Data Check: Cak Imin Says There Are Many Informal Workers, What's the Data?

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Nabilah Muhamad 22/12/2023 21:38 WIB

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Vice Presidential Candidate number one, Muhaimin Iskandar, stated that 80 million Indonesians work in the informal sector. This figure is not significantly different from the BPS data.

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Vice Presidential Candidate number one, Muhaimin Iskandar, also known as Cak Imin, stated that there are many informal workers in Indonesia.

He made this statement during the second 2024 Presidential and Vice Presidential Debate, themed "Economy, Finance, Investment, Tax, State and Regional Budget Management, Infrastructure, and Urban Development," held at the Jakarta Convention Center on Friday, December 22, 2023.

During the debate session, Muhaimin Iskandar said, "The unemployment figure is already 8 million (people), 80 million (people) are working, but in the informal sector. They don't have a stable income and their wallets are certainly thin."

This statement differs significantly from data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS).

BPS recorded that in August 2023, the national workforce was approximately 147.71 million people.

Of this number, the majority, or approximately 82.67 million people (55.9%), worked in the informal sector.

Around 57.18 million people (38.7%) worked in the formal sector, and 7.86 million people (5.3%) were unemployed.

BPS defines formal workers as laborers/employees receiving a fixed salary, or entrepreneurs assisted by permanent/paid laborers.

On the other hand, informal workers include self-employed individuals, those employing non-permanent/unpaid laborers, independent workers, and family workers/unpaid laborers.

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