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underemployment rate was 5.1 per cent as compared to average
unemployment rate of 3.2 per cent.

Figure 3: Adjusted Unemployment Rate, 2010-2017
10.0% Full
employment
Adjusted Unemployment Rate 5.0% 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
0.0%

Adjusted Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Full Employment

Skill-related inadequate employment approach was applied to determine the
underemployment rate of graduates working in semi-skilled and low-skilled
occupation. Figure 4 shows that the trend of graduates employed affected by
the skill-related inadequate employment within graduates increased yearly
with an average annual growth rate of 11.5 per cent. The highest proportion
of graduates underemployed was 23.7 per cent in 2017 with a total of 774,906
graduates were underemployed.
Figure 4: Skill-Related Inadequate Employment of Graduates, 2010-2017
25.00%
Underemployment Rate 15.00%
20.00%

10.00%
5.00%
0.00%
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

However, based on Figure 5 the income-related inadequate employment
of graduates shows a decreasing trend since 2012 which recorded the highest
underemployment rate of 22.2 per cent. The highest growth rate of income-
related inadequate employment of graduates was 42.2 per cent in 2011 with
the total of 429,600 graduates were underemployed as compared to 302,111
in 2010. In the year 2017, 22.2 per cent of actively employed person in
Malaysia’s labour market consists of graduates with a total employed
graduates of 3,275,840 persons. Of these, 567,624 graduates or 17.3 per cent
were underemployed as shown in Figure 6. The total number of graduates
underemployed in 2017 increased by 2.5 per cent as compared to 553,744
graduates underemployed in 2016.

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