Singapore-Malaysia race comparison

From Malaysia Encyclopedia

             CHINESE         MALAY         INDIAN
POPULATION: (percent)
Singapore       75.6         13.6           8.7
Malaysia        25.2         54.0           7.3

Sources: Statistics Singapore General Household Survey 2005, Ninth Malaysia Plan 2006-2010

EDUCATION: (Percentage of non-students with university-level qualification)

Singapore:      17.7          3.4          25.1
Malaysia:       16.5         17.3*         13.0

Sources: Statistics Singapore General Household Survey 2005, Malaysia Census 2000

WORK: Labour force participation rate (percent)

Singapore       63.6         58.0          63.8
Malaysia        61.1         59.0*         63.7

Sources: Statistics Singapore General Household Survey 2005, Department of Statistics Malaysia 2004

UNEMPLOYMENT: (percent)

Singapore       69.8         16.8          10.9
Malaysia        18.0         73.3*          6.9

Sources: Statistics Singapore General Household Survey 2005, Ninth Malaysia Plan 2006-2010

INCOME: Average monthly income from work (US$)

Singapore      2,279        1,389          2,311
Malaysia       1,205          736*           939

Sources: Statistics Singapore General Household Survey 2005,

Ninth Malaysia Plan 2006-2010

Sources: Department of Statistics Malaysia, www.statistics.gov.my and Statistics Singapore, www.singstat.gov.sg

• Include Malays and other indigenous ethnic groups or bumiputras (sons of the soil)