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Statistics Indonesia (BPS): what it publishes and how to check it

Statistics Indonesia (Badan Pusat Statistik, BPS) is the national statistics agency. It publishes the consumer price index, GDP, the official poverty rate, the labour force survey, foreign trade and tourism statistics, and runs the population census and the National Socio-Economic Survey (Susenas). Its website blocks automated requests, so figures are often easier to verify through Bank Indonesia's SEKI tables, which republish many BPS series.

Release calendar

What it publishes

• Monthly consumer price index and inflation, nationally and by city.
• Quarterly and annual GDP by industry and expenditure, nationally and by province.
• Poverty rate and poverty line from Susenas, for March and September.
• Open unemployment rate and employment from Sakernas, for February and August.
• Population census (2020) and population projections.
• Monthly exports and imports, and international visitor arrivals.
• Annual 'Statistik Indonesia' and provincial 'Dalam Angka' yearbooks.

Key datasets

• BPS website
  Press releases (Berita Resmi Statistik), tables and publications; blocks automated access.
  Updated: Daily
• Bank Indonesia SEKI
  Republished BPS series, including GDP, prices, visitor arrivals and trade.
  Updated: Monthly

APIs and downloads

• BPS Web API
  BPS offers an API with registration; see the site's developer section.

When it publishes

BPS issues official statistics news releases (Berita Resmi Statistik) on fixed dates: inflation and tourism on the first working day of the month; trade around the middle of the month; GDP about five weeks after each quarter; poverty in July and January; unemployment in May and November.

How to use it to check a claim

1. For poverty, distinguish the BPS national poverty rate from the World Bank's international lines.
2. For growth, use the year-on-year figure BPS gives as its headline, and say which quarter it covers.
3. For unemployment, say whether the figure is for February or August.
4. When BPS cannot be opened, check the same series in Bank Indonesia's SEKI tables, which cite BPS.

Common mistakes

• The BPS website returns errors to automated tools, so links may need to be opened in a browser.
• Provincial figures may use different survey rounds from national ones.

When does BPS publish inflation?

On the first working day of each month, for the previous month.

How often is Indonesia's census held?

Every ten years; the last population census was in 2020.

Questions answered using this source

• What is the population of Indonesia?
• What is Indonesia's GDP and how fast is it growing?
• What is the inflation rate in Indonesia?
• What is the poverty rate in Indonesia?
• What is the unemployment rate in Indonesia?
• How many tourists visit Indonesia?

Links checked 14 October 2026. This page describes what the source publishes and gives no verdict on any claim.