Investment and Downstreaming Minister Rosan Roeslani gives a statement to reporters after reporting economic developments to the President during a limited meeting at the State Palace in Jakarta, Monday (October 19, 2026). /ANTARA/HO-BPMI Sekretariat Presiden.
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Investment and Downstreaming Minister Rosan Roeslani said investment realization as of September 2026 reached Rp1,539.2 trillion, absorbing 2.19 million new workers.
“Investment from January through September 2026 absorbed 2,194,496 workers,” he said at Merdeka Palace here on Monday. Roeslani explained that the national investment achievement had met 75.4 percent of the target set by the government for the whole year. For the third quarter of 2026 alone, investment reached Rp528.7 trillion.
Foreign direct investment (PMA) was recorded contributing Rp777.8 trillion, or 50.5 percent, slightly higher than domestic direct investment (PMDN), which reached Rp761.4 trillion. Even distribution of economic development also showed a positive trend, with investment outside Java dominating at Rp779.4 trillion, or 50.6 percent of the total. Meanwhile, investment in Java followed at Rp759.8 trillion, equal to 49.4 percent.
Singapore was the largest source country of foreign capital invested in Indonesia, with a value of US$14 billion. “First, Singapore at US$14 billion, or 29.6 percent, second Hong Kong at US$12.8 billion, or 27.2 percent, and third China at US$5 billion, or 10.5 percent,” he said. Meanwhile, investment flowing specifically into downstreaming from January through September 2026 recorded a significant Rp480 trillion. The mineral sector remained the largest contributor at Rp335.1 trillion, covering commodities such as nickel, bauxite, iron and steel, copper, and silica sand.
“Second, plantations and forestry at Rp83.6 trillion, oil and natural gas at Rp54 trillion, and fisheries and marine at Rp7.3 trillion. But specifically, investment realization outside Java reached 78 percent of total (downstreaming) investment,” Roeslani said.
Translator: Aditya, Kenzu
Editor: Primayanti
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