Indonesia's Informal Worker Proportion Falls to 59% in 2021

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Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman 11/04/2022 09:50 WIB

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The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reported a slight decrease in the proportion of the population working in the informal sector to 59.45% in 2021 from 60.47% in 2020.

Percentage of the Working Population in Informal Activities by Gender (2021)

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Percentage of the Working Population in Informal Activities by Gender (2021)

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The percentage of the population working in the informal sector slightly decreased to 59.45% in 2021. In 2020, the percentage was still 60.47%, according to a report released by the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) on Friday (April 8, 2022).

According to the BPS definition, informal workers are self-employed workers, workers assisted by non-permanent or unpaid laborers, self-employed agricultural workers, self-employed non-agricultural workers, and family workers or unpaid workers.

In 2021, the proportion of women working in the informal sector reached 63.8%, higher than that of men, which was recorded at 56.61%.

BPS also reported that the proportion of the population working in the informal sector in rural areas in 2021 reached 72.41%, significantly higher than in urban areas, which was recorded at around 48.79%.

The highest proportion of the population working in the informal sector was recorded among those with primary school education (SD) or lower, at 80.26% in 2021.

Meanwhile, in 2021, only 18.9% of university graduates worked in the informal sector.

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