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DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA
PRESS RELEASE
The Revenue for Services Sector Increased 5.6 per cent or RM356.7 billion in the
Third Quarter 2016
Introduction
This publication is the first report on Quarterly Services Statistics released by the Department of Statistics, Malaysia. This report
presents statistics on services sector which encompasses sub-sector of Wholesale & Retail Trade; Information & Communication;
Transportation & Storage; Food & Beverages; Professional; Private Health; Private Education; Accommodation; Arts,
Entertainment & Recreation and Real Estate Agent for the period from first quarter 2012 until third quarter 2016. Principal
statistics reported are total revenue/ sales value, number of persons engaged and salaries & wages paid.
Performance of Services Sector, Third Quarter 2016
Performance of Services Sector
The Services sector increased 5.6 per cent or RM356.7 billion in the third quarter 2016 as compared with the same quarter 2015.
The increase was contributed by Health, Education and Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (8.7%) and Professional and Real Estate
Agent (8.3%) segments. The total revenue on quarterly basis increased by RM6.9 billion or 2.0 per cent.
Total number of persons engaged in this sector was 3.5 million persons, an increase of 78,840 persons or 2.3 per cent as compared
to the same quarter of the previous year. On a quarterly basis, the number of persons engaged rose by 18,154 persons (0.5%).
In the third quarter 2016, salaries & wages paid was RM22.3 billion, an increase of 4.3 per cent as compared to the previous year
and 1.5 per cent quarter-on-quarter.
Wholesale & Retail Trade, Food & Beverages and Accommodation
The total revenue for Wholesale & Retail Trade, Food & Beverages and Accommodation segment registered a growth
of 5.6 per cent (RM282.9 billion) as compared to the same quarter 2015. The increase was driven by Wholesale &
Retail Trade (5.8%), Food & Beverages (2.6%) and Accommodation (2.1%) sub-sectors. This segment showed an
increase of 2.1 per cent as compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year.
The number of persons engaged in this segment increased by 2.7 per cent or 69,767 persons as compared to the third quarter 2015.
Salaries & wages paid grew by 5.2 per cent to RM13.4 billion. Quarter-on-quarter, number of persons engaged and salaries &
wages paid increased to 0.8 per cent and 2.3 per cent respectively.
Information & Communication and Transport & Storage
Information & Communication and Transportation & Storage segment posted an increase in total revenue of RM53.5 billion or
4.7 per cent as against the same quarter of the preceding year. This increase was propelled by Information & Communication
(5.7%) and Transportation & Storage (3.6%) sub-sectors. On a quarterly basis, the total revenue for this segment registered an
increase of 1.7 per cent.
Year-on-year, number of persons engaged increased marginally by 0.2 per cent to 465,484 persons whilst salaries & wages paid
rose to RM5.0 million (1.7%). The number of persons engaged decreased by -0.3 per cent while salaries & wages paid increased
to 0.7 per cent in the current quarter as compared to the previous quarter.
Health, Education and Arts, Entertainment & Recreation
On yearly basis, total revenue of Health, Education and Arts, Entertainment & Recreation segment strengthened from
6.5 per cent in second quarter 2016 to 8.7 per cent in this quarter. The growth was supported by Private Education (9.6%)
followed by Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (9.0%) and Private Health (7.5%) sub-sectors. Quarter-on-quarter, total
revenue increased by 4.0 per cent.
The number of persons engaged registered an increase of 2.1 per cent or 5,443 persons as compared to the same period in the
previous year. Salaries & wages paid also grew 5.3 per cent to RM2.1 billion. On a quarterly basis, the number of persons
engaged posted an increase of 0.4 per cent while salaries & wages paid increased by 1.2 per cent.
Professional and Real Estate Agent
The total revenue for Professional and Real Estate Agent segment rose 8.3 per cent to RM6.6 billion as against to the same quarter
of previous year. The increase was contributed by Professional (8.6%) and Real Estate Agent (5.5%) sub-sectors. For quarterly
comparison, this segment decreased to -3.4 per cent.
In the third quarter 2016, the number of persons engaged and salaries & wages paid increased to 161,041 persons
(1.8%) and RM1.9 billion (4.3%) respectively. As compared to the preceding quarter, the number of persons engaged
decreased by -0.8 per cent while salaries & wages paid dropped by -1.0 per cent.
*Notes:
Data for third quarter 2016 is provisional. The data will be updated based on the latest available figures and subsequently
published in the publication of fourth quarter 2016.
Released By:
THE OFFICE OF CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, MALAYSIA
11 November 2016
Contact person:
Ho Mei Kei
Public Relation Officer
Corporate and User Services Division
Department of Statistics, Malaysia
Tel : +603-8885 7942
Fax : +603-8888 9248
Email : mkho[at]stats.gov.my