Foreign Workers In Malaysia Statistics

This statistic displays the number of migrant workers in malaysia in 2017 by country of origin.

Foreign workers in malaysia statistics. There were 1 78 million foreign workers in malaysia as of june 30. Rising number of foreign workers in malaysia a worrying statistic. Of these only about 2 7 million are legal foreign workers and the other four million are illegal foreign workers. 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.

A worker collects palm fruit at a local palm plantation in shah alam outside kuala lumpur. The main contributor countries listed are indonesia. Ministry of home affairs ministry of home affairs statistics on the number of foreign workers by country of origin 2000 2015 identified at least 8 countries as the major source for foreign workers to malaysia. The official estimate of total foreign workers dropped from 6 7 million in late 2014 to 3 8 million in 2016.

The amount of legal foreign workers in malaysia compared to population sizes around the world. 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. To put how many 2 070 00 people is into perspective we ve prepared this infographic comparing the number of foreign workers in malaysia to the population size of countries around the world. However the labour force survey lfs reports that the number of foreign workers.

According to the home ministry s statistics there were 728 870 indonesians working in the country. 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.