Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Indonesia
Indonesia: Proportion of total government spending on essential services was 10.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Indonesia, 2001–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2025, proportion of total government spending on essential services in Indonesia stood at 10.6%.
That represents a change of up 21.3% on the previous year and down 48.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of total government spending on essential services in Indonesia peaked at 20.4% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 8.7%, in 2022.
That places Indonesia 122nd out of 170 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Indonesia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 11.6% | — |
| 2002 | 14.4% | +23.9% |
| 2003 | 16.3% | +13.3% |
| 2004 | 14.2% | -12.9% |
| 2005 | 15.2% | +7.1% |
| 2007 | 14.9% | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 13.7% | -8.5% |
| 2009 | 19.3% | +41.2% |
| 2010 | 16.7% | -13.7% |
| 2011 | 18.0% | +8.1% |
| 2012 | 18.1% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 17.8% | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 17.9% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 20.4% | +13.7% |
| 2016 | 11.3% | -44.4% |
| 2017 | 10.9% | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 10.1% | -6.8% |
| 2019 | 9.3% | -7.9% |
| 2020 | 9.3% | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 9.0% | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 8.7% | -2.9% |
| 2025 | 10.6% | +21.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.9% | 11.6% | 19.3% | 8 |
| 2010s | 15.1% | 9.3% | 20.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.4% | 8.7% | 10.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Indonesia
More education data for Indonesia
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1.51 million (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 5 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.2% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of total government spending on essential services in Indonesia?
- Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Indonesia was 10.6% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 20.4% in 2015.
- What is the lowest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.7% in 2022.
- How does Indonesia rank for proportion of total government spending on essential services?
- Indonesia ranks 122nd out of 170 countries with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of total government spending on essential services rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Indonesia data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education [UIS methodology] (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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