Occupational Safety and Health Statistics

LABOR FORCE (As December 2018)1

Working age population (‘000)22,620.2
Labour force (‘000)15,500.1
Employed persons (‘000)14,986.0
Number of unemployed (‘000)514.2
Labour force participation rate (%)68.5
Unemployment rate (%)3.3

Notes:
1 From Department of Statistics, Malaysia

STATISTICS ON OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT, FATALITIES, DISEASES/POISONING

Reported Accidents and Fatalities.
Year2014201520162017
Accident Rate 1 3.102.81 2.882.93
Fatality Rate 24.214.844.844.90

Notes:
1 Occupational accident rate per 1,000 workers
2 Occupational fatality rate per 100,000 workers

Reported Occupational Diseases/Poisoning, 2016-2018 (As December 2018)
Year201620172018
Cases7,8206,0207,258