East Asia & Pacific · G20
Data checked 28 Oct 2026 · next scheduled check 1 Jan 2027 · UN World Population Prospects (via World Bank) released 1 Jul 2026 · World Bank WDI released 8 Oct 2026
Total spending · 2024
16.8%
+4.9 pts since 1995
Welfare · 2024
1.27%
+1.1 pts since 2008
Healthcare · 2024
Not available
Defence · 2024
0.86%
-0.4 pts since 1995
Education · 2024
Not available
Debt interest · 2024
Not available
Gross debt · 2025
40.9%
of GDP · -47 pts since 2000
Population · 2025
285.7m
42.9% since 1995
Public-sector employment
Not available: no official public-sector employment series is loaded for Indonesia yet.
Welfare rose from 0.1% to 2.0% of GDP between 2008 and 2020, then fell to 1.3% by 2024.
Healthcare rose from 0.5% to 1.4% of GDP between 2000 and 2023.
Defence fell from 1.2% to 0.6% of GDP between 1995 and 2009, then rose to 1.0% by 2025.
Education rose from 1.0% to 3.6% of GDP between 1995 and 2015, then fell to 1.3% by 2023.
Debt interest fell from 1.6% to 1.2% of GDP between 2008 and 2012, then rose to 1.7% by 2019.
Total spending rose from 11.9% to 19.5% of GDP between 1995 and 2001, then fell to 16.8% by 2024.
Gross debt fell from 87.4% to 23.0% of GDP between 2000 and 2012, then rose to 40.9% by 2025.
Population grew from 199.9 million in 1995 to 285.7 million in 2025; the UN projects 320.7 million by 2050.