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August 2020: Open Unemployment Rate (TPT) of 5.84 percent

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Release Date	:	November 5, 2020
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• The total workforce in August 2020 was 22.26 million people, an increase of 396.37 thousand people compared to August 2019. In line with this, the Labor Force Participation Rate (TPAK) also increased by 0.72 points. • In the past year, unemployment increased by 466.02 thousand people and TPT increased by 2.02 percentage points to 5.84 percent in August 2020. Judging from the level of education, TPT for Vocational High Schools (SMK) still dominates among other education levels, namely by 11.89 percent. • The total working population of 20.96 million people, decreased by around 69.65 thousand people from August 2019. Employment that experienced an increase in the percentage of the working population was mainly Agriculture (1.73 percentage points), Trade (0.51 percentage points), and Accommodation and Food and Drink (0.39 percentage points). In contrast, employment that experienced a decrease in percentage was mainly in the Manufacturing Industry (1.23 percentage points), Construction (0.47 percentage points), and Educational Services (0.39 percentage points). • The population working in formal activities in August 2020 was 7.62 million people (36.36 percent). On the other hand, there were 13.34 million people (63.64 percent) working in informal activities. Over the past year, the percentage of the population working in formal activities has decreased by 3 percentage points. • In the past year, the percentage of underemployed workers increased by 3.76 percentage points and the percentage of part-time workers increased by 3.01 percentage points • There were 4.23 million people of working age who were affected by Covid-19 or 13.36 percent, consisting of the unemployed because of covid-19 (318.61 thousand people), not the workforce because of covid-19 (112.43 thousand people), while not working because of covid-19 (252.57 thousand people), and the working population who experienced a reduction in working hours because of covid-19 (3.55 million people).

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