Economic Census 2016 Records Non-Agricultural Sector Improvement

Jakarta (Antara Bali) - The Economic Census 2016 conducted by the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) recorded 26.71 million non-agricultural business units, an increase of 17.51 percent compared to that in 2006 of 22.73 million units.

At the launch of the preliminary data of the Economic Census 2016 here, Thursday, BPS's Head Suhariyanto said the non-agricultural enterprises are grouped into 15 business fields.

Of the 26.71 million business units recorded in the 2016 Economic Census 26.26 million are micro-sized companies and 0.45 million mid-large sized-companies.

Suhariyanto explained the economic activities of Indonesians are concentrated in general trade and retail sector, as well as automotive repair and maintenance, accommodation and food, as well as processing industry.

The 2016 Economic Census showed that the business fields are dominated by large trade and retail business, as well as automotive repair and maintenance of 46.17 percent (12.3 million units) of all businesses in the country.

The next largest field of business is accommodation as well as food and beverage (16.72 percent) followed by processing industry (16.53 percent).

According to the distribution, 79.35 percent businesses are concentrated in Sumatra and Java islands. A total of 16.2 million businesses or 60.74 percent of all businesses in Indonesia are located in Java.

The 2016 Economic Census is the first step in fully measuring the strength of the Indonesian economy outside the agricultural sector.

The economic census is one of the censuses conducted by the BPS in addition to the population census and agricultural census. The activity was conducted in May-June 2016 by listing non-agricultural businesses and companies.

"The census is the most severe because it must enumerate all economic activities outside the agricultural sector," Suhariyanto said.

The preliminary data of the 2016 Economic Census will be further detailed with an advanced census in August and September 2017 that sample small and medium-large-sized enterprises. (WDY)