There is another aspect of the phenomenon just mentioned worth considering. That can be a bonus– and not a curse– if the younger generation is able to get a decent education and facility to improve their self-quality.
The comparison of the figures points to a phenomenon popularly known as the demographic bonus. This pace of increase is much faster than the increase in the total population during the same period that was 1.36%. During the period total WAP increased from around 174.2 million in 2010 to 189.8 million in 2016. WAP data for the period 2008-2016 can be used to illustrate the increase.
Data penduduk total di ndoensia bps series#
To add the challenge, as Sakernas series data show, the WAP tends to increase in a pace that is faster than the growth rate of the total population. This is not surprising as the country ranks the fourth biggest country after China, India, and the United States. One of the biggest challenges faced by Indonesia is a sheer number of the working-age population (WAP). Nonetheless, that is not an issue for this analysis as it focuses on the trends that require consistency in applying the concept throughout the compared period. īy so doing, official employment statistics produced by BPS by far might be regarded as somewhat overestimate. According to the 19th ICLS, these two categories are not part of employment. What might worth noting here is that official statistics derived from by far has not yet taken into consideration those who engaged in productive activity not for employment but for “own use” and for “volunteer”. Sakernas defines persons in labour force as those in employment and in employment and this also complying the global standard (Par. This definition is fully in line with the global standard (ICLS-19, Par. With regards to persons in employment, Sakernas defines it as all those who during the last week, were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit. In this context, the 13th ICLS (1982) and the 19th ICLS (2013) are of special interest as they set out the global standards for basic labour statistics such as employment and unemployment. Sakernas adopts the global standards of labour statistics as stipulated in the resolutions of the International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS). In order to have a better understanding of the measurements used in the analysis, the following paragraphs discuss briefly some conceptual issues concerning some basic labour statistics. Sakernas– a regular national labour survey carried out by BPS-Statistics Indonesia since 1976– is used as the major data source. The analysis covered the period 2008-2014 and focused at the national level of analysis. This article is aimed to analyze briefly the recent trends of Indonesia’s working-age population and its components as viewed from the labour force perspective.