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Indonesia’s Rising Living Standards Outperform

Economy to overtake Russia and Germany to become the 5th largest


 
26 April 2024
 
Indonesia’s GDP Per Capita Growth
Index: 1995=100
Indonesia’s Rising Living Standards Outperform
* GDP in Purchasing Power Parity terms with added estimates for the size of the informal economy and adjustments for out-of-date GDP base year data.


Real GDP per capita in Indonesia has soared in the last quarter of a century rising by 87% overtaking living standards growth in the Asia-Pacific region and in Emerging Markets. See more data...



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