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The Number of Highly Educated Workers in the Agricultural Sector is Less Than 3% in August 2025

Akbar Ridwan 28/01/2026 15:29 WIB

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According to a report from the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan), the number of agricultural workers in the narrow sense reached 38.20 million in August 2025.

The Percentage of Indonesian Residents* Working in the Narrow Agricultural Sector Based on Education Level (August 2025)

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According to a report from the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan), the number of agricultural workers in the narrow sense reached 38.20 million in August 2025.

The agricultural sector in the narrow sense refers to the subsectors of food crops, horticulture, plantations, and livestock farming.

Based on the subsectors, the number of people working in the food crop subsector reached 15.77 million, followed by the plantation subsector (13 million people), livestock farming (5.33 million people), and horticulture (4.10 million people).

Despite absorbing a large number of workers, these four subsectors currently only contribute 11.2% to the country's gross domestic product (GDP) in the third quarter of 2025.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture, this situation indicates that the productivity of workers in the agricultural sector is still low.

"This low productivity is due to the low level of education and the ability to adopt technology," explained the Ministry of Agriculture in the Agricultural Sector Employment Statistics August 2025.

Based on data from the Statistics Indonesia (BPS) processed by the Ministry of Agriculture, the majority of workers only have a primary education level, while those pursuing higher education do not exceed 3%.

Here are the percentages of workers in the narrow agricultural sector in Indonesia based on education level in August 2025:

Food crops

Primary education: 83.3%
Secondary education: 15.1%
Higher education: 1.6%

Livestock farming

Primary education: 78.6%
Secondary education: 18.7%
Higher education: 2.7%

Horticulture

Primary education: 78.5%
Secondary education: 19.1%
Higher education: 2.4%

Plantations

Primary education: 73.5%
Secondary education: 24%
Higher education: 2.5%

Editor : Erlina Fury Santika

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