Indonesian workers with disabilities are most employed in the agricultural sector.

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Cindy Mutia Annur 22/09/2023 17:59 WIB

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According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, in Indonesia, the largest number of disabled workers were employed in the agricultural sector in both 2021 and 2022.

Distribution of Working People with Disabilities by Industry (2021-2022)

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Distribution of Working People with Disabilities by Industry (2021-2022)

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Based on the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) report titled *Decent Work Indicators in Indonesia 2022*, there were 720,748 workers with disabilities in Indonesia in 2022. This number surged by 160.18% year-on-year (yoy) from 277,018 in the previous year.

In 2022, most workers with disabilities in Indonesia were employed in the agriculture sector, totaling 305,217 individuals. This figure increased by 155.59% yoy.

“The largest distribution of working individuals with disabilities is in the agricultural sector, reaching 42.35% (of the total national workforce with disabilities),” stated the BPS, as cited from its report.

A significant number of workers with disabilities in Indonesia also work in the service sector. In 2022, this amounted to 287,941 individuals, or 39.95% of the total workforce with disabilities in Indonesia. The number of workers with disabilities in this sector in 2022 increased by 160.11% year-on-year (yoy).

Meanwhile, the smallest number of workers with disabilities in Indonesia were employed in the industrial sector, with only 127,590 individuals in 2022, representing just 17.7% of the total national workforce with disabilities. The number of workers with disabilities in the industrial sector increased by approximately 172.02% year-on-year (yoy) last year.

“The same distribution was also observed in 2021, with the largest number of workers with disabilities in the agricultural sector at 43.11%, followed by services at 39.96%, and the smallest distribution in industry at 16.93%,” said the BPS.

The BPS report also shows that the majority of workers with disabilities in Indonesia are self-employed.

In 2022, the proportion of workers with disabilities who were self-employed reached 0.81% of the total national workforce.

Furthermore, the proportion of workers with disabilities employing unpaid family workers was 0.78%, and unpaid family workers constituted 0.67%.

Editor : Erlina Fury Santika

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