Business climate in Indonesia

Indonesia ranks #49 of 54 on the overall business climate (score 38). Its strongest suit is momentum, followed by business taxes; the weakest is rule of law.

Momentum65 / 100Business taxes63 / 100Cost of capital23 / 100Red tape22 / 100Rule of law20 / 100
DriverScoreRankMeasures
Red tape and ease of doing business22 #50 of 54Days to start a business (Doing Business): 23 (2017); Procedures to start a business (Doing Business): 11 (2017); Ease of doing business rank (Doing Business, 1 = easiest of 190): 72 (2017)
Rule of law and legal certainty20 #52 of 54Liberal democracy (V-Dem): 0.30 (2025); Corruption perceptions score (higher = cleaner): 37 (2024); Strength of legal rights for borrowers and lenders: 6.00 (2017)
Taxes on business63 #19 of 53Corporate income tax rate (headline): 22 (2026); Total tax and contribution rate on commercial profits: 30 (2017)
Cost of capital23 #25 of 27Real interest rate: 5.99 (2025); Bank lending interest rate: 8.50 (2025)
Energy prices for business––no comparable figure yet
Growth momentum and investment trend65 #7 of 53Real GDP growth, average of the last five years: 4.84 (2025); Growth trend: last three years against 2015-2019: 0.03 (2025); Foreign direct investment, net inflows: 1.60 (2023)
2010: 6.2%102011: 6.2%112012: 6.0%122013: 5.6%132014: 5.0%142015: 4.9%152016: 5.0%162017: 5.1%172018: 5.2%182019: 5.0%192020: -2.1%202021: 3.7%212022: 5.3%222023: 5.1%232024: 5.0%242025: 5.1%25
Real GDP growth by year (World Bank). Green bars: growth; red: contraction.

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Sources as on the business-climate table. Nestlyzer scores each measure 0–100 between the 5th and 95th percentile of the countries it covers. How the method works.