While unemployment is a problem in most of the world, Malaysia has been importing labor. In the 50 years since independence, 7.24 million jobs have been created, an increase of 261%, which would be equivalent to the creation of 105 million jobs in the United States.
该国减少贫困的成功在一定程度上要归功于其强有力地创造就业机会。虽然失业问题在世界上大多数国家都存在，但马来西亚却一直在引进劳工。自独立以来的50年里，有724万个工作被创造出来，增长率为261%，约等于在美国创造了1.05亿份工作。