2023 Data: Unemployment in Humbang Hasundutan Regency 0.84%

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) released data showing that the open unemployment rate (OUR) in Humbang Hasundutan Regency reached 0.84% in 2023. This figure increased by 0.42% compared to December 2022, which was recorded at 0.42%. However, compared to December 2021, the figure decreased by 1.1%.

The open unemployment rate (OUR) over the past ten years reached its highest point in 2008 at 6.94% and its lowest point in 2013 at 0.3%.

Compared to other regencies/cities, the open unemployment rate (OUR) in this regency/city ranks 401st nationally. The national average open unemployment rate (OUR) in 2023 was 4.6%.

The increase in the open unemployment rate (OUR) is inseparable from the data on the number of the workforce in this region. The number of the workforce in Humbang Hasundutan Regency has shown an upward trend over the past 16 years. Conversely, in the four years following the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of the workforce has also been on an upward trend. In 2021, the number of workers was recorded at 109,990, increasing to 124,430 in 2023.

As for the number of employed people, the number of workers in Humbang Hasundutan Regency has shown an upward trend over the past 14 years and continued after the COVID-19 pandemic. In the past four years, the number of workers has also followed an upward trend. In 2021, the number of workers was 107,860, increasing to 123,380 in 2023.

The increase in the open unemployment rate (OUR) in Humbang Hasundutan Regency is not directly related to significant economic growth in 2022. The economy in this region in 2022 was recorded at 4.21 percent. Previously, in 2021, economic growth in this regency/city was recorded at 2.02 percent.

The following are the ten regencies/cities with the highest open unemployment rates (OUR) in North Sumatra Province in 2023:

• Medan City 8.67%


• Pematang Siantar City 8.62%


• Deli Serdang Regency 8.62%


• Tapanuli Tengah Regency 7.81%


• Padang Sidempuan City 7.57%


• Mandailing Natal Regency 7.45%


• Sibolga City 6.79%


• Langkat Regency 6.33%


• Tebing Tinggi City 6.24%


• Asahan Regency 6.12%

The following are the ten regencies/cities with the lowest open unemployment rates (OUR) in 2023:

• Pakpak Bharat Regency 0.45%


• West Nias Regency 0.8%


• Humbang Hasundutan Regency 0.84%


• North Tapanuli Regency 1.03%


• Samosir Regency 1.03%


• Dairi Regency 1.23%


• Toba Samosir Regency 1.3%


• Nias Regency 2.31%


• North Nias Regency 2.57%


• Karo Regency 2.63%