Head of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) said Suryamin, in August 2013, an increasing number of Indonesian workforce of 118.05 million in August 2012 to 118.09 million people. Of these, the number of people working in August 2013 decreased by 10,000 from 110.81 million in August 2012 to 110.8 million people.
Meanwhile, the number of unemployed in August 2013 increased to 7.39 million (6.25%) of the 7.24 million people (6.14%).
"There is a slowdown in economic growth, so there is a slowdown of employment. Meanwhile, both the labor supply and the labor force not previously been included in the labor force into the labor force increased more," said Suryamin a press conference in Jakarta, Wednesday (6 / 11).
According Suryamin, the labor force participation rate at 66.9% in August 2013 from August 2012 decreased by 67.88%. While the unemployment rate increased from 6.14% to 6.25%.
Meanwhile, according to him, from the structure of employment, reduction in the number of labor occurs in agriculture, manufacturing, construction, and trade. While an increasing number of labor occurred in trade, transportation, warehousing and communications, finance, and social services.
"In the last year, agriculture fell from 38.9 million to 38.1 million people, the industry fell from 24 million people to 22.8 million people, and services rose from 47.9 million people to 49.9 million people, "Suryamin light.
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