Padang City Achieves Highest Bureaucratic Reform Index in West Sumatra

The evaluation results from the Ministry of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform for 2025 state that Padang City has successfully achieved the highest Bureaucratic Reform index in West Sumatra Province, with a score of 87.31. This achievement is officially recorded in Ministry Letter Number B/194/RB 06/2026 regarding the 2025 Bureaucratic Reform Implementation Evaluation Results. This figure also shows a significant positive growth trend compared to the previous year’s achievements. Padang Mayor Fadly Amran expressed his highest appreciation to all civil servants within the Padang City Government. “This success is the fruit of a shared commitment to delivering a clean and efficient bureaucracy,” he said. Padang City’s success in leading the Bureaucratic Reform report in West Sumatra was driven by achievements in five main assessment indicators which significantly surpassed national targets. The policy quality index achieved by Padang City was 91.00, while the national target was 65.00. The legal reform index was 100, while the national target was 70.00. The merit system index stood at 270, compared to a national target of just 250. Archive digitalisation scored 93.00, against a national target of 60.00, and the public service standard reached 93.67, surpassing the national target of 78.00. Over the last five years, Padang City’s Bureaucratic Reform index has consistently shown an upward trend: 70.86 in 2021, 75.10 in 2022, 73.60 in 2023, and 85.92 in 2024. Fadly Amran reminded everyone not to become complacent with this achievement. “We express our appreciation and thanks to the people of Padang City and all regional apparatuses who have made the best contribution to realising better, adaptive, and service-oriented governance,” he said. He asked that this momentum serve as a spur for all civil servants to continue innovating. “I hope all civil servants continue to work hard in realising better governance to provide excellent service that directly impacts the people of Padang City,” said Fadly Amran.