Indonesia's foreign direct investment grows 12.7 pct in Q1 2025
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Indonesia grew by 12.7 percent year-on-year to 230.4 trillion rupiahs (13.8 billion U.S. dollars) in the first quarter of 2025, Investment and Downstreaming Minister Rosan Roeