According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS), the open unemployment rate (TPT) in Bandung City in December 2023 decreased by 0.72% to 8.83% compared to December 2022. Compared to December 2021, the open unemployment rate (TPT) also decreased from 11.46%.
The open unemployment rate (TPT) by regency/city is raw data sourced from the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS). The data is produced annually in percentage units. This data is available for the period 2018-2023.
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The open unemployment rate (TPT) over the past five years reached its highest point in 2021 at 11.46% and its lowest in 2018 at 8.05%.
Compared to other regencies/cities, the open unemployment rate in this regency/city ranks 17th nationally. The national average open unemployment rate in 2023 was 4.3%.
The reduction in the open unemployment rate (TPT) this year can be seen from the conditions of the number of the workforce and the number of employed people. The number of the workforce in Bandung City has shown an upward trend over the past 16 years, and in the last four years, the number of the workforce has been on an upward trend. In 2021, the number of the workforce was recorded at 1.34 million workers, then decreased to 1.32 million workers in 2023.
As for the number of employed people, the number of workers in Bandung City has decreased in the last three years. Historically, in 2021, there were 1.19 million workers, increasing to 1.3 million workers in 2022, and 1.2 million workers in 2023.
The decrease in the open unemployment rate (TPT) in Bandung City is not directly related to the plummeting economic growth in 2023. The economy in this region in 2023 was recorded at 5.07 percent. Previously, in 2022, economic growth in this regency/city was recorded at 5.41 percent.
The following are the ten regencies/cities with the highest open unemployment rates in West Java Province in 2023:
- Cimahi City 10.52%
- Kuningan Regency 9.49%
- Bogor City 9.39%
- Karawang Regency 8.95%
- Bekasi Regency 8.87%
- Bandung City 8.83%
- Sukabumi City 8.53%
- Bogor Regency 8.47%
- Bandung Barat Regency 8.11%
- Bekasi City 7.9%
The following are the ten regencies/cities with the lowest open unemployment rates in 2023:
- Pangandaran Regency 1.52%
- Ciamis Regency 3.52%
- Tasikmalaya Regency 3.89%
- Majalengka Regency 4.12%
- Banjar City 5.43%
- Indramayu Regency 6.46%
- Bandung Regency 6.52%
- Tasikmalaya City 6.55%
- Sumedang Regency 6.94%
- Depok City 6.97%