Pramono Urges Residents to Be Open About Economic Census: Answer Truthfully

Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung has urged residents of the capital to be open and assist officials from Statistics Indonesia (BPS) in carrying out the 2026 Economic Census. The census enumeration is still ongoing until 15 September 2026.

Pramono made the appeal after being enumerated directly by BPS officers at Jakarta City Hall on Monday (31/8/2026). He said he had provided answers that reflected his actual circumstances to the census officers.

“I have answered truthfully,” said Pramono.

Pramono then invited the people of Jakarta, particularly those who remain closed off, to help BPS officers carry out their data collection duties.

“I also appeal to the people of Jakarta to help BPS in carrying out their census duties, especially for those members of the public who are still closed off,” he said.

He stressed that conducting the economic census is a constitutional duty. According to him, the public is asked to provide information that reflects their actual circumstances.

“This is a constitutional task regulated by the constitution, and the public is asked to convey and provide truthful answers,” he said.

Pramono also assured that the data collected in the economic census has no connection to taxation matters. The data collection is being carried out to obtain a picture of the economic conditions in Jakarta.

“This has absolutely no connection with, for example, taxation or other matters. This is truly an Economic Census to understand the portrait of the conditions and situation in Jakarta,” he explained.

Meanwhile, Secretary General of Statistics Indonesia (BPS) Zulkipli said that enumeration for the 2026 Economic Census in Jakarta is still ongoing until 15 September. BPS will revisit companies or business actors that could not previously be located.

“So actually we have already carried out enumeration from the existing preliminary list amounting to 111% for the DKI condition. However, out of that 111%, there are still some that we have not been able to locate,” said Zulkipli.

He explained that there is still a number of data points that need to be traced, including documents located at business premises that officers have not yet found.

“We will trace them later,” he said.

Zulkipli said BPS officers will use the time until 15 September to revisit companies that have not yet been enumerated or that were not found in the initial list.

“So we hope that in this current period, the time up until 15 September, we will be able to obtain them again, revisit those companies, and locate those that were previously not found in our preliminary list,” he added.