Can Indonesia’s GDP statistics finally be trusted?

5th November 2026

Indonesia’s Q3 GDP data show that economic growth picked up to 5.5% y/y and signs that the statistics office has stopped smoothing the data have partly restored our faith in the official figures. But it remains to be seen whether this is a genuine improvement in statistical methodology or simply an attempt to present President Prabowo with more flattering economic growth figures.

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