The Asian Financial Crisis that erupted in the late 1990s, however, reversed these developments temporarily and caused the country's unemployment rate to reach over 20 percent, with underemployment rising equally rapidly. Most of the people that lost their jobs in urban areas went to join the - already large - informal sector in rural areas (particularly in agriculture). Although Indonesia has been experiencing robust macroeconomic growth in recent years and, in many ways, can be regarded as recovered from the crisis, this informal sector - both rural and urban - still plays an exceptionally large role in Indonesia's economy today. Although it is difficult to pinpoint the number exactly, it is estimated that between 55 and 65 percent of employment in Indonesia can be called informal. Today, around 80 percent of this informal employment is concentrated in the rural areas, particularly in the construction and agriculture sectors.