Investment Slows Down, Airlangga Reveals Foreign Investors' Interest in Indonesia Remains High

JAKARTA - The Investment and Industrialization Ministry/Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) estimates that investment realization in the first quarter of 2026 will reach around IDR 497 trillion.

However, the growth in investment is projected to be only around 7 percent annually, or slowing compared to the same period last year which was able to grow by 15.6 percent.

Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto explained that this slowdown is inseparable from global conditions that are still shrouded in uncertainty due to geopolitical conflicts.

According to him, the war situation in various regions makes global business actors and investors tend to be more cautious in making investment decisions.

He added that the condition was considered not to reflect a normal economic situation, so many parties were still reviewing their business expansion plans.

“Of course in a war situation it is not a normal situation. Everyone is still evaluating,” Airlangga told the media, Monday, April 13.

Although the global situation is still full of challenges, the investment prospects in Indonesia still get a fairly good response from foreign investors.

According to him, this is seen from the positive response given by business actors in various international meetings held by the government.

Airlangga said that during working visits to the United Kingdom, South Korea, and Japan, investors continued to show interest in investing in Indonesia.

“For the government, during visits to the UK, Korea, and Japan, the response from investors is positive. So we’ll see (the development),” he said.

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