<![CDATA[On January 30, 2020, WHO declared a global health emergency as a follow-up effort to the spread of covid-19. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the government imposed Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) or physical disatancing in most parts of Indonesia. The implementation of PSBB and physical disctancing provides changes to the social order in society, causing many business people who lose business or experience bankruptcy due to layoffs in both the formal and informal sectors. For this reason, this study was conducted to find out the picture of the increase in national unemployment during the pandemic. The type of research used in this study is associative quantitative research. The samples in this study are all the participants registered by BPS with total sampling techniques. The data source used is a secondary data source that is taken open access through the official BPS website. Based on the results of research that has been done, it is known that the percentage of national unemployment tends to be constant in 2019-2020 and increases in 2021. In 2021 Riau Island Province is the province with the highest number of unemployed for the past three years. Strategic steps to overcome unemployment during the COVID-19 pandemic can be done by developing labor-intensive and entrepreneurial programs.]]>
