calendar year. The latest year is therefore year-to-date when all twelve months are not yet available.
- 3Published visualTimeline
Source
HIGH CONFIDENCEofficial primary
COVERAGE2010 → 2026
UNITunemployment rate · %
SOURCEmachine readable
UPDATEDJul 2026