Malaysia's Employment to Population Ratio

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The Employment to Population Ratio is the percentage of the population who are in employment who are age 15 or older.

Malaysia is reported as having 61.7% of its working age population in employment, this places Malaysia 45th of the 150 countries in the global listings.

Malaysia's data is highlighted in the table below, use the filter and sort order options to allow easy comparison with other countries.

Data source: World Bank, Washington D.C.


Employment to Population Ratio Data (%)



Qatar 87.1
Madagascar 82.3
Tanzania 81.1
Rwanda 81.0
Zimbabwe 79.4
Cambodia 79.2
Burundi 76.8
Ethiopia 75.6
Nepal 75.6
Laos 75.5
Mozambique 75.1
United Arab Emirates 73.9
Vietnam 72.8
Cameroon 72.5
Niger 72.4
Liberia 71.7
Malawi 70.3
Peru 70.3
Angola 69.9
Benin 69.8
Bolivia 69.5
Bahrain 69.0
Kenya 69.0
Kuwait 67.9
New Zealand 67.2
Paraguay 66.9
Central African Republic 66.6
Oman 66.1
Singapore 66.1
Guinea-Bissau 66.0
Thailand 65.8
Kazakhstan 65.7
Uganda 65.6
Ghana 65.2
China 64.8
Indonesia 64.7
Netherlands 64.2
Zambia 63.9
Switzerland 63.6
Mali 63.3
Norway 62.9
Iceland 62.5
Australia 62.4
Burkina Faso 61.8
Malaysia 61.7
Congo, Dem. Rep 61.6
Belarus 60.7
Ecuador 60.7
Korea, Rep. 60.7
Canada 60.3
Japan 60.2
Malta 60.1
Nicaragua 59.7
United Kingdom 59.7
Azerbaijan 59.6
Bahamas, The 59.4
Estonia 59.4
Denmark 59.2
Germany 59.2
Sweden 59.2
Israel 59.1
Cyprus 58.8
Luxembourg 58.8
Ireland 58.3
Russia 58.3
Guinea 58.2
Czechia 58.0
Bhutan 57.5
United States 57.4
Chad 57.2
Jamaica 57.2
Lithuania 57.2
Austria 57.0
Dominican Republic 57.0
Hungary 56.7
Mexico 56.4
Slovak Republic 56.3
Guatemala 56.1
Saudi Arabia 56.1
Hong Kong 55.9
Finland 55.6
Latvia 55.5
Colombia 55.4
Slovenia 55.4
Honduras 55.3
Uruguay 55.2
Poland 55.1
Togo 55.1
Mongolia 54.7
Philippines 54.7
Haiti 54.5
Bangladesh 54.0
Panama 54.0
Portugal 54.0
Argentina 53.8
Cote d'Ivoire 53.6
Myanmar 53.6
Uzbekistan 53.6
El Salvador 53.3
Sierra Leone 53.0
Bulgaria 52.6
Georgia 52.6
Mauritius 52.4
Albania 51.6
Kyrgyzstan 51.4
Congo, Rep. 51.1
France 51.1
Gambia 51.0
Belgium 50.8
Ukraine 50.2
Brazil 50.0
Chile 49.6
Romania 49.5
Spain 49.0
Suriname 48.7
Costa Rica 48.6
Nigeria 48.5
Lesotho 47.9
Pakistan 47.9
Serbia 47.8
Croatia 47.5
Sri Lanka 46.0
Papua New Guinea 45.9
Namibia 45.6
Botswana 45.5
North Macedonia 44.3
Italy 43.7
Guyana 43.6
Türkiye 43.5
Turkmenistan 43.5
Greece 43.0
Senegal 42.9
India 42.8
Armenia 41.1
Mauritania 39.6
Comoros 39.3
Morocco 38.6
Sudan 38.5
Libya 38.3
Tunisia 38.2
Gabon 37.5
Egypt 37.4
Tajikistan 37.2
Moldova 37.1
Eswatini 36.8
Lebanon 36.3
Afghanistan 35.9
Bosnia and Herzegovina 35.6
Algeria 35.1
South Africa 35.1
Yemen, Rep. 31.8
Jordan 30.8


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