The Number of Unemployed Increased by 49% in the Last Year of 2020
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The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reports a yearly increase in the number of people ceasing work. In 2020, a recorded 15,426,491 people aged 15 and above stopped working within the last year.
The trend shows a 49.26% increase in the number of people aged 15 and above who stopped working in 2020 compared to the previous year (10,335,653 people). The highest surge in the number of people ceasing work over the last five years occurred in 2019.
The increase in the number of people aged 15 and above who stopped working in 2019 was 90.34% higher than the previous year (5,429,959 people).
Based on distribution, the three provinces with the highest number of people ceasing work are located on the island of Java. West Java has the highest number, with 3,097,625 people ceasing work.
This is followed by Central Java with 2,572,555 people, and East Java with 2,427,635 people.
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