The Creative Economy's 14 Sub-sectors are Male-Dominated

Based on data from the 2016 Economic Census, Indonesian women overall still lead in the percentage of creative economy business ownership. Women entrepreneurs account for 54.96%, while men account for 45.04%.

Of the 16 creative economy sub-sectors, Indonesian women predominantly establish businesses in the fashion and culinary sub-sectors. In the culinary sub-sector, women lead with 58.68%, while in the fashion sub-sector they account for 54.25%. Although men dominate the remaining 14 sub-sectors, the culinary and fashion sub-sectors are among the top three overall, in terms of the number of businesses, economic contribution to GDP, and export contribution.

Meanwhile, several creative economy sub-sectors are dominated by male entrepreneurs. For example, architecture (92.39%), visual communication design (92.05%), and the film, animation, and video sub-sector (90.78%).

Interestingly, according to the report 'Data Statistik dan Hasil Survei Ekonomi Kreatif' (Statistics Data and Results of the Creative Economy Survey), a collaboration between the Creative Economy Agency and the Central Statistics Agency, these three sub-sectors with a high dominance of male entrepreneurs are stated to have significant economic potential due to their rapid growth in 2015. For example, the visual communication design sub-sector (grew by 10.28% from 2015 to 2016), animation and video (grew by 6.68%), and architecture (grew by 6.68%). This deserves greater attention from Indonesian women as a new opportunity for economic empowerment.