JAKARTA - Minister of Investment and Industrialization and Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Rosan Roeslani reported that the realization of investment in the first quarter of 2026 reached IDR 498.8 trillion. Rosan said that the achievement grew 7.2 percent year-on-year.
Furthermore, Rosan said that the realization of investment in the first three months of this year has met 24.4 percent of the national investment target throughout 2026. In addition to encouraging economic growth, the incoming investment also contributes significantly to job creation.
"This investment also absorbs approximately 700,000 direct workers or an increase of 18.9 percent and this figure does not include the indirect labor force from investment support activities," said Rosan in a working meeting at the DPR RI Building, Jakarta, Monday, June 15.
Based on the source of financing, Domestic Capital Investment (PMDN) contributed Rp248.8 trillion or 49.9 percent of the total investment realization. This figure grew by around 6 percent compared to the same period last year.
Meanwhile, Foreign Investment (PMA) recorded a realization of IDR 250 trillion or 50.1 percent of the total investment that entered Indonesia in the first quarter of 2026.
Meanwhile, in terms of regional distribution, Rosan continued, investment in Java and outside Java shows a relatively balanced composition. Investment in Java reached Rp251.3 trillion or 50.4 percent of the total national realization, slightly higher than investment outside Java which reached 49.6 percent.
According to Rosan, the four main investment destination areas are still on the island of Java, namely DKI Jakarta, West Java, Banten, and East Java. However, a number of provinces outside Java have also managed to enter the top 10 national investment destination list.
"And the four main investment locations are on the island of Java, namely Jakarta, West Java, Banten, and East Java. However, the five provinces outside Java are also included in the top 10 investment locations, namely Central Sulawesi with a share of 6.4 percent of the national, North Maluku 5 percent, Riau Islands 4.8 percent, West Nusa Tenggara 3.6 percent, and East Kalimantan 3.2 percent," he explained.
Rosan also said that investment is still dominated by the basic metal industry, services, mining, housing, industrial areas, offices and logistics, as well as telecommunications.
In terms of the country of origin of investment, Singapore is still the largest investor in Indonesia with an investment value of 4.6 billion US dollars. The next position is occupied by Hong Kong with an investment value of 2.7 billion US dollars, followed by China with 2.2 billion US dollars, the United States with 1.3 billion US dollars, and Japan with 1 billion US dollars.
"Outside of investment from Asia, we also note that the UK, Netherlands, and Australia are in the top 10. So overall, Europe and North America each account for 10 percent, showing that the source of investment remains well diversified and global," he explained.
Rosan also highlighted the increase in the contribution of the natural resource downstream sector to national investment. In the first quarter of 2026, downstream investment reached IDR 147.5 trillion or equivalent to 30 percent of the total realization of national investment, growing 8.2 percent compared to the same period last year.
"Indeed, the pattern of the mineral sector still dominates or approximately 67 percent or Rp98.3 trillion, followed by plantations and forestry Rp29.8 trillion, oil and gas Rp17.7 trillion, and fisheries and marine resources Rp1.7 trillion," he said.
In addition to mineral processing, continued Rosan, the government is also continuing to encourage the development of other strategic downstream sectors that produce high-value-added products, such as semiconductors, bioethanol, coconut derivatives, and seaweed.
"The downstream industry also contributes greatly to the source of investment outside Java because in the first quarter of 2026, 70 percent of downstream industry is actually outside Java, especially in Central Sulawesi and North Maluku which is supported by nickel downstream and the electric vehicle battery ecosystem," he said.
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