[REVISI per 18/02/2021] August 2020: Open Unemployment Rate of 7.07 percent

Release Date	:	November 5, 2020
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Abstract

The total workforce in August 2020 was 138.22 million people, an increase of 2.36 million people compared to August 2019. In line with the increase in the number of the workforce, the Labor Force Participation Rate (TPAK) also increased by 0.24 percentage points.
The open unemployment rate (TPT) in August 2020 was 7.07 percent, an increase of 1.84 percentage points compared to August 2019.
The working population of 128.45 million people, decreased by 0.31 million people from August 2019. Employment that experienced the largest percentage increase was the Agriculture Sector (2.23 percentage points). Meanwhile, the sector that experienced the largest decline was the Manufacturing Industry Sector (1.30 percentage points).
A total of 77.68 million people (60.47 percent) work in informal activities, an increase of 4.59 percentage points compared to August 2019.
In the past year, the percentage of underemployed workers and part-time workers increased by 3.77 percentage points and 3.42 percentage points, respectively.
There are 29.12 million people (14.28 percent) of the working age population who are affected by Covid-19, consisting of unemployed people due to Covid-19 (2.56 million people), not the Labor Force (BAK) due to Covid-19 (0.76 million people), temporarily unemployed because of Covid-19 (1.77 million people), and the working population who experienced a reduction in working hours due to Covid-19 (24.03 million people).

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