Foreign Workers In Malaysia Statistics

There were 1 78 million foreign workers in malaysia as of june 30.

Foreign workers in malaysia statistics. 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. Other areas of malaysia which are home to many foreigners include kuala lumpur sarawak pahang and penang. This publication presents selected indicators on children in malaysia. Rising number of foreign workers in malaysia a worrying statistic.

This statistic displays the number of migrant workers in malaysia in 2017 by country of origin. 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. Mycensus 2020 portal portal banci 2020.

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. Tuesday 26 november 2019 1200 social statistics bulletin 2019. Kuala lumpur oct 8. According to the latest statistics the states of sabah selangor and johor combine to contain nearly two thirds of all foreign workers in malaysia.

Children statistics malaysia 2019. The main contributor countries listed are indonesia. According to the home ministry s statistics there were 728 870 indonesians working in the country. Welcome to the fast link of the department of statistics malaysia official portal selamat datang ke pautan pintas portal rasmi jabatan perangkaan malaysia.

There are currently 1 781 598 foreign workers in the country as of 30 june 2017 says the home ministry. The compilation of statistics in this publication consists of four main areas namely population health education and child protection. A worker collects palm fruit at a local palm plantation in shah alam outside kuala lumpur.