Unemployment in Indonesia Declines to 5.70% of the Total Labor Force

On Monday (05/05), Statistics Indonesia announced that unemployment in Indonesia declined to 5.70 percent (of the total labor force) in February 2014, equivalent to 7.2 million people in absolute terms. Compared to August 2013 (when Indonesia's unemployment rate was 6.17 percent), this constitutes a marked improvement. However, growth was limited compared to February 2013 (when unemployment was 5.82 percent), Data on Indonesia's (un)employment are released twice per year, covering conditions in the months February and August.

However, the number of Indonesians working less than normal working hours is high at 37.0 million people (out a total of 125.3 million people who are economically active). This includes part-time workers (26.4 million) and underemployment (10.6 million).

Traditionally, the country's agriculture sector absorbs most Indonesian workers (40.8 million), followed by trade (25.8 million) and services (18.5 million).

Download Statistics Indonesia's February 2014 (un)employment data here

          2010         2011         2012         2013         2014¹
Labor Force   116,527,546   119,399,375   120,320,000   120,170,000   125,320,000
- Working   108,207,767   111,281,744   113,010,000   112,760,000   118,170,000
- Unemployed      8,319,779      8,117,631      7,310,000      7,410,000      7,150,000

¹ data from February 2014

   2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014
Unemployment
(% of total labor force)		  10.3   9.1   8.4   7.9   7.1   6.6   6.1   6.2   5.7

Source: Statistics Indonesia (BPS)

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