Hot growth markets in the spotlight: IndonesiaFacts at a glance | Total country area1 | 1,904,569 sq km | | Comparative size1 | 16th largest country in the world and third largest in Asia after China and India | | Natural resources1 | Petroleum, tin, natural gas, nickel, timber, bauxite, copper, fertile soils, coal, gold, silver | | Current population (approximately)2 | 245,613,043 | | Population rank in the world1 | Fourth | | Mobile phone lines (approximately)1 | 159,248,000 | | Internet users (approximately)1 | 20,000,000 | | Major cities1 | Jakarta (capital), Surabaya, Bandung, Medan, Semarang | | Languages1 | Bahasa Indonesia (official; modified form of Malay); English; Dutch; local dialects (of which the most widely spoken is Javanese) | | Corruption perception index 2011 country position2 | Indonesia has the 100th position in the ranking based on the public perception of corruptionin 182 countries. For more information on this index click here. | | Main industries1 | Petroleum and natural gas, textiles, apparel, footwear, mining, cement, chemical fertilizers, plywood, rubber, food, tourism | | Country debt ratings | Standard & Poor’s (8 April 2011)3 BB+
Moody’s (18 January 2012)3 Baa3
Fitch (15 December 2011)3 BBB− | Economic highlightsSource: All data under Economic highlights are supplied by Oxford Economics, except for the “Unemployment rate”graph data which comes from the IMF World Economic Outlook Database April 2011. Macroeconomic indicators | | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | Nominal GDP (US$b)
Real GDP growth (percent per year)
Investment (percent of GDP)
CPI inflation (percent) | 707.5
6.1
32.5
5.1 | 837.2
6.3
33.5
5.6 | 930.2
6.4
35.1
5.9 | 1,024.6
6.7
36.5
5.4 | 1,127.4
5.9
37.8
5.0 | 1,229.9
5.7
39.2
4.9 | Source:Oxford Economics Globalization indicators | | Indonesia | Philippines | Vietnam | Thailand | | Overall score | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.7 | | Overall rank | 57 | 37 | 33 | 38 | | Movement of goods and services | 4.1 | 4.6 | 6.0 | 5.8 | | Movement of capital and finance | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.2 | | Movement of labour | 2.3 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 3.0 | | Exchange of technology an ideas | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 1.8 | | Cultural integration | 2.5 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 3.3 | Ernst & Young Globalization Index, November 2011
Note: Markets for comparison were selected from the largest economies of the ASEAN region. Population distribution by age 2010
Source: “Population Projection Tables (2010),” The World Bank
1 “Country profile: Indonesia,” CIA World Factbook website, www.cia.gov/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/id.html, accessed 17 November 2011.
2 “Corruption Perceptions Index 2011 Results,” Transparency International accessed 27 January 2012.
3 Debt ratings as of January, 2012: S&P; Fitch; and Moody’s websites.
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