Women's Income Contributions Rise in 2024: A Decade-Long Trend

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded that Indonesian women's contribution to household income reached 37.31% in 2024. This is a positive achievement after three consecutive years of decline.

Women's national income contribution was recorded at 37.22% in 2021; 37.17% in 2022; and 37.09% in 2023.

Over the past decade, the 2024 proportion was the highest. The difference is slight compared to the contribution in 2020, during the Covid-19 pandemic, which was 37.26%.

Meanwhile, the contribution in 2013 was only 35.17%. Although it shows an increase, this figure is still quite low compared to men's, which is estimated to be over 60%.

Women's income contribution is a component of the Gender Empowerment Index (GEI). Besides income contribution, it includes women's involvement in parliament and their roles as professional workers.

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In a journal written by Hasnidar Yuslin from Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University Yogyakarta, quoting Wisnujati, these three indicators measure women's roles in politics, economics, and decision-making.

Women's income contribution also indicates that the quality of female workers is increasingly valued in the workplace, although progress is slow.

"This condition is often caused by gender inequality that strengthens economic disparities; therefore, economic autonomy is needed to strengthen individual empowerment," wrote Hasnidar in her journal, *Proof of Gender Mainstreaming Strategy (PuG): Analysis of Gender Empowerment Index Achievements in Indonesia*, quoted on Tuesday (29/4/2025).

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