Migrant Workers In Malaysia Statistics

Counting migrant workers in malaysia.

Migrant workers in malaysia statistics. Malaysia is a temporary home to an estimated 5 5 million migrant workers more than half of whom about 3 3 million are undocumented from countries across asia but mostly indonesia bangladesh. In 2017 however the estimated number of indonesian migrant workers in malaysia differed from the official numbers given by the indonesian government indicating a significant portion who might. Between 2010 and 2017 the number of documented foreign workers in malaysia increased from 1 7 million to 2 2 million and as of the end of 2018 there are an estimated 2 to 4 million additional undocumented migrant workers in malaysia. Kuala lumpur oct 8.

This statistic displays the number of migrant workers in malaysia in 2017 by country of origin. Pass type dec 2015 dec 2016 dec 2017 dec 2018 dec 2019 jun 2020 employment pass ep 187 900 192 300 187 700. Protection of employers siti awanis othman and rohani abdul rahim 151 a study of im smartsafety courseware development for foreign workers in safety course malaysia construction industry nurul azita salleh faizatul akmar abdul nifa muhammad nazrin shah zakaria norazah mohd nordin and abdul khalim abdul rashid 165. Three countries in southeast asia malaysia singapore and thailand have the lion s share of migrant workers in the region housing among them some 96 percent of the total.

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.