Unemployment rate: Malaysia
3.764% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.764 |
| 2024 | 3.846 |
| 2023 | 3.858 |
| 2022 | 3.93 |
| 2021 | 4.64 |
| 2020 | 4.54 |
| 2019 | 3.33 |
| 2018 | 3.3 |
| 2017 | 3.41 |
| 2016 | 3.44 |
| 2015 | 3.1 |
| 2014 | 2.88 |
| 2013 | 3.14 |
| 2012 | 3.04 |
| 2011 | 3.05 |
| 2010 | 3.32 |
| 2009 | 3.62 |
| 2008 | 3.34 |
| 2007 | 3.31 |
| 2006 | 3.32 |
| 2005 | 3.53 |
| 2004 | 3.54 |
| 2003 | 3.61 |
| 2002 | 3.48 |
| 2001 | 3.53 |
| 2000 | 3 |
| 1999 | 3.43 |
| 1998 | 3.2 |
| 1997 | 2.45 |
| 1996 | 2.52 |
| 1995 | 3.15 |
| 1994 | 3.64 |
| 1993 | 4.11 |
| 1992 | 3.71 |
| 1991 | 3.7 |