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Melaka in Numbers

Melaka state's economy, people and conditions, pulled from Malaysia's official open data ecosystem — DOSM/data.gov.my and the Melaka state government. Each figure is labelled by what it actually is.

RM50.3B
Melaka GDP, 2025
+3.0%
YoY growth
2.0%
Unemployment, 2026-Q2
52.4%
Services share of GDP

Live Conditions

Weather & Rain

26°C
Rain showers

Rain: likely ~6:00am tmrw (73%)

Next 3 days

Tue, 27 Oct
30°/23°
73% rain
Wed, 28 Oct
30°/24°
99% rain
Thu, 29 Oct
29°/23°
98% rain
View full forecast on AccuWeather

Air Quality

34
Good

Nearest ground station, right now.

Next 3 days (modelled)

Tue
95
Moderate
Wed
101
Unhealthy (sensitive)
Thu
61
Moderate
View full details on aqicn.org

River Level

Sg. Duyong station, Melaka Tengah — status readout unavailable right now, graph below is still live.

Open full graph on Public InfoBanjir

Air Quality, Every Day (last 92 days)

Most days: Moderate 58 of 92 days

MonWedFriSunSun, 26 Jul: AQI 71, ModerateJulMon, 27 Jul: AQI 63, ModerateTue, 28 Jul: AQI 79, ModerateWed, 29 Jul: AQI 66, ModerateThu, 30 Jul: AQI 69, ModerateFri, 31 Jul: AQI 67, ModerateSat, 1 Aug: AQI 63, ModerateSun, 2 Aug: AQI 68, ModerateAugMon, 3 Aug: AQI 72, ModerateTue, 4 Aug: AQI 64, ModerateWed, 5 Aug: AQI 74, ModerateThu, 6 Aug: AQI 67, ModerateFri, 7 Aug: AQI 72, ModerateSat, 8 Aug: AQI 73, ModerateSun, 9 Aug: AQI 80, ModerateMon, 10 Aug: AQI 79, ModerateTue, 11 Aug: AQI 85, ModerateWed, 12 Aug: AQI 82, ModerateThu, 13 Aug: AQI 94, ModerateFri, 14 Aug: AQI 112, Unhealthy (sensitive)Sat, 15 Aug: AQI 89, ModerateSun, 16 Aug: AQI 70, ModerateMon, 17 Aug: AQI 70, ModerateTue, 18 Aug: AQI 109, Unhealthy (sensitive)Wed, 19 Aug: AQI 57, ModerateThu, 20 Aug: AQI 67, ModerateFri, 21 Aug: AQI 80, ModerateSat, 22 Aug: AQI 72, ModerateSun, 23 Aug: AQI 93, ModerateMon, 24 Aug: AQI 104, Unhealthy (sensitive)Tue, 25 Aug: AQI 98, ModerateWed, 26 Aug: AQI 78, ModerateThu, 27 Aug: AQI 87, ModerateFri, 28 Aug: AQI 68, ModerateSat, 29 Aug: AQI 76, ModerateSun, 30 Aug: AQI 91, ModerateMon, 31 Aug: AQI 87, ModerateSeptTue, 1 Sept: AQI 94, ModerateWed, 2 Sept: AQI 68, ModerateThu, 3 Sept: AQI 72, ModerateFri, 4 Sept: AQI 88, ModerateSat, 5 Sept: AQI 157, UnhealthySun, 6 Sept: AQI 92, ModerateMon, 7 Sept: AQI 91, ModerateTue, 8 Sept: AQI 93, ModerateWed, 9 Sept: AQI 149, Unhealthy (sensitive)Thu, 10 Sept: AQI 126, Unhealthy (sensitive)Fri, 11 Sept: AQI 93, ModerateSat, 12 Sept: AQI 74, ModerateSun, 13 Sept: AQI 88, ModerateMon, 14 Sept: AQI 158, UnhealthyTue, 15 Sept: AQI 164, UnhealthyWed, 16 Sept: AQI 124, Unhealthy (sensitive)Thu, 17 Sept: AQI 156, UnhealthyFri, 18 Sept: AQI 156, UnhealthySat, 19 Sept: AQI 118, Unhealthy (sensitive)Sun, 20 Sept: AQI 107, Unhealthy (sensitive)Mon, 21 Sept: AQI 70, ModerateTue, 22 Sept: AQI 91, ModerateWed, 23 Sept: AQI 67, ModerateThu, 24 Sept: AQI 73, ModerateFri, 25 Sept: AQI 83, ModerateSat, 26 Sept: AQI 89, ModerateSun, 27 Sept: AQI 60, ModerateMon, 28 Sept: AQI 98, ModerateTue, 29 Sept: AQI 