Agency. Indonesia achieved an annual economic growth rate of 4.87 percent in the first quarter of 2025, according to data released by the Central Statistics Agency on Monday.
At a press conference in Jakarta, Amalia Adingar Bidyasanti, head of the Central Statistics Agency, said that the country’s gross domestic product in the first quarter of 2025 reached 5,665.9 trillion rupiah (340 billion US dollars) at current prices and 3,264.5 trillion rupiah (200 billion dollars) at constant 2010 prices.
From the production side, the processing industry emerged as the largest contributor to the manufacturing sector. It grew by 4.55 percent and contributed 19.25 percent to the national economy. The performance of the sector was strongly supported by the food and beverage industry, which expanded by 6.04 percent.
The growth was in line with seasonal demand during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr. It was also in line with increased activity in the rice milling and polishing industry. Meanwhile, the basic metal manufacturing industry experienced a significant growth of 14.47 percent, in line with rising external demand. The leather goods and footwear industry grew by 6.95 percent.
Which was supported by increased domestic demand during Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr, as well as improved export performance. Despite the year-on-year growth, the economy contracted by 0.98 percent on a quarterly basis. The island of Java continued to dominate Indonesia’s economic structure.
Contributing 57.43 percent to the national GDP and recording a growth rate of 4.99 percent in the first quarter.
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