The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) released data showing that the open unemployment rate (OUR) in Simeulue Regency reached 5.85% in 2023. This figure is a decrease of 0.15% compared to December 2022, which was recorded at 6%. However, compared to December 2021, the figure increased by 0.14%.
Since 2018, the open unemployment rate (OUR) in Simeulue Regency has shown an upward trend in terms of numbers, and the four years following the Covid-19 pandemic, which began in March 2020, further contributed to the rise in the open unemployment rate (OUR) in Simeulue Regency.
Compared to other regencies/cities, the open unemployment rate (OUR) in this regency/city ranks 116th nationally. The national average open unemployment rate (OUR) in 2023 was 4.3%.
The reduction in the open unemployment rate (OUR) this year can be seen from the conditions of the number of the workforce and the number of employed people. The number of the workforce in Simeulue Regency has shown an upward trend over the past 16 years. Then, after the end of the Covid-19 pandemic, for 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 47,689 workers, and in 2023, it increased to 50,451 workers.
As for the number of employed people, the number of workers in Simeulue Regency has increased over the past three years. Historically, in 2021, there were 44,964 workers; in 2022, this number decreased to 41,268 workers; and in 2023, it was recorded at 47,502 workers.
The decrease in the open unemployment rate (OUR) in Simeulue 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 4.63 percent. Previously, in 2022, economic growth in this regency/city was recorded at 3.62 percent.
The following are the ten regencies/cities with the highest open unemployment rates (OUR) in Aceh Province in 2023:
- Lhokseumawe City: 8.78%
- Aceh Besar Regency: 8.17%
- Aceh Timur Regency: 8.03%
- Banda Aceh City: 8.03%
- Langsa City: 7.73%
- Aceh Tamiang Regency: 7.21%
- Aceh Utara Regency: 7.07%
- Aceh Singkil Regency: 6.84%
- Aceh Barat Regency: 6.07%
- Pidie Regency: 5.92%
The following are the ten regencies/cities with the lowest open unemployment rates (OUR) in 2023:
- Bener Meriah Regency: 2.45%
- Gayo Lues Regency: 2.65%
- Aceh Jaya Regency: 2.88%
- Sabang City: 3.92%
- Aceh Barat Daya Regency: 4.08%
- Bireuen Regency: 4.14%
- Pidie Jaya Regency: 4.34%
- Aceh Tengah Regency: 4.42%
- Aceh Selatan Regency: 4.73%
- Aceh Tenggara Regency: 5%