The Malaysian economy is anticipated to start moderating due to impact of global economic instability in the first months of 2023, the country’s Department of Statistics (DOSM) said on December 29.
COVID-19 infection was the principal cause of death in Malaysia in 2021, at 31,063 deaths from the total of 157,251 medically certified fatalities reported, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).
Malaysia’s inflation rate in August increased to 4.7% year-on-year, mainly due to food and non-alcoholic beverages, according to the Malaysian Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).
Malaysia recorded 836.2 billion RM (over 188.1 billion USD) in foreign direct investment (FDI) at the end of the second quarter, up 24.1 billion RM from Q1, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia.
Malaysia’s foreign trade rose nearly 25% in 2021 to hit the 2 trillion RM (nearly 450 billion USD) mark for the first time after recording negative growth for two consecutive years, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).
The performance of the 2021 Malaysia Happiness Index (MHI) score was at 6.48 out of 10, reflecting a happy level, according to findings by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).
The average Consumer Price Index (CPI) of Vietnam in the first six months of this year increased by only 2.44% compared to the same period last year. This is attributable to the proactive efforts by the government to cope with the challenges caused by the increasing inflation pressure felt all over the world.
Malaysia's total trade recorded a growth rate of 27.3 percent year-on-year last month to reach a new high of 236.6 billion RM (55.69 billion USD), the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) announced on April 18.
Malaysia’s wholesale and retail trade valued at 1.3 trillion MYR (310 billion USD) in 2021, posting a year-on-year expansion of 4 percent, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).
Malaysia's unemployment rate fell to 4.2 percent in December from 4.3 percent in the previous month, data of the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) showed.
A conference seeking measures and policies in support of small and medium-sized enterprises following COVID-19 pandemic was held in the northern province of Thai Binh on December 24.
Malaysia showed good performance in the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) in 2020 despite adverse impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the third series of the SDG Indicators Report released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia.
Singapore’s retail sales in October rose by 7.5 percent annually after registering a 6.8 percent increase in September, reported the Department of Statistics Singapore (DOS) on December 3.
Malaysia's Department of Statistics (DOSM) has released a Malaysia Economic Statistics Review (MESR), which predicted that the country’s economy will become better despite negative impacts from restrictions due to COVID-19.
Malaysian small and medium enterprises (SMEs)’s growth contracted by 7.3 percent in 2020 for the first time in the past 17 years, reported the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).
Despite difficulties posed by COVID-19, the industrial production value, excluding oil and gas, of the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau was estimated to increase 8.44 percent in the first half of this year compared to the 6.47 percent growth in the same period last year.
Malaysia’s unemployment rate increased to 4.5 percent in 2020, the highest rate since 1993 when it was recorded at 4.1 percent, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).
If the sex ratio at birth remains unchanged, Vietnam is likely to record an excess of 1.5 million males aged 15-49 by 2034 and 2.5 million by 2059, an in-depth study of the 2019 population and housing census reveals.
Retail sales in Singapore fell by 10.8 percent year-on-year in September, a steeper decline compared to the 5.4 percent drop in August, according to the country's Department of Statistics (SingStat).
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