Two Years of Prabowo-Gibran in Office
Today marks the second anniversary of Prabowo and Gibran taking office. They won the election after securing 58.6 per cent of the vote in a quick count conducted in March 2024. Several polling organisations have presented data on public satisfaction with the government’s performance.
According to a compilation by detikcom, public approval ratings for the Prabowo-Gibran administration in its second year have fallen compared with the previous year. In 2025, Poltracking recorded an approval rating of 78.1 per cent. This year, Poltracking said 55.3 per cent of respondents were satisfied with the government’s performance.
The Poltracking survey was conducted from 30 September to 7 October 2026. Respondents were Indonesian citizens eligible to vote, aged 17 or over or married.
In a similar finding, Parameter Politik Indonesia recorded public satisfaction with the government’s performance at 65.4 per cent this year.
“When those who are very satisfied and satisfied are combined, the total is 65.4 per cent. Meanwhile, around 32.5 per cent said they were dissatisfied or very dissatisfied with the government’s performance overall. Some 2.1 per cent said they did not know or did not answer,” said PPI Executive Director Adi Prayitno during an online presentation of the survey on Sunday (18 October 2026).
Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC) recently released a similar survey, according to detiknews. Its result was considerably lower than those reported by Poltracking and PPI: 44.5 per cent of respondents said they were very or fairly satisfied with Prabowo’s performance as president.
Despite the ratings reported by the polling organisations, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said Indonesia still had the potential to strengthen its economy. Amid the threat of MSCI downgrading the Jakarta Composite Index (IHSG), the Golkar politician also said political and economic conditions had remained stable during the administration’s first two years.
“Thankfully, the situation has been relatively stable — politically, economically and socially,” Airlangga told reporters at the Presidential Palace complex in Jakarta on Monday (19 October 2026).
Prabowo, reflecting on his second year in office, has also said that the government has worked hard. He claimed that, because of the efforts made so far, members of the Cabinet sometimes fail to recognise how much has been achieved.
“Sometimes, when we work hard and at such an intense pace, we ourselves do not fully realise how much we have achieved in our first two years, because we are facing major problems and a world in turmoil,” Prabowo said at a plenary Cabinet meeting at the State Palace in Jakarta on Monday (20 July 2026).