Sharing Development Solutions for an Emerging Indonesia
Poor workers in Indonesia are only able to access
low productivity jobs
Indonesia's labour productivity significantly lags
neighbours'...
...meaning most existing and
new jobs are not productive.
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
Value Added Per Worker (2005 PPP$)
0
71%
All Jobs
71% of all workers in
low-productivity
sectors: agriculture,
retail & trade, social
and personal
services
60%
Manufacturing Retail & Trade
Agriculture
â– Malaysia Thailand Indonesia
New Jobs
60% created in low-
productivity sectors:
retail & trade, social
and personal
services
Source: BPS (aggregate value added), Sakernas (worker #s), CEIC (Malaysia and Thailand)
Source: Sakernas (2013), WB staff calculations
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