Indonesia's unemployment rate shows a downward trend despite a simultaneous increase in the workforce. In 2011, the open unemployment rate (OUR) was 7.48 percent, while the workforce totaled 116.1 million people. In August 2016, the unemployment rate decreased to 5.61 percent, even though the workforce increased to 125.44 million people.
The increase in the workforce coupled with a decrease in the unemployment rate indicates that the number of jobs was able to accommodate the increase in the workforce. Government development programs and the creation of new jobs in the private sector were able to suppress the national unemployment rate.
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