The open unemployment rate (OUR) in Ngada Regency in December 2023 increased by 1.19% to 4% compared to December 2022. Over the past six years, the OUR has steadily risen at a faster rate than in previous years.
The OUR in the last five years reached its highest point in 2022 at 4.69% and its lowest in 2018 at 2.11%.
Compared to other regencies/cities, the OUR in this regency/city ranks 26th nationally. The national average OUR in 2023 was 4.3%.
The increase in the OUR is related to the data on the number of the workforce in this region. The number of the workforce in Ngada Regency has shown an upward trend in the last 16 years and continued after COVID. In the last four years, the number of the workforce has also followed an upward trend. In 2021, the workforce numbered 86,410; then it decreased by 32 workers from the previous year to 94,428 workers in 2023.
Regarding the number of employed people, the number of workers in Ngada Regency has decreased in the last three years. Historically, in 2021, there were 83,818 workers; in 2022, this increased to 92,880 workers; and in 2023, it was recorded as 90,651 workers.
The increase in the OUR in Ngada Regency is not directly related to the economic growth in this region, which also continued to increase in 2023. The economy in this region in 2023 was recorded at 3.49 percent. Previously, in 2022, economic growth in this regency/city was recorded at 3.5 percent.
The following are the ten regencies/cities with the highest open unemployment rates (OUR) in East Nusa Tenggara Province in 2023:
The following are the ten regencies/cities with the lowest open unemployment rates (OUR) in 2023:
- East Manggarai Regency 1.63%
- Central Sumba Regency 1.89%
- North Central Timor Regency 1.96%
- South West Sumba Regency 2.80%
- East Sumba Regency 2.21%
- Manggarai Regency 2.44%
- Alor Regency 2.52%
- Lembata Regency 2.55%
- Ende Regency 2.59%
- Sikka Regency 2.62%