Number of Civil Servants in 38 Indonesian Provinces in 2024

Based on data from the Indonesian National Civil Service Agency (BKN) compiled by the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS), there were approximately 3.57 million civil servants (PNS) in Indonesia in 2024.

This comprised approximately 1.64 million male PNS and 1.93 million female PNS.

In 2024, East Java had the highest number of PNS, with 340,377 individuals, representing 9.5% of the national total.

Conversely, South Papua had the lowest number of PNS, with only 17,166 individuals.

There were also 12 PNS working abroad in 2024, as shown in the graph.

The following is a list of the 10 provinces with the highest number of PNS nationally in 2024:

1. East Java: 340,377 people
2. Central Java: 313,755 people
3. West Java: 307,283 people
4. Jakarta: 230,262 people
5. North Sumatra: 190,967 people
6. South Sulawesi: 171,450 people
7. Aceh: 149,052 people
8. South Sumatra: 113,243 people
9. West Sumatra: 109,977 people
10. East Nusa Tenggara (NTT): 106,944 people

In terms of position, the majority of PNS in 2024 held functional positions as teachers (34%), followed by general or executive functional positions (29%), medical functional positions (13%), and technical functional positions (12%).