Indonesia's Foreign Debt Capai 431.5 Billion US Dollars In April 2025

JAKARTA - Bank Indonesia (BI) noted that Indonesia's Foreign Debt (ULN) position in April 2025 was recorded at 431.5 billion US dollars, or grew 8.2 percent (yoy), higher than the growth in March 2025 of 6.4 percent (yoy).

Executive Director of the BI Communication Department, Ramdan Denny Prakoso, said that the development of the April 2025 external debt position came from the public sector.

"The increase in external debt position is also influenced by the factor of weakening the US dollar currency against the majority of global currencies," he said in his statement, Monday, June 16.

Denny conveyed that the government's external debt position in April 2025 was 208.8 billion US dollars, or grew by 10.4 percent (yoy), higher than the growth of 7.6 percent (yoy) in March 2025.

Denny said that the development of the external debt was influenced by the withdrawal of loans and the increase in foreign capital inflows on domestic Government Securities (SBN), along with investor confidence in Indonesia's economic prospects which were maintained amidst the uncertainty of the global financial market.

"The government remains committed to maintaining credibility by managing external debt carefully, measurably, and accountably to support government priority spending," he said.

Meanwhile, April 2025 pepper, the position of private external debt was recorded at 194.8 billion US dollars, or experienced a growth contraction of 0.6 percent (yoy), lower than the previous month's contraction of 1.0 percent (yoy).

According to him, this development was mainly driven by external financial corporation which grew by 2.9 percent (yoy), after contracting 2.2 percent (yoy) in March 2025.

Denny said that the structure of Indonesia's external debt remains healthy, supported by the application of the precautionary principle in its management, this is reflected in the ratio of Indonesia's external debt to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which fell to 30.3 percent in April 2025, from 30.6 percent in March 2025, and was dominated by long-term external debt with a share of 85.1 percent of total external debt.

Therefore, Denny explained that in order to keep the external debt structure healthy, Bank Indonesia and the Government continue to strengthen coordination in monitoring the development of external debt.

"The role of external debt will also continue to be optimized to support development financing and encourage sustainable national economic growth," he said.

According to him, these efforts were carried out by minimizing risks that could affect economic stability.