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Introduction

This publication presents statistics on the professional services which obtained from the Annual Economic Survey 2022 for reference year 2021. Professional services comprises activity of architectural; engineering; land & quantity surveying; accounting; legal; advertising; management consultancy and market research; veterinary; scientific research & development and technical testing & analysis; and other professional. The main statistics such as the 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 were also presented in this publication.

Performance of Professional Services

The professional services recorded gross output value of RM44.3 billion in 2021 compared to RM45.7 billion in 2020 with growth of -3.0 per cent. The value of intermediate input also decreased RM0.4  billion to record  RM16.4 billion  with  growth of  -2.2 per cent, thus resulting a value added of RM27.9 billion for the year 2021. The number of persons engaged in this sector recorded a decrease of 0.2 per cent to 347,005 persons as compared to 347,593 persons in 2020. Meanwhile, the salaries & wages paid in 2021 amounted to RM12.3 billion compared to RM12.4 billion in 2020. The value of fixed assets also recorded a decrease of 1.2 percent to RM13.2 billion.

The full publication Annual Economic Statistics (AES) Professional Services, 2022 can be downloaded through eStatistik portal.

Released by:

DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA
1 March 2023

Contact person:

Baharudin Mohamad 
Public Relation Officer
Strategic Communication and International Division
Department of Statistics, Malaysia
Tel : +603-8885 7942
Fax : +603-8888 9248
Email : baharudin[at]dosm.gov.my