Over Half of the Unemployed Were Aged 15-29 in February 2022

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Viva Budy Kusnandar 08/06/2022 17:50 WIB

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More than 59% of unemployed individuals in Indonesia are young people aged 15-29. According to BPS data, the number of unemployed in this age range reached 4.98 million as of February 2022.

Unemployment by Age Group (February 2022)

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Over Half of the Unemployed Were Aged 15-29 in February 2022

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Unemployment by Age Group (February 2022)

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According to data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), more than 59% of unemployment in Indonesia is among young people aged 15-29 years.

BPS recorded the number of unemployed in this age range reached 4.98 million people as of February 2022.

The details are: 1.13 million unemployed aged 15-19 years, 2.5 million aged 20-24 years, and 1.34 million aged 25-29 years.

Meanwhile, the unemployed aged 30-39 years totaled 1.4 million, and those aged 40-49 years totaled 1.2 million.

Furthermore, the unemployed aged 50-59 years numbered 617,490, and those aged over 60 years numbered 199,100.

In total, the number of unemployed in Indonesia as of February 2022 reached 8.4 million people. This number accounts for 5.83% of the total workforce, which numbered 144.04 million people.

This number of unemployed is lower than the figure in August 2021, which was 9.1 million (6.49%), and the figure in February 2021, which was 8.75 million (6.26%).

Editor : Adi Ahdiat

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