Indonesia Unemployment
UMEMPLOYMENT RATE
¹data from February 2014
Source: Statistics Indonesia
The average unemployment rate in Indonesia based on the last 5 years (2009-2013) is 6.78%. The unemployment in Indonesia hit the highest in 2009 with 7.9%, and the lowest rate of unemployment was in 2012 with 6.1%. From the above graph, we can see that there is a decrease in unemployment rate from 2009 to 2012 falling from a rate of 7.9% in 2009 to 6.1% in 2012. This may be due to the fact the government in Indonesia, has been putting effort to lower the unemployment rate of their country and stop poverty thus the steady downward trend. However the unemployment increased by 0.1%, from 6.1% to 6.2% in 2013.
Government to lower unemployment rate to five percent by 2014
Mon, May 16 2011 17:34
Bondowoso, East Java (ANTARA News) - The government has set itself the target of reducing the unemployment rate to five percent by 2014, Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar said here on Monday.
"According to the National Central Statistics Agency, Indonesia currently has 8.32 million unemployed citizens or about 7.12 percent of the population. The number has decreased compared to last year when the figure was 7.33 percent," said the minister during his visit to Al Islah Islamic boarding school in Bondowoso. Muhaimin said his ministry would work hard to realize the goal to reduce the unemployment rate in Indonesia. He also asked all parties including educational institutions to support the government`s effort.
Based on the National Statistics Agency data of August 2010 of the country`s 8.32 million unemployed 2.07 million are elementary school leavers, 1.53 million junior high, 1.89 million senior high, 1.05 senior high vocational school leavers and 0.38 million diploma program and 0.63 million university graduates.
One of the manpower problems being faced in Indonesia was that the system of education was not yet linked and matched with manpower markets so that only a limited number
¹data from February 2014
Source: Statistics Indonesia
The average unemployment rate in Indonesia based on the last 5 years (2009-2013) is 6.78%. The unemployment in Indonesia hit the highest in 2009 with 7.9%, and the lowest rate of unemployment was in 2012 with 6.1%. From the above graph, we can see that there is a decrease in unemployment rate from 2009 to 2012 falling from a rate of 7.9% in 2009 to 6.1% in 2012. This may be due to the fact the government in Indonesia, has been putting effort to lower the unemployment rate of their country and stop poverty thus the steady downward trend. However the unemployment increased by 0.1%, from 6.1% to 6.2% in 2013.
Government to lower unemployment rate to five percent by 2014
Mon, May 16 2011 17:34
Bondowoso, East Java (ANTARA News) - The government has set itself the target of reducing the unemployment rate to five percent by 2014, Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar said here on Monday.
"According to the National Central Statistics Agency, Indonesia currently has 8.32 million unemployed citizens or about 7.12 percent of the population. The number has decreased compared to last year when the figure was 7.33 percent," said the minister during his visit to Al Islah Islamic boarding school in Bondowoso. Muhaimin said his ministry would work hard to realize the goal to reduce the unemployment rate in Indonesia. He also asked all parties including educational institutions to support the government`s effort.
Based on the National Statistics Agency data of August 2010 of the country`s 8.32 million unemployed 2.07 million are elementary school leavers, 1.53 million junior high, 1.89 million senior high, 1.05 senior high vocational school leavers and 0.38 million diploma program and 0.63 million university graduates.
One of the manpower problems being faced in Indonesia was that the system of education was not yet linked and matched with manpower markets so that only a limited number