JAKARTA - The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded that the number of unemployed people in Indonesia in August 2025 reached 7.46 million.
BPS Deputy for Balance Sheet and Statistical Analysis, Moh Edy Mahmud, explained that this figure represents a decrease of around 4,000 people compared to the same period the previous year.
"The labor force not absorbed by the job market, which became unemployed, is 7.46 million people, a decrease of around 4,000 people compared to August 2024," he said at a BPS press conference on Wednesday, November 5.
Furthermore, Edy stated that the working-age population as of August 2025 reached 218.17 million people, an increase of 2.80 million people compared to the previous year.
Of this number, the workforce reached 154 million people, an increase of 1.89 million people, while the non-workforce was recorded at 64.17 million people, an increase of around 0.91 million people.
Edy stated that of the total workforce, 146.54 million people were employed, an increase of approximately 1.90 million compared to August 2024.
"Breaking down, the employed population consists of 98.65 million full-time workers, an increase of approximately 0.20 million. Meanwhile, 36.29 million part-time workers, an increase of 1.66 million, were employed. Then, 11.60 million people were underemployed, an increase of 0.04 million," he said.
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