However, two adults making a median salary of RM2.9k may struggle.

Malaysians in formal employment now stand at 6.6m people.

The district has a population of 2.3m and density of 4,783 per square km.

This is due to post-Covid-19 positive economic environment last year.

It is equivalent to 0.03pct of nation’s GDP. 

Statistics Department says food inflation increased by 7.3pct.

It killed more than 17k men and 13k women.

Hike attributed partly to post-Covid economic recovery.

Women may live 4.5 years longer than men, figures show. 

Those in Labuan the happiest, scoring 9.29/10.

Statistics Department says meat showed the sharpest increase.

DOSM says the CPI in April 2022 increased 2.3pct.

Imports surpassed the RM100 billion mark.

Rebound pushed by manufacturing, agriculture, and service sectors.

Sixty districts were affected by the floods.

The country’s export performance remained robust in December 2021.

Unemployment rate in May lower compared to 4.6pct in April.

Chief Secretary to Govt Mohd Zuki Ali says current data across ministries and departments are not streamlined.

Mustapa Mohamed says this is needed to cultivate a culture of decision-making based on facts.

The estimated number of unemployed persons in August was 741,600.

Chief statistician Mohd Uzir Mahidin says this is as imports of goods dropped at a faster pace to decline in exports.

June's unemployment rate fell to 4.9 percent from a record 5.3 percent the previous month.

Chief statistician Mohd Uzir Mahidin attributes the spike to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The latest Leading Indicator (LI) signals an economic recession in the next four to six months.

S'gor is the most populous state with 6.57 million, says chief statistician Mohd Uzir Mahidin.

The Covid-19 outbreak is expected to affect the March unemployment rate, says chief statistician Mohd Uzir Mahidin.

Consumer price index indicate that small onions, garlic among items which recorded most price increases.

Revenue of the services sector is RM441.3 billion.