93, ModerateWed, 30 Sept: AQI 116, Unhealthy (sensitive)Thu, 1 Oct: AQI 72, ModerateFri, 2 Oct: AQI 61, ModerateSat, 3 Oct: AQI 99, ModerateSun, 4 Oct: AQI 146, Unhealthy (sensitive)OctMon, 5 Oct: AQI 131, Unhealthy (sensitive)Tue, 6 Oct: AQI 176, UnhealthyWed, 7 Oct: AQI 165, UnhealthyThu, 8 Oct: AQI 188, UnhealthyFri, 9 Oct: AQI 193, UnhealthySat, 10 Oct: AQI 143, Unhealthy (sensitive)Sun, 11 Oct: AQI 158, UnhealthyMon, 12 Oct: AQI 144, Unhealthy (sensitive)Tue, 13 Oct: AQI 165, UnhealthyWed, 14 Oct: AQI 166, UnhealthyThu, 15 Oct: AQI 169, UnhealthyFri, 16 Oct: AQI 99, ModerateSat, 17 Oct: AQI 150, Unhealthy (sensitive)Sun, 18 Oct: AQI 153, UnhealthyMon, 19 Oct: AQI 152, UnhealthyTue, 20 Oct: AQI 152, UnhealthyWed, 21 Oct: AQI 110, Unhealthy (sensitive)Thu, 22 Oct: AQI 150, Unhealthy (sensitive)Fri, 23 Oct: AQI 155, UnhealthySat, 24 Oct: AQI 90, ModerateSun, 25 Oct: AQI 31, Good
Good 1Moderate 58Unhealthy (sensitive) 16Unhealthy 17
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DayUS AQILevel
25 Oct31Good
24 Oct90Moderate
23 Oct155Unhealthy
22 Oct150Unhealthy (sensitive)
21 Oct110Unhealthy (sensitive)
20 Oct152Unhealthy
19 Oct152Unhealthy
18 Oct153Unhealthy
17 Oct150Unhealthy (sensitive)
16 Oct99Moderate
15 Oct169Unhealthy
14 Oct166Unhealthy
13 Oct165Unhealthy
12 Oct144Unhealthy (sensitive)
11 Oct158Unhealthy
10 Oct143Unhealthy (sensitive)
9 Oct193Unhealthy
8 Oct188Unhealthy
7 Oct165Unhealthy
6 Oct176Unhealthy
5 Oct131Unhealthy (sensitive)
4 Oct146Unhealthy (sensitive)
3 Oct99Moderate
2 Oct61Moderate
1 Oct72Moderate
30 Sept116Unhealthy (sensitive)
29 Sept93Moderate
28 Sept98Moderate
27 Sept60Moderate
26 Sept89Moderate
25 Sept83Moderate
24 Sept73Moderate
23 Sept67Moderate
22 Sept91Moderate
21 Sept70Moderate
20 Sept107Unhealthy (sensitive)
19 Sept118Unhealthy (sensitive)
18 Sept156Unhealthy
17 Sept156Unhealthy
16 Sept124Unhealthy (sensitive)
15 Sept164Unhealthy
14 Sept158Unhealthy
13 Sept88Moderate
12 Sept74Moderate
11 Sept93Moderate
10 Sept126Unhealthy (sensitive)
9 Sept149Unhealthy (sensitive)
8 Sept93Moderate
7 Sept91Moderate
6 Sept92Moderate
5 Sept157Unhealthy
4 Sept88Moderate
3 Sept72Moderate
2 Sept68Moderate
1 Sept94Moderate
31 Aug87Moderate
30 Aug91Moderate
29 Aug76Moderate
28 Aug68Moderate
27 Aug87Moderate
26 Aug78Moderate
25 Aug98Moderate
24 Aug104Unhealthy (sensitive)
23 Aug93Moderate
22 Aug72Moderate
21 Aug80Moderate
20 Aug67Moderate
19 Aug57Moderate
18 Aug109Unhealthy (sensitive)
17 Aug70Moderate
16 Aug70Moderate
15 Aug89Moderate
14 Aug112Unhealthy (sensitive)
13 Aug94Moderate
12 Aug82Moderate
11 Aug85Moderate
10 Aug79Moderate
9 Aug80Moderate
8 Aug73Moderate
7 Aug72Moderate
6 Aug67Moderate
5 Aug74Moderate
4 Aug64Moderate
3 Aug72Moderate
2 Aug68Moderate
1 Aug63Moderate
31 Jul67Moderate
30 Jul69Moderate
29 Jul66Moderate
28 Jul79Moderate
27 Jul63Moderate
26 Jul71Moderate

Daily US AQI from the 24-hour average PM2.5/PM10, Open-Meteo model estimate (no free ground-station history exists). The model reads higher than station apps, and the 2024 US EPA scale counts PM2.5 above 9 µg/m³ as Moderate.

