Indonesia aims for 6.3% economic growth in 2026
Indonesia's Government targets an economic growth rate of 6.3% for 2026, according to the Ministry of National Development Planning (Bappenas).

Indonesia's National Development Planning Minister Rachmat Pambudy. Photo courtesy of Antara.
Alongside this target, the 2026 Government Work Plan outlines several other key development goals, including increasing gross national income per capita to $5,870, reducing greenhouse gas emission intensity by 37.14%, and improving the Environmental Quality Index to 76.67.
The country will work to lower the poverty rate to 6.5-7.5 %, maintain a Gini ratio (which measures a nation's level of income inequality) of 0.377-0.380, and enhance the Human Capital Index to 0.57.
Minister of National Development Planning Rachmat Pambudy said that high economic growth is crucial to raising regional income and per capita income, thereby improving people's welfare.
Currently, Bappenas is preparing the 2026 Government Work Plan based on President Prabowo Subianto’s directive to ensure that the government budget is used for programs and activities that support job creation, technological breakthroughs, food and energy sufficiency, and productivity.
The official noted several strategies will be used to accelerate the achievement of the 2026 growth target. They include increasing the productivity of export-oriented industrialization and labor-intensive programs, and raising agricultural productivity to build food self-sufficiency and energy self-sufficiency through green economy implementation.
The Indonesian Government will also seek to boost technological innovation through digital transformation, as well as increase productive investment, especially export-oriented foreign direct investment and non-state budget investment.
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