Youth & Unemployment

This pair were having at it on Jalan Sri Wijaya in the middle of the afternoon!

Facts and figures on children in the city

The population of children (those under the age of 18) in Jakarta is 2.99 million or some 33 percent of the city's population.

The annual number of registered births in the city averages 125,000, while the annual number of newborns averages 137,000

There are 1,833 kindergartens with 92,850 students, though there are more than 720,000 toddlers.

There are 1.5 million child workers in the city, ranging from child prostitutes to domestic workers.

Some 16,935 children between the ages of 7 and 15 are not in school.

An average of 2,200 children drop out of elementary schools every year, with the highest number reported in West Jakarta.

An average of 2,500 children drop out of junior high schools every year, with the highest number reported in East Jakarta

An average of 1,300 children drop out of senior high schools every year, with the highest number reported in East Jakarta

There are 15,464 neglected children and 7,267 street children in the city, most of whom reside in East Jakarta

There are 133 orphanages and 90 shelters for street children, run mostly by private institutions