Economy

GDP & Sector Mix

RM50.3B
3.0% vs 2024

Real GDP, 2025

RM50.3B20152025
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GDP (RM million) by period
PeriodGDP (RM million)
2015RM36.1B
2016RM37.7B
2017RM40.8B
2018RM42.4B
2019RM43.6B
2020RM41.0B
2021RM41.9B
2022RM45.6B
2023RM46.9B
2024RM48.8B
2025RM50.3B

11th largest of 16 states

RM6.7BRM460.1B

By sector, 2025

  • Services52.4%+4.8%
  • Manufacturing35.4%+1.1%
  • Agriculture9.3%+1.8%
  • Construction2.5%-4.9%
  • Import duties0.2%+30.8%
  • Mining & quarrying0.1%+2.5%
Verified · Last checked 11 Oct 2026

Source: DOSM Annual Real GDP by State, also available by district

Labour Force & Unemployment

2.0%
0.0 pts vs last quarter

Unemployment, 2026-Q2 · Participation 69.7%

2.0%2017-Q12026-Q2
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Unemployment rate by period
PeriodUnemployment rate
2017-Q11.4%
2017-Q20.8%
2017-Q30.6%
2017-Q41.2%
2018-Q10.9%
2018-Q21.2%
2018-Q31.5%
2018-Q41.7%
2019-Q11.7%
2019-Q21.3%
2019-Q31.6%
2019-Q41.6%
2020-Q11.2%
2020-Q22.2%
2020-Q32.5%
2020-Q43.7%
2021-Q13.6%
2021-Q23.6%
2021-Q33.0%
2021-Q43.1%
2022-Q13.0%
2022-Q23.2%
2022-Q32.6%
2022-Q42.7%
2023-Q12.9%
2023-Q22.7%
2023-Q32.8%
2023-Q42.6%
2024-Q11.9%
2024-Q21.7%
2024-Q31.8%
2024-Q42.0%
2025-Q11.8%
2025-Q21.7%
2025-Q32.0%
2025-Q42.1%
2026-Q12.0%
2026-Q22.0%

2nd lowest of 16 states

1.3%5.6%
Verified · Last checked 11 Oct 2026

Source: DOSM Quarterly Principal Labour Force Statistics by State

Compare by District

Filter to one district to compare it against the other two.

Unemployment rate (district)

Melaka Tengah1.4%
Alor Gajah2.3%
Jasin1.2%

Median household income

Alor GajahRM6,308
JasinRM6,401
Melaka TengahRM7,415
Sources: DOSM Annual Principal Labour Force Statistics by District · DOSM Household Income & Expenditure Survey (HIES), by district (2024 survey wave)

People & Places

Population

1.03M
1.9% vs 2022

Estimated population, 2023

1,027.520202023
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Population (thousand) by period
PeriodPopulation (thousand)
2020998.4
20211,004.5
20221,008.6
20231,027.5

13th largest of 16 states

99.5k7.21M
Verified · Last checked 11 Oct 2026

Source: DOSM Population by State

Poverty by Constituency

Incidence of absolute poverty, 2024 — Melaka's 6 federal parliamentary seats.

Lower is better.

  • P.134 Masjid Tanah5.8%
  • P.136 Tangga Batu3.9%
  • P.135 Alor Gajah3.3%
  • P.138 Kota Melaka2.8%
  • P.137 Hang Tuah Jaya1.7%
  • P.139 Jasin1.1%
Verified · Last checked 11 Oct 2026

Source: DOSM Poverty by Parliamentary Constituency

Full District Dashboard (Kawasanku)

The fuller interactive dashboard — population, age mix and more, by parliamentary constituency & DUN, benchmarked to the state/national median.

Open the Kawasanku dashboard for Melaka

Data sources: Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) / OpenDOSM, data.gov.my, and the Melaka State Government — released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution required wherever a figure from these sources is shown.