PETALING JAYA: The unemployment rate in December 2018 remained at 3.3% since September 2018, according to Statistics Department.
The number of unemployed persons increased by 1.7% to 514,200 persons compared to December 2017, chief statistician Malaysia Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said in a statement today.
Meanwhile, the labour force participation rate in December 2018 increased 0.1 percentage point to 68.5% as compared to the previous month, but increased 0.4 percentage points as compared to the same month of previous year.
The department said the number of labour force in this month rose 2.3% against December 2017 to 15.50 million persons.
During the same period, employed persons also increased 2.4% to 14.99 million persons, it added.
