This publication presents statistics on Services sector which resulted from the Annual Economic Survey 2022 for reference year 2021. Main statistics such as value of gross output, value of intermediate input, value added, number of persons engaged, salaries & wages paid as well as value of fixed assets owned are also presented in this publication.

Services sector recorded gross output value of RM1,174.5 billion in 2021 as compared to RM1,155.8 billion in 2020, with an annual growth rate of 1.6 per cent. In line with the growth in gross output, the value of intermediate input also increased by RM7.5 billion to record RM516.3 billion, with annual growth of 1.5 per cent, and thus resulting a value added of RM658.3 billion for year of 2021. The number of persons engaged in this sector recorded an increase of 0.1 per cent to 5,517,330 persons as compared to 5,513,840 persons in 2020. Meanwhile, the  salaries  &  wages  paid  in  2021  amounted  to RM180.4 billion, an increase of 0.6 per cent compared to 2020, and value of fixed assets amounted to RM1,134.5 billion (2.4%).

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Released by:

DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA
16 March 2023

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Department of Statistics, Malaysia
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