Foreign Workers in Indonesia Account for Only 0.03% of the Total Population

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14/08/2018 16:39 WIB

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The number of foreign workers in Indonesia reached 85,974, or only 0.03% of Indonesia's total population of 262 million.

Percentage of Foreign Workers in 12 Countries Relative to the Total Population (2017)

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Percentage of Foreign Workers in 12 Countries Relative to the Total Population (2017)

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The Ministry of Manpower recorded 85,974 foreign workers (TKA) in Indonesia by the end of 2017. This number represents only 0.03% of Indonesia's total population of 262 million. The percentage of foreign workers is lower than in other countries, as shown in the graph below.

Indonesia's number of foreign workers is significantly lower than that of Malaysia (1.78 million) and Singapore (1.37 million). In comparison, there are 728,000 Indonesian workers (TKI) in Malaysia, while Indonesia only has 86,000 foreign workers.

The issue of foreign workers is often used as a political tool to criticize the government amidst the difficulty of finding jobs domestically. One example is the spread of information on social media claiming millions of foreign workers in the Morowali industrial area. However, according to data from PT Indonesia Morowali Park, the number of foreign workers is only 3,291 out of a total of 25,000 workers.

(Read Databoks: Foreign Workers in Indonesia Increase by 3,800)

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