LSI Survey: 63.2 Percent of Indonesians Can Recall the Pancasila

A survey by the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) reveals the level of recognition among Indonesians towards Pancasila. Based on their latest survey, it is revealed that only 63 percent of Indonesians can correctly name the five principles of Pancasila.

The survey titled “Evaluation and Public Commitment to Pancasila” was conducted from 4 to 12 March 2026. The respondents numbered 2,020 Indonesian citizens aged 17 years or older, or already married at the time of the survey.

This survey also reveals that 92.7 percent claim to know Pancasila. Meanwhile, 7.3 percent do not know or have never heard of Pancasila at all. From the total population, only 63.2 percent can name all five principles of Pancasila correctly.

“There are 63.2 percent of Indonesians who can name all five principles of Pancasila. The rest can only name one or two or three and so on,” said LSI Executive Director Djayadi Hanan during the release presentation on LSI’s YouTube channel on 12 April 2026.

Outside of the 63.2 percent who know all five principles, 10.7 percent can only name 4 out of 5 principles. Then there are 4.9 percent who can only name 3 out of 5 principles, 4.1 percent who can only name 2 principles, and 4.8 percent who can only name 1 principle.

In addition, there are 12.3 percent who cannot name or incorrectly name even one principle of Pancasila.

Based on educational background, those who do not know Pancasila at all are mostly elementary school graduates or below, at 29.3 percent. Meanwhile, there are 9.8 percent of junior high school or equivalent graduates who cannot name the principles completely. Then there are 3.5 percent of high school equivalent graduates who do not know all the principles. As for university graduates, only 0.6 percent do not know the principles at all.

Based on occupation, the majority who do not know any principles work as farmers, livestock breeders, or fishermen, numbering 22.5 percent.

The population that does not know any principles consists of 16.5 percent residing in rural areas and 8 percent in urban areas. Maluku and Papua are the regions with the highest number who do not know about Pancasila, at 23.8 percent.

The survey methodology used multistage random sampling. The margin of error from the sample size is +/- 2.2 percent at a 95 percent confidence level (assuming simple random sampling).

Selected respondents were interviewed face-to-face by trained interviewers. Meanwhile, quality control of the interview results was carried out randomly for 20 percent of the entire sample by supervisors by revisiting selected respondents (spot check). Quality control found no significant errors.