Singapore Becomes Indonesia's Largest Foreign Investor, Total Reaches USD 4.6 Billion by Q1 2026

Minister of Investment/Head of BKPM, Rosan Roeslani, stated that Singapore has consistently been the largest foreign investor in Indonesia up to the first quarter of 2026. Singapore is the biggest source of foreign direct investment (FDI) into Indonesia, with a value of around USD 4.6 billion.

“Indeed, if we look over the last 10 years, Singapore has consistently been the largest FDI country in Indonesia in terms of recording. Singapore is approximately (USD) 4.6 billion (for Q1 2026),” said Rosan during a press conference at his office on Thursday (23/4).

This position is followed by Hong Kong at USD 2.7 billion and China at USD 2.2 billion. Combined, the contributions from Hong Kong and China become the largest at around USD 4.9 billion. Then, followed by the United States with a total of USD 1.3 billion and Japan at USD 1 billion.

“Number five is followed by the United States and also number five is Japan. Next countries like South Korea, Malaysia, and the Netherlands,” said Rosan.

Investment in the Downstream Processing Sector Reaches Rp 147.5 Trillion

On the other hand, Rosan stated that the realisation of investment in the downstream processing sector has made a significant contribution, reaching 29.6 percent of total investment in the first quarter of 2026 or around Rp 147.5 trillion, growing 8.2 percent annually.

“If we look, it is still dominated by minerals, which from the total of Rp 147.5 trillion, Rp 98.3 trillion is from the mineral sector. Number one is still nickel at Rp 41.5 trillion, then copper, iron and steel, bauxite, tin, and others,” continued Rosan.

Besides minerals, the plantation and forestry sector also recorded a contribution of Rp 29.8 trillion, with palm oil as the main contributor at Rp 18.3 trillion, followed by log wood at Rp 7 trillion and rubber at Rp 24 trillion, as well as other commodities like nutmeg, pine, coconut, cocoa, and biofood.

The oil and gas sector recorded investments of Rp 17.7 trillion. Meanwhile, the fisheries and maritime sector is still relatively small at around Rp 1.7 trillion.

“And I have received information that there will be investments in the salt sector as well as in seaweed and tilapia fish; this is starting to proceed in the next semester,” said Rosan.