The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reports that the open unemployment rate (OUR) in West Seram Regency reached 4.74% in 2023. This figure is a decrease of 0.71% compared to December 2022, which was recorded at 5.45%. Compared to December 2021, the figure decreased by 0.91%.
Since 2018, the open unemployment rate (OUR) in West Seram Regency has shown a downward trend in terms of numbers. Following the Covid-19 pandemic since 2020, the open unemployment rate (OUR) in West Seram Regency has decreased.
Compared to other regencies/cities, the open unemployment rate (OUR) in this regency/city ranks 196th nationally. The national average open unemployment rate (OUR) in 2023 was 4.3%.
The reduction in the open unemployment rate (OUR) this year can be seen from the condition of the number of the workforce and the number of employed people. The number of the workforce in West Seram Regency has shown an upward trend over the past 16 years, and in the last four years, the number of the workforce has also been on an upward trend. In 2021, the number of workers was 85,640; this increased by 20,041 workers from the previous year to 101,280 workers in 2023.
The number of employed people in West Seram Regency has shown an upward trend over the past 14 years and continued after Covid-19. In the last four years, the number of employed people has also shown an upward trend. In 2021, the number of employed people was 80,801; this increased to 96,485 in 2023.
The decrease in the open unemployment rate (OUR) in West Seram Regency is not directly related to the plummeting economic growth in 2023. The economy in this region in 2023 was recorded at 4.67 percent. Previously, in 2022, economic growth in this regency/city was recorded at 5.63 percent.
The following are the five regencies/cities with the highest open unemployment rates (OUR) in Maluku Province in 2023:
* Ambon City: 11.65%
* Tual City: 8.98%
* Central Maluku Regency: 6.75%
* Southeast Maluku Regency: 5.73%
* Buru Regency: 4.86%
The following are the five regencies/cities with the lowest open unemployment rates (OUR) in 2023:
* South Buru Regency: 0.97%
* Aru Islands Regency: 1.96%
* Southwest Maluku Regency: 2.43%
* East Seram Regency: 3.31%
* West Southeast Maluku Regency: 4.31%