ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Indonesia
Indonesia: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of was 35.1 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Indonesia, 1996–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Indonesia recorded 35.1 % for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Indonesia peaked at 37 % in 2019 and was at its lowest, 21.4 %, in 2000.
That places Indonesia 61st out of 72 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Indonesia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 24 % | — |
| 1997 | 25.3 % | +5.4% |
| 1998 | 22.8 % | -9.9% |
| 1999 | 22.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 21.4 % | -6.1% |
| 2001 | 23.8 % | +11.2% |
| 2002 | 24 % | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 22.1 % | -7.9% |
| 2004 | 24.3 % | +10.0% |
| 2005 | 26.4 % | +8.6% |
| 2006 | 27.7 % | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 29 % | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 29.2 % | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 29 % | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 30.1 % | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 30.4 % | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 32 % | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 33 % | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 33.8 % | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 35.4 % | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 36.6 % | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 36.6 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 36.2 % | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 37 % | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 36.4 % | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 35.8 % | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 35.1 % | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 35.1 % | +0.0% |
Indonesia compared with similar countries
- Indonesia's 35.1 % is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 54.9 %, 64% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Indonesia's 35.1 % is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 40.5 %, 87% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 23.73 % | 22.8 % | 25.3 % | 4 |
| 2000s | 25.69 % | 21.4 % | 29.2 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 34.11 % | 30.1 % | 37 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.6 % | 35.1 % | 36.4 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Indonesia
More economy & growth data for Indonesia
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 4.36 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 5.07 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 7.93 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0055 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 27.75 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 22.28 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -8.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0154 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 77.99 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 0.5363 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Indonesia?
- Ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Indonesia was 35.1 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 37 % in 2019.
- What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.4 % in 2000.
- How does Indonesia rank for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of?
- Indonesia ranks 61st out of 72 countries with data for 2023.
- Is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Indonesia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, employees, rural areas — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database.