Foreign Workers In Malaysia Statistics 2019
Malaysia is trying to overcome its reliance on low skilled foreign workers as it tries to move up the economic ladder.
Foreign workers in malaysia statistics 2019. Based on a valid estimation there are over two million registered legal foreign workers and at least another four million unregistered illegal foreign workers in malaysia. The fake news claimed. 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. As one of the biggest economies in southeast asia malaysia is an.
Kuala lumpur oct 8. October 08 2019 08 27 am 08. Informal sector work force survey report malaysia 2019. A a.
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. Of these only about 2 7 million are legal foreign workers and the other four million are illegal foreign workers. Chief statistician malaysia department of statistics malaysia druzir mahidin dr uzir 4 october 2019 contact person. 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 totalling 706 502.
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. But that s hurting some key industries in the country. Hirschmann mar 23 2020 as of 2019 the number of immigrants in malaysia amounted to approximately 3 43 million. 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.
Employment in the informal sector in 2019 recorded 1 26 million people contributed 8 3 per cent of employment in malaysia. Thursday 23 july 2020 1200. They are everywhere serving almost all economic sectors in the country.