According to data from the Central Statistics Agency (Badan Pusat Statistik), the number of Civil Servants (Pegawai Negeri Sipil or PNS) reached 4.56 million in 2015. DKI Jakarta was the province with the highest number of civil servants, with more than 1 million employees, or 22.7 percent of the total. East Java was second with 412,900 civil servants, or 9 percent of the total, followed by Central Java with 375,500 employees, or approximately 8 percent of the total PNS.
By gender, there were 2.34 million male civil servants and 2.22 million female civil servants. The number of civil servants in 2015 increased by 103,122 (2.3 percent) compared to 2014, which stood at 4.46 million. Many people aspire to become civil servants because they believe their welfare will be more secure as a PNS compared to private sector employees or others.
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