The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) released data showing that the open unemployment rate (OUR) in Gowa Regency reached 3.43% in 2023. This figure increased by 0.17% compared to December 2022, which recorded 3.26%. However, compared to December 2021, it decreased by 0.87%.
Over the past five years, the open unemployment rate (OUR) has shown a downward trend, and the four years following the Covid-19 pandemic, which began in March 2020, also contributed to the decrease in the open unemployment rate (OUR) in Gowa Regency.
Compared to other regencies/cities, the open unemployment rate (OUR) in this regency/city ranks 314th nationally. The national average open unemployment rate (OUR) in 2023 was 4.3%.
The increase in the open unemployment rate (OUR) is related to the data on the number of the workforce in this region. The number of the workforce in Gowa 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 the workforce was recorded at 407,550 workers, and in 2023, it increased to 424,440 workers.
As for the number of employed people, the number of workers in Gowa Regency has shown an upward trend over the past 14 years and continued after Covid-19. In the last four years, the number of workers has also shown an upward trend. In 2021, the number of workers was 390,040, and in 2023, it increased to 409,880.
The increase in the open unemployment rate (OUR) in Gowa 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 5.82 percent. Previously, in 2022, economic growth in this regency/city was recorded at 4.59 percent.
The following are the ten regencies/cities with the highest open unemployment rates (OUR) in South Sulawesi Province in 2023:
* Makassar City: 10.6%
* Palopo City: 7.81%
* Barru Regency: 5.89%
* Parepare City: 5.86%
* Luwu Timur Regency: 5.42%
* Pangkajene and Islands Regency: 5.05%
* Soppeng Regency: 4.34%
* Bantaeng Regency: 3.71%
* Luwu Regency: 3.7%
* Maros Regency: 3.64%
The following are the ten regencies/cities with the lowest open unemployment rates (OUR) in 2023:
* Bulukumba Regency: 1.31%
* Enrekang Regency: 1.53%
* Sinjai Regency: 1.69%
* Selayar Islands Regency: 1.98%
* Wajo Regency: 2.1%
* Jeneponto Regency: 2.13%
* North Toraja Regency: 2.6%
* North Luwu Regency: 2.63%
* Bone Regency: 2.88%
* Sidenreng Rappang Regency: 3.29%