The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reports that the open unemployment rate (TPT) in Buton Regency reached 2.48% in 2023. This figure is a decrease of 0.51% compared to December 2022, which was recorded at 2.99%. Compared to December 2021, the figure decreased by 2.26%.
Over the past five years, the open unemployment rate (TPT) peaked at 4.78% in 2020 and reached its lowest point at 1.29% in 2019.
Compared to other regencies/cities, the open unemployment rate in this regency/city ranks 420th nationally. The national average for the 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 labor force and the number of employed people. The number of workers in Buton Regency has increased over the past three years. Historically, in 2021 there were 45,467 workers, increasing to 54,660 in 2022 and 57,920 in 2023.
Regarding the number of employed people, the number of workers in Buton Regency has shown a downward trend over the past 14 years. However, conversely, in the four years following the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of workers has been on an upward trend. In 2021, there were 43,313 workers, increasing to 56,483 in 2023.
The decrease in the open unemployment rate (TPT) in Buton Regency is not directly related to the plummeting economic growth in 2023. The economy in this region in 2023 was recorded at 3.03 percent. Previously, in 2022, economic growth in this regency/city was recorded at 5.76 percent.
The following are the ten regencies/cities with the highest open unemployment rates in Southeast Sulawesi Province in 2023:
- Kendari City 5.18%
- South Buton Regency 4.33%
- Bau Bau City 4.17%
- Kolaka Regency 3.36%
- Muna Regency 3.27%
- South Konawe Regency 3.12%
- Konawe Regency 3.09%
- North Konawe Regency 2.76%
- Wakatobi Regency 2.73%
- Central Buton Regency 2.5%
The following are the ten regencies/cities with the lowest open unemployment rates in 2023:
- Bombana Regency 1.16%
- Konawe Islands Regency 1.59%
- North Buton Regency 1.93%
- East Kolaka Regency 2.18%
- West Muna Regency 2.22%
- North Kolaka Regency 2.24%
- Buton Regency 2.48%
- Central Buton Regency 2.5%
- Wakatobi Regency 2.73%
- North Konawe Regency 2.76%