The Percentage of Female Civil Servants Has Steadily Increased Since 2016

A report from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) shows that the percentage of female civil servants (PNS) has steadily increased, exceeding the number of male civil servants during the 2016-2020 period.

In 2016, the percentage of female civil servants was 49.31%. This increased to 50.05% in 2017, 50.56% in 2018, 51.51% in 2019, and reached 52.22% in 2020.

However, this increase was not accompanied by a corresponding increase in the percentage of women holding policy-making positions. In 2016, approximately 17.98% of echelon I officials were women.

This figure decreased to 15.21% in 2017. The number of women holding echelon I PNS positions then gradually increased in 2018 and 2019. In 2020, the percentage of women in echelon I positions decreased again to 16.58%.

A similar trend occurred in the percentage of women holding structural positions in echelon II. In 2016, the percentage of women holding echelon II positions was 13.41%.

This percentage dropped to 13.06% in 2017, and increased again in 2018 and 2019. In 2020, the percentage of women holding echelon II positions fell again to 13.76%.

This data indicates that women's roles in government are visible in public service sectors, but their representation in policy-making positions remains relatively low.