In the 2018 Civil Servant Recruitment (CPNS) acceptance, there were 238,015 positions competed for by applicants. Of this number, 51,271 positions were for placement in 76 central government ministries/agencies. Then, 186,744 positions were for regional institutions to be placed in 525 regional governments, both at the provincial and regency/city levels.
The National Civil Service Agency (BKN) announced that 4.44 million people registered for this year's CPNS selection. Of that number, only 1.75 million CPNS 2018 applicants were declared to meet the administrative requirements and were eligible to participate in the next selection stage.
Based on BKN data, the Ministry of Law and Human Rights was the most popular central government institution in this year's CPNS recruitment. A total of 488,000 people applied to become civil servants in that institution. In second place was the Ministry of Religious Affairs with 265,000 applicants, and third was the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education with 61,000 applicants.