Unemployment is a complex economic problem that has a wide impact on society. In Indonesia, data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) periodically shows fluctuations in unemployment rates in various provinces.

Based on BPS data, the total labor force in Indonesia reached 153.05 million people as of February 2025. Of this number, the number of unemployed people in Indonesia was recorded at 7.28 million people. If we look at the distribution, West Java is the province with the highest number of unemployed people. In February 2025, the number of unemployed people in West Java reached 1.81 million people.

The following is a complete list of the 8 provinces with the highest number of unemployed people in Indonesia as of February 2025:

  1. West Java - 1,807,211 people
  2. Central Java - 947,248 people
  3. East Java - 894,495 people
  4. Banten - 412,713 people
  5. North Sumatra - 409,230 people
  6. Jakarta - 338,394 people
  7. South Sulawesi - 238,797 people
  8. Lampung - 206,804 people

Source: Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) via Dataindonesia.id

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