Changes in Economic Structure during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the result of the contribution of 17 economic sectors in the Indonesian economy. Entering 2020 Indonesia's economic growth experienced a very significant slowdown as a result of the contracting growth of several sectors in the economy. The slowdown was caused by the implementation of and Large-Scale Social Restrictions, Work from Home (WFH) and the Enforcement of Restrictions on Community Activities (ERCA) policies to stop the spread of the Covid-19 virus. The purpose of this study is to identify how economic structures, unemployment rates, and government policies are developed to encourage the growth of economic sectors during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study was conducted using quantitative descriptive methods supported by secondary data published by Central Statistics Agency Indonesia (BPS). In analyzing research using descriptive statistical methods. From the results of data processing there has been a change in the leading sector of the economy from 2019 to 2020 where the sectors that have the highest growth are the information and telecommunications sector and the lowest-growth sector is the mining sector, transportation and warehousing sector with sub-sectors of air and rail transport. For Covid-19 handlers, the government issued a policy mix to accelerate economic recovery.