The Indonesian National Agency for Placement and Protection of Indonesian Workers (BNP2TKI) recorded that the number of Indonesian Workers (TKI) placed in various countries in 2018 reached 283,640 workers. Of this number, 47% worked in the formal sector and 53% in the informal sector, spread across more than 20 types of jobs.
BNP2TKI also recorded 20 countries with the highest number of Indonesian workers. Of these 20 countries, Malaysia was the main destination country for Indonesian workers, reaching 90,671 workers, or almost one-third of the total number of Indonesian workers working abroad. Hong Kong was second with 73,917 Indonesian workers, and Taiwan was third with 72,373 workers.
Meanwhile, China was ranked 20th with only 22 Indonesian workers. This number is significantly different from the number of Chinese foreign workers (TKA) working in Indonesia, which reached 32,209 workers in 2018.
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