Monday, May 5th, 2025, BPS-Statistics Sulawesi Utara Province held an activity to release the Official Statistics News (BRS). The indicators released were Economic Growth in Quarter I-2025, Employment Conditions in February 2025 and the Gender Inequality Index in 2024. The Press Release was delivered by Aidil Adha as the Head of BPS-Statistics Sulawesi Utara Province and attended directly by the Head of the Communication, Informatics, Cryptography and Statistics Service, Evans Steven Liow. Aidil explained that the economic growth of Sulawesi UTara in Quarter I-2025 grew by 5.62 percent compared to the same period last year. In terms of production, the highest growth y-on-y was achieved by the Transportation and Warehousing business sector which grew by 14.55 percent. Meanwhile, in terms of expenditure, the Foreign Export component experienced the highest growth of 32.31 percent. However, when compared to the previous quarter, the Sulawesi Utara Economy in Quarter I-2025 contracted by 7.66 percent (q-to-q). In terms of production, the deepest contraction was recorded by the Construction Business Sector at 24.11 percent. Meanwhile, in terms of expenditure, the Foreign Import Component contracted by 40.09 percent.
Furthermore, the working population in February 2025 reached 1.29 million people or increased by 3.00 percent compared to February 2024. A total of 571.36 thousand people (44.12 percent) worked in formal activities, an increase of 1.87 percentage points compared to February 2024. The Open Unemployment Rate (TPT) in February 2025 was 6.03 percent, an increase of 0.05 percentage points compared to February 2024.
Finally, the gender inequality index of Sulawesi Utara in 2024 of 0.386 decreased by 0.036 points compared to 2023. Manado became the city with the lowest IKG in Sulawesi Utara with 0.148 points and Minahasa Utara became the district with the deepest index decline with a change of 0.122 points.
For more complete explanations and information regarding the release of Official Statistics News, May 5, 2025, #SahabatData can visit the BPS-Statistics Sulawesi Utara Province YouTube channel or the website sulut.bps.go.id.
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