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Malaysia: Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate)

70.71percent · 2025+3.4% since 2015

Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15-64 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. Reported as: modeled ILO estimate. Annual figures for Malaysia from 1990 to 2025.

19902025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202570.707
202470.535
202370.438
202270.323
202169.565
202069.332
201969.499
201869.065
201768.555
201668.338
201568.354
201468.033
201366.881
201265.723
201164.569
201064.152
200963.743
200863.367
200763.039
200662.76
200562.53
200462.339
200362.166
200261.997
200161.829
200061.621
199961.315
199860.929
199760.517
199660.104
199559.697
199459.297
199358.903
199258.513
199158.131
199058.102

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Labour Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-labor-force-participation-rate-total (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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