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        "msgid": "bps-releases-employment-data-7-24-million-people-still-unemployed-1777964046",
        "date": "2026-05-05 12:56:45",
        "title": "BPS Releases Employment Data: 7.24 Million People Still Unemployed",
        "author": "Erik Purnama Putra",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Economy",
        "summary": "Indonesia's Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has reported that the open unemployment rate stood at 4.68% in February 2026, with 7.24 million people out of a total workforce of 154.91 million remaining jobless, marking a slight absolute decline of 35,000 unemployed individuals from the previous year. Employment absorption continues to be dominated by agriculture, wholesale and retail trade, and industry, which together account for 60.29% of the national workforce, while formal employment rose modestly to 59.93 million and informal to 87.74 million. The data highlights a slight increase in full-time workers to 66.77%, underscoring gradual improvements in labour market conditions amid ongoing economic growth.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA \u2013 The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has announced the\nlatest employment conditions. BPS Chief Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti\nstated that the working population in February 2026 was recorded at\n147.67 million people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe open unemployment rate (TPT) in February 2026 is 4.68%. Out of a\ntotal workforce of 154.91 million people, 7.24 million of them are still\nunemployed,\u201d said Amalia during a press conference on economic growth at\nthe BPS office in Central Jakarta on Tuesday (5\/5\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>Amalia conveyed that the absolute number of unemployed people\ndecreased by 0.035 million from February 2025 to February 2026.\nAccording to her, workforce absorption is still dominated by the\nagriculture, wholesale and retail trade, and industry sectors. \u201cThese\nthree sectors absorbed 60.29% of the national workforce in February\n2026,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n<p>Amalia explained that the number of people working in both formal and\ninformal activities increased from February 2025 to February 2026. She\nnoted that formal workers rose from 59.19 million to 59.93 million\npeople. Meanwhile, informal workers increased from 86.58 million to\n87.74 million people.<\/p>\n<p>Amalia mentioned that anyone working at least one hour in a week is\nclassified as part of the working population, in line with International\nLabour Organization (ILO) standards. BPS, she continued, divides working\npeople into three categories.<\/p>\n<p>These include full-time workers (minimum 35 hours per week);\npart-time workers (less than 35 hours per week, but not seeking work and\nunwilling to accept other employment); and underemployed (working 1-34\nhours per week, while still seeking work or willing to accept other\nemployment).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBPS recorded that in February 2026, the proportion of full-time\nworkers was 66.77%, part-time workers 25.97%, and underemployed 7.27%.\nThe proportion of full-time workers in February 2026 was higher than in\nFebruary 2025, which was 66.19%,\u201d said Amalia.<\/p>",
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