President Prabowo Subianto receives a report on the achievement of investment realization in the first quarter of 2025 from the Minister of Investment and Downstream/Head of BKPM Rosan Roeslani in a meeting at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, on Wednesday (4/23). (Photo by: BPMI of Presidential Secretariat)
President Prabowo Subianto received a report on the achievement of investment realization in the first quarter of 2025 from the Minister of Investment and Downstream/Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Rosan Roeslani in a meeting at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, on Wednesday (4/23). In a press statement after the meeting, Rosan said the investment realization in the first quarter of 2025 reached Rp465.2 trillion or 24.4 percent of this year’s total investment target of Rp1,905.6 trillion.
“Alhamdulillah (Thank God), the investment in this first quarter is on target set by the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas). Even if compared year on year with the previous year, this first quarter’s investment saw an increase by 15.9 percent. So, this is a very good figure, compared with Rp401.5 trillion of investment generated in the same period in the previous year,” he said.
He emphasized that the achievement shows that both domestic and foreign investors still have high confidence in the stability and investment climate in Indonesia under the leadership of President Prabowo. In addition to the achievement in the investment realization, Rosan also highlighted the positive impact of the investment on labor absorption, as it successfully absorbed 594,104 workers throughout the first quarter.
“So, throughout this first quarter, the investment of Rp465.2 trillion successfully absorbed 594,104 workers or an increase of 8.5 percent from the previous year,” he said.
He also explained the investment consisted of Foreign Investment worth Rp230.4 trillion (49.5 percent) and Domestic Investment worth Rp234.8 trillion (50.5 percent). In terms of region, the investment outside Java Island reached Rp235.9 trillion, slightly higher than the investment in Java Island which reached Rp229.3 trillion.
On the occasion, Rosan said that the five largest investing countries were Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, and Japan. He said Singapore still contributed the most and has been Indonesia’s largest investor for the past 10 years.
“The five largest investing countries are Singapore with approximately 4.6 billion dollars, then Hong Kong with approximately 2.2 billion dollars, China with 1.8 billion dollars, followed by Malaysia and Japan with 1 billion dollars respectively,” he said.
Regarding the issue concerning the investment by LG which once attracted public attention, Rosan clarified that the project would continue even though it would be undertaken with different partners. “It was decided that this project would continue but with different partners,” he said.
He further announced positive progress related to Danantara (Indonesia’s new sovereign wealth fund). He said that the sovereign wealth fund has increased the confidence of global investors.
“They see Danantara’s presence is very timely. They also want Danantara to be part of their consortiums, part of their investments,” he said.
At the end of his statement, Rosan was optimistic that this positive trend would continue and bring real benefits for Indonesia.
“The world’s confidence in Indonesia is very good, as evidenced by the fact that the investment coming in met our target. The investment that will come in will also increase. And God willing, this will bring many benefits for our beloved nation and people,” he concluded.
Also present at the meeting were Minister of State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi and Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya. (Bureau of Press, Media, and Information (BPMI) of the Presidential Secretariat) (JAS/TM)
