The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reports that the open unemployment rate (TPT) in Seruyan Regency reached 3.61% in 2023. This figure is a decrease of 0.35% compared to December 2022, which was recorded at 3.96%. Compared to December 2021, the figure decreased by 0.64%.
Since 2018, the open unemployment rate (TPT) in Seruyan Regency has shown a downward trend. The same condition occurred four years after the Covid-19 pandemic, starting in 2020, causing the open unemployment rate (TPT) to decrease in Seruyan Regency.
Compared to other regencies/cities, the open unemployment rate in this regency/city ranks 292nd 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 number of the workforce and the number of employed people. The number of the workforce in Seruyan Regency has shown an upward trend over the past 16 years. However, conversely, in the four years after Covid, the number of the workforce has shown a downward trend. In 2021, the number of the workforce was 112,840 workers; this number decreased to 86,629 workers in 2023.
As for the number of employed people, the number of workers in Seruyan Regency has shown an upward trend over the past 15 years. In 2022, the number of workers was 112,820; this number increased by 4,245 workers from the previous year, reaching 87,751 workers in 2024.
The decrease in the open unemployment rate (TPT) in Seruyan 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 4.55 percent. Previously, in 2022, economic growth in this regency/city was recorded at 4.01 percent.
The following are the ten regencies/cities with the highest open unemployment rates in Central Kalimantan Province in 2023:
- Sukamara Regency 5.23%
- Palangkaraya City 5.13%
- Katingan Regency 4.96%
- Barito Utara Regency 4.85%
- East Kota Waringin Regency 4.77%
- West Kota Waringin Regency 4.45%
- Barito Selatan Regency 4.33%
- Kapuas Regency 3.66%
- Seruyan Regency 3.61%
- Barito Timur Regency 3.37%
The following are the ten regencies/cities with the lowest open unemployment rates in 2023:
- Pulang Pisau Regency 2.07%
- Murung Raya Regency 2.75%
- Gunung Mas Regency 3.24%
- Lamandau Regency 3.32%
- Barito Timur Regency 3.37%
- Seruyan Regency 3.61%
- Kapuas Regency 3.66%
- Barito Selatan Regency 4.33%
- West Kota Waringin Regency 4.45%
- East Kota Waringin Regency 4.77%