KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 13): The country’s labour force participation rate in July 2019 decreased 0.1 percentage point to 68.5 per cent as compared with the previous month (June 2019), said Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin.

In a statement on the ‘Key Statistics of the Labour Force in Malaysia, July 2019’ released today, Mohd Uzir said, year-on-year labour force participation rate also saw a similar decrease of 0.1 percentage point (July 2018: 68.6 per cent).