2023 Data: Unemployment in Kotamobagu City Reaches 6.34%

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reports that the open unemployment rate (OUR) in Kotamobagu City reached 6.34% in 2023. This figure is a decrease of 0.25% compared to December 2022, which recorded 6.59%. Compared to December 2021, the figure decreased by 0.98%.

Since 2018, the open unemployment rate (OUR) in Kotamobagu City has shown an upward trend in terms of numbers. However, in the four years following the Covid-19 pandemic (since 2020), the open unemployment rate (OUR) in Kotamobagu City has also decreased.

Compared to other regencies/cities, the open unemployment rate (OUR) in this regency/city ranks 89th 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 number of the workforce and the number of employed people. The number of the workforce in Kotamobagu City has shown an upward trend over the past 15 years. In 2021, the number of workers was 65,376, and in 2023, it increased to 67,953.

The number of employed people in Kotamobagu City has increased over the past three years. Historically, in 2021 there were 60,591 workers, in 2022 this increased to 63,343 workers, and in 2023 it was recorded as 63,648 workers.

The decrease in the open unemployment rate (OUR) in Kotamobagu City 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 5.4 percent. Previously, in 2022, economic growth in this regency/city was recorded at 5.15 percent.

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

* Manado City: 8.85%
* Tomohon City: 8.52%
* Bitung City: 7.82%
* Minahasa Regency: 7.65%
* North Minahasa Regency: 7.17%
* Kotamobagu City: 6.34%
* East Bolaang Mongondow Regency: 5.35%
* South Minahasa Regency: 4.98%
* Bolaang Mongondow Regency: 4.61%
* North Bolaang Mongondow Regency: 4.48%

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

* Siau Tagulandang Biaro Islands Regency: 2.09%
* South Bolaang Mongondow Regency: 2.55%
* Sangihe Islands Regency: 2.56%
* Southeast Minahasa Regency: 2.84%
* Talaud Islands Regency: 3.1%
* North Bolaang Mongondow Regency: 4.48%
* Bolaang Mongondow Regency: 4.61%
* South Minahasa Regency: 4.98%
* East Bolaang Mongondow Regency: 5.35%
* Kotamobagu City: 6.34%