Many Indonesian Elderly Work in the Informal Sector Without Protection

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Adi Ahdiat 10/09/2024 14:20 WIB

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According to BPS data, of all Indonesian senior citizens working in 2023, the majority, or 85.25%, are classified as informal workers without employment protection.

Percentage of Working Elderly Indonesians by Sector (2023)

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Percentage of Working Elderly Indonesians by Sector (2023)

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Based on data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), the proportion of Indonesia's population aged 60 and above (elderly) reached 11.75% in 2023.

Calculated from Indonesia's total population of 278.7 million in mid-2023, the elderly population during that period is estimated to have reached 32.7 million.

In 2023, more than half, or 53.93%, of Indonesian elderly were still working.

In this working group, the majority, or 85.25%, were classified as informal workers, with statuses such as self-employed, employing unpaid/temporary workers, freelance workers, and unpaid family workers.

BPS stated that these informal workers generally lack employment protection.

"The informal sector, which is widely engaged in by elderly workers, does not require specific educational qualifications, which also reflects that most elderly work as vulnerable workers, without employment protection, employment contracts, or decent benefits or compensation," wrote BPS in its report, *Statistics of the Elderly Population 2023*.

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