Quarterly Principal Labour Force Statistics
Data as of 3Q 2024Quarterly principal labour force statistics, including unemployment and participation rates.
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How is this data produced?
This data is produced based on the Labour Force Survey (LFS), which is designed to collect representative data on the labour force at national and state level. Consistency in methodology has been maintained to ensure that the data is comparable over time. Survey findings are a monthly, quarterly and annual basis. For a full description of the methodology, please refer to the Technical Notes.
What caveats I should bear in mind when using this data?
The sum of each category may not always equal to the totals shown in related tables because of independent rounding to one decimal place. However, the differences are not obvious.
Publication(s) using this data
The Labour Force Report, 3Q 2024, the latest edition of the monthly labour force statistics published by DOSM. OpenDOSM also features a dashboard on the labour force.
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Dataset description
Quarterly principal labour force statistics, including unemployment and participation rates.
Variable definitions
- Date
- Labour Force Size
- Employed Persons
- Unemployed Persons
- Persons outside Labour Force
- Unemployment Rate
- Participation Rate
- Employment-Population Ratio
Name in Dataset | Variable | Definition |
|---|---|---|
date (Date) | Date | The date in YYYY-MM-DD format, with DD set to 01 since the data is at quarterly frequency |
lf (Float) | Labour Force Size | The number (in thousands) of employed and unemployed individuals. This figure also represents the number of people participating in the labour force. |
lf_employed (Float) | Employed Persons | The number (in thousands) of people who worked at least one hour for pay, profit or family gain, in thousands of people |
lf_unemployed (Float) | Unemployed Persons | The number (in thousands) of people who did not work but were looking for work or available to work |
lf_outside (Float) | Persons outside Labour Force | The number (in thousands) of people not classified as employed or unemployed, including housewives, students, early retired, disabled persons and those not interested in looking for a job |
u_rate (Float) | Unemployment Rate | Ratio of unemployed to labour force size |
p_rate (Float) | Participation Rate | Ratio of the labour force size to the working-age (15-64) population |
ep_ratio (Float) | Employment-Population Ratio | Ratio of the number of employed people to the working-age (15-64) population |
Last updated:
08 Nov 2024, 12:00
Next update:
10 Feb 2025, 12:00
Data source(s)
- Department of Statistics Malaysia
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This data is made open under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). A copy of the license is available Here.
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Connect directly to the data with Python.
# If not already installed, do: pip install pandas fastparquet
import pandas as pd
URL_DATA = 'https://storage.dosm.gov.my/labour/lfs_qtr.parquet'
df = pd.read_parquet(URL_DATA)
if 'date' in df.columns: df['date'] = pd.to_datetime(df['date'])
print(df)Sample OpenAPI query
The following code is an example of how to make an API query to retrieve the data catalogue mentioned above. You can use different programming languages by switching the code accordingly. For a complete guide on possible query parameters and syntax, please refer to the official Open API Documentation.
import requests
import pprint
url = "https://api.data.gov.my/data-catalogue?id=lfs_qtr&limit=3"
response_json = requests.get(url=url).json()
pprint.pprint(response_json)
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