2022 Data: Unemployment in Polewali Mandar Regency 2.16%

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) released data showing that the open unemployment rate (OUR) in Polewali Mandar Regency reached 1.95% in 2023. This figure is a decrease of 0.21% compared to December 2022, which was recorded at 2.16%. Compared to December 2021, the figure decreased by 1.43%.

Since 2009, the open unemployment rate (OUR) in Polewali Mandar Regency has shown a downward trend. A similar condition occurred four years after the Covid-19 pandemic, which began in March 2020, also followed by a decrease in the open unemployment rate (OUR) in Polewali Mandar Regency.

Compared to other regencies/cities, the open unemployment rate (OUR) in this regency/city ranks 377th nationally. The national average open unemployment rate (OUR) in 2023 was 4.6%.

The decrease in the open unemployment rate (OUR) is reflected in the number of employed people and the number of the workforce published by BPS this year. The number of the workforce in Polewali Mandar Regency has shown an upward trend over the past 16 years and continued after Covid-19. In the last four years, the number of the workforce has also shown an upward trend. In 2021, the number of the workforce was 226,410 workers, then increased to 265,300 workers in 2023.

As for the number of employed people, the number of workers in Polewali Mandar Regency has shown an upward trend over the past 14 years. In 2021, the number of workers was 218,760, then increased by 13,194 workers to 260,120 workers in 2023.

The decrease in the open unemployment rate (OUR) in Polewali Mandar Regency is not directly related to significant economic growth in 2022. The economy in this region in 2022 was recorded at 3.59 percent. Previously, in 2021, economic growth in this regency/city was recorded at 1.86 percent.

The following are the five regencies/cities with the highest open unemployment rates (OUR) in West Sulawesi Province in 2023:

• Mamuju Regency: 2.99%


• Majene Regency: 2.64%


• Mamasa Regency: 2.35%


• North Mamuju Regency: 2.02%


• Polewali Mandar Regency: 1.95%

The following are the five regencies/cities with the lowest open unemployment rates (OUR) in 2023:

• Central Mamuju Regency: 1.83%


• Polewali Mandar Regency: 1.95%


• North Mamuju Regency: 2.02%


• Mamasa Regency: 2.35%


• Majene Regency: 2.64%