Table 1 Number of Migrant Workers with Visit Pass Temporary Employment (VPTE) in Malaysia, 2019
From: COVID-19 pandemic and the changing views of mobility: the case of Nepal–Malaysia migration corridor
Nationality | Sectors in Malaysia | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Domestic Worker | Construction | Manufacturing | Services | Plantations | Agriculture | ||
Indonesia | 90,718 | 162,421 | 136,394 | 43,325 | 205,177 | 75,890 | 713,925 |
Bangladesh | 122 | 197,796 | 206,843 | 85,350 | 34,657 | 19,884 | 544,652 |
Nepal | 60 | 7,927 | 251,503 | 73,892 | 3,045 | 9,886 | 346,313 |
India | 1,059 | 11,033 | 2,902 | 51,142 | 28,603 | 26,239 | 120,978 |
Myanmar | 66 | 11,704 | 79,186 | 16,151 | 906 | 3,789 | 111,802 |
*Others | 35,144 | 44,121 | 28,188 | 36,557 | 10,106 | 23,974 | 178,090 |
Total | 127,169 | 435,002 | 705,016 | 306,417 | 282,494 | 159,662 | 2,015,760 |