2023 Data: Unemployment in Solok Selatan Regency is 2.57%

According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS), the open unemployment rate (TPT) in Solok Selatan Regency in December 2023 decreased by 1.14% to 2.57% compared to December 2022. Compared to December 2021, the open unemployment rate (TPT) also decreased from 4.84%.

The open unemployment rate (TPT) by regency/city is raw data sourced from the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS). Data is produced annually in percentage units. This data is available for the period 2018-2023.

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The open unemployment rate (TPT) over the past five years reached its highest point in 2018 at 5.84% and its lowest point in 2023 at 2.57%.

Compared to other regencies/cities, the open unemployment rate in this regency/city ranks 408th nationally. The national average open unemployment rate in 2023 was 4.3%.

The reduction in the open unemployment rate (TPT) this year can be seen from the conditions of the number of the workforce and the number of employed people. The number of the workforce in Solok Selatan Regency has shown an upward trend over the past 16 years. A different condition was observed after COVID in the last four years; the number of the workforce has been on an upward trend. In 2021, the number of the workforce was 91,644 workers, then it increased to 109,400 workers in 2023.

As for the number of employed people, the number of workers in Solok Selatan Regency has shown an upward trend over the past 15 years. Then, after the COVID-19 pandemic ended, for the last five years, the number of workers has also been on an upward trend. In 2022, the number of workers was 97,453, then it increased to 109,190 workers in 2024.

The decrease in the open unemployment rate (TPT) in Solok Selatan Regency is related to the plummeting economic growth in 2024. The economy in this region in 2024 was recorded at 4.09 percent. Previously, in 2023, economic growth in this regency/city was recorded at 4.57 percent.

The following are the ten regencies/cities with the highest open unemployment rates in West Sumatra Province in 2023:

• Padang City 10.86%


• Padang Pariaman Regency 6.69%


• Dharmasraya Regency 6.22%


• Pasaman Barat Regency 6.01%


• Pariaman City 5.68%


• Padang Panjang City 5.49%


• Tanah Datar Regency 5.35%


• Pasaman Regency 5.09%


• Solok Regency 4.99%


• Bukit Tinggi City 4.99%

The following are the ten regencies/cities with the lowest open unemployment rates in 2023:

• Mentawai Islands Regency 1.33%


• Solok Selatan Regency 2.57%


• Solok City 3.72%


• Lima Puluh Kota Regency 3.95%


• Sawahlunto/Sijunjung Regency 4.71%


• Pesisir Selatan Regency 4.75%


• Payakumbuh City 4.84%


• Agam Regency 4.96%


• Sawahlunto City 4.98%


• Bukit Tinggi City 4.99%