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2023 Data: Unemployment in Balikpapan City Reaches 6.09%

Agus Dwi Darmawan 22/04/2025 17:16 WIB

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The decrease in the open unemployment rate (OUR) in Balikpapan City is not directly related to the region's economic growth, which also continues to increase in 2023.

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The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reports that the open unemployment rate (TPT) in Balikpapan City reached 6.09% in 2023. This figure is a decrease of 0.81% compared to December 2022, which was recorded at 6.9%. Compared to December 2021, the figure decreased by 2.85%.

The open unemployment rate (TPT) over the past five years reached its highest point in 2018 at 9.27% and its lowest point in 2023 at 6.09%.

Compared to other regencies/cities, the open unemployment rate in this regency/city ranks 99th 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 condition of the labor force and the number of employed people. The number of workers in Balikpapan City has shown an upward trend over the past 15 years. After the end of the Covid-19 pandemic, for the past four years, the number of workers has also been on an upward trend. In 2021, the number of workers was 320,120, increasing to 343,380 in 2023.

Regarding the number of employed people, the number of workers in Balikpapan City has shown an upward trend over the past 14 years and continued after Covid-19. Over the past four years, the number of workers has also been on an upward trend. In 2021, the number of workers was 291,500, increasing to 322,470 in 2023.

The decrease in the open unemployment rate (TPT) in Balikpapan City 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 6.49 percent. Previously, in 2022, economic growth in this regency/city was recorded at 4.94 percent.

The following are the five regencies/cities with the highest open unemployment rates in East Kalimantan Province in 2023:

Bontang City 7.74%
West Kutai Regency 6.16%
Balikpapan City 6.09%
East Kutai Regency 5.93%
Samarinda City 5.92%

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

North Penajam Paser Regency 2.07%
Mahakam Hulu Regency 2.09%
Kutai Kartanegara Regency 4.05%
Paser Regency 4.72%
Berau Regency 4.95%

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