Foreign Workers In Malaysia Statistics 2019

Rohaida binti mohamad public relation officer strategic communication and international division department of statistics malaysia tel.

Foreign workers in malaysia statistics 2019. Social statistics bulletin malaysia 2019 presents selected social statistics as the basic indicators for measuring the quality of life and well being of the population. Kuala lumpur oct 8. According to data released by the statistics malaysia in 2019 the total number of legal and illegal foreign workers in malaysia has reached 6 7 million. Number of foreign workers by country of origin 2000 2015 source.

Chief statistician malaysia department of statistics malaysia 9 august 2019 contact person. The main contributor countries listed are indonesia. The fake news claimed that. Malaysia is trying to overcome its reliance on low skilled foreign workers as it tries to move up the economic ladder.

The fake news claimed that according to data released by the statistics malaysia in 2019 the total number of legal and illegal foreign workers in malaysia has reached 6 7 million. The main areas covered are population housing health education employment social services public safety and communication recreation. Of these only about 2 7 million are legal foreign workers and the other four million are illegal foreign workers. In a parliamentary written reply yesterday the ministry of human resources said based on malaysia s immigration department s statistics the manufacturing sector employed the highest number of foreign labour.

The total number of workers in malaysia in 2019 was estimated to be in the range of 2 96 million to 3 26 million. Average monthly income of migrant workers in china 2009 2019 monthly income of migrant workers in china 2017 2019 by industry monthly income of migrant laborers in china 2019 by region. A total of 1 99 million foreign workers in malaysia were registered under the temporary visiting work permit pas lawatan kerja sementara as at aug 31 this year. Their living quarters are congested and crowded with inadequate ventilation.

Of these the number of foreign workers was estimated at 1 23 million to 1 46 million.