Good News From Bogor Regency, Unemployment Rate Will Decrease Significantly During 2021

JAKARTA - A member of the Bogor Regency Development Acceleration Team, West Java, Saepudin Muhtar alias Gus Udin said that there was a significant decline in the unemployment rate in the area during 2021.

"This is based on BPS (Central Statistics Agency) data. This year the unemployment rate decreased very significantly, decreasing 2.07 percent, from 14.29 percent to 12.22 percent," he said in Cibinong, Bogor, as reported by Antara, Wednesday.

Gus Udin said, the number of unemployed people which was originally recorded at 390,7321 people in 2020, this year the number has decreased by 50,127 people, bringing it to 340,604 people.

According to him, referring to BPS data, the decline in the unemployment rate in Bogor Regency this year is the highest compared to other cities/regencies in West Java.

He said this condition was the result of various efforts made by the Bogor Regency Government (Pemkab) under the leadership of Regent Ade Yasin in carrying out economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

One of them is by revamping the job search system called the Bogor Career Center (BCC), through the Manpower Office. The system that has existed since several years ago was optimized for its function by cooperating with the Indonesian Employers' Association (APINDO) and human resource development (HRD) in various companies to provide job opportunities.

The reason is, there was a spike in the unemployment rate in Bogor Regency last year as much as 5.23 percent, from 9.06 percent to 14.29 percent.

This condition has implications for increasing the poverty rate in Bogor Regency, from 6.66 percent in 2019, increasing to 7.69 percent in 2020.