Indonesia Reports 72,336 Layoffs Through October 2026

Denpasar — A total of 72,336 workers reported termination of employment in Indonesia from January through October 2026, according to data from the Ministry of Manpower’s Job Loss Insurance system published on Nov. 8, 2026.

The newly reported total is a national figure, not a count of workers in Bali. The ministry’s data identifies West Java as the province with the largest number of reports, while Bali accounted for workers in the provincial breakdown published by Databoks.

The figure matters because it is broader than Bali’s local count

For foreign residents, employers and investors in Bali, the distinction matters. The 72,336 figure describes workers recorded nationwide through the Job Loss Insurance system, while the Bali figure is the number attributed to workers whose domicile was listed as Bali. It should not be read as a measure of all job losses on the island.

The system records workers who reported being laid off and excludes cases linked to resignation, retirement, permanent total disability or death. The ministry said reports from the most recent six months remain dynamic because workers can submit claims for up to six months after the termination date. As a result, the data may be updated and figures from different publication periods cannot be compared directly.

The provincial distribution also shows the concentration of reported layoffs outside Bali. West Java recorded 14,694 workers, or about 20.31 percent of the national total, according to the ministry data cited in the reports. Bali’s reports therefore represent a small share of the national figure, though the count remains relevant to the island’s labor market and businesses that employ local workers.

The reports do not establish that the layoffs were caused by a single sector or policy. They present an administrative count from the Job Loss Insurance system, rather than a complete census of every employment termination in Indonesia.

Sources

• detikBali — Indonesian news report
• Databoks — Katadata data report
• Liputan6 — Indonesian business news report
• dataindonesia.id