The open unemployment rate (OUR) in Pariaman City in December 2023 increased by 0.49% to 5.68% compared to December 2022. However, compared to December 2021, the OUR decreased from a previously recorded 6.09%.
The open unemployment rate (OUR) over the past five years reached its highest point in 2021 at 6.09% and its lowest in 2022 at 5.19%.
Compared to other regencies/cities, the open unemployment rate (OUR) in this regency/city ranks 131st nationally. The national average open unemployment rate (OUR) in 2023 was 4.3%.
The increase in the open unemployment rate (OUR) is related to the data on the number of the workforce in this region. The number of the workforce in Pariaman City has shown an upward trend over the past 16 years. After the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, for the past four years, the number of the workforce has also been on an upward trend. In 2021, the number of workers was 41,737, increasing to 51,949 in 2023.
Regarding the number of employed residents, the number of workers in Pariaman City has increased over the past three years. Historically, in 2021 there were 39,195 workers, increasing to 43,398 in 2022 and 48,996 in 2023.
The increase in the open unemployment rate (OUR) in Pariaman City is not directly related to the economic growth in this region, which also continued to increase in 2023. The economy in this region in 2023 was recorded at 4.79 percent. Previously, in 2022, economic growth in this regency/city was recorded at 4.55 percent.
The following are the ten regencies/cities with the highest open unemployment rates (OUR) in West Sumatra Province in 2023:
- Padang City 10.86%
- Padang Pariaman Regency 6.69%
- Dharmasraya Regency 6.22%
- Pasaman Barat Regency 6.01%
- Pariaman City 5.68%
- Padang Panjang City 5.49%
- Tanah Datar Regency 5.35%
- Pasaman Regency 5.09%
- Solok Regency 4.99%
- Bukit Tinggi City 4.99%
The following are the ten regencies/cities with the lowest open unemployment rates (OUR) in 2023:
- Mentawai Islands Regency 1.33%
- Solok Selatan Regency 2.57%
- Solok City 3.72%
- Lima Puluh Kota Regency 3.95%
- Sawahlunto/Sijunjung Regency 4.71%
- Pesisir Selatan Regency 4.75%
- Payakumbuh City 4.84%
- Agam Regency 4.96%
- Sawahlunto City 4.98%
- Bukit Tinggi City 4.99%