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Labor Force Total / Malaysia
Labor Market

Malaysia Labor Force Total

Current and historical labor force total data for Malaysia, including latest value (18.72 m), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Malaysia
UNIT: people
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-06-11 04:00:51
Economy Data Rating
Malaysia · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BBB
74 / 100
Stable economy
Fiscal stability 15.8 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 19.9 / 20
External stability 13.2 / 15
Financial robustness 8.4 / 15
Structural stability 0.6 / 10
Future capacity 7.6 / 10
Demographic capacity 4.5 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 90% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1990–2025 1990– 2025
1990 2025
Selected year: 2025 · Value: n/a 2025

Malaysia · total labor force by country.

1990–2025
18.72 m people
18.38 m people
17.1 m people
31 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1990 1997 2004 2011 2018 2025
labor force total rate reference line

Countries by labor force total

full ranking
Country Rate Class
China 767.63 m
India 617.63 m
United States 174.85 m
Indonesia 147.1 m
Nigeria 116.58 m
Brazil 108.32 m
Pakistan 85.16 m
Bangladesh 74.74 m

Interpretation

short note

This labor market indicator helps assess employment conditions and economic participation.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

Production version: show source, timestamp and fallback status here.

Comparison

latest
Japan 69.39 m
China 767.63 m
India 617.63 m
United States 174.85 m
Germany 43.2 m

Related indicators

internal links
Unemployment SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Employment Rate SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS
Youth Unemployment SL.UEM.1524.ZS
Labor Force Participation SL.TLF.CACT.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG

Source layer

planned

Production version should display source, timestamp and fallback status here.

Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SL.TLF.TOTL.IN

Cache: live · Updated: 2026-06-11 04:00:51

Malaysia Snapshot

country profile
Population 35.56 m
GDP 422.23 bn
Debt/GDP 64.57%
Inflation 1.83%
Unemployment 3.76%
Currency n/a
Region Asia
Income group Upper middle income

Malaysia Labor Force Total: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Labor Force Total for Malaysia. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: malaysia labor force total rate, labor force total data malaysia, malaysia labor force total statistics, malaysia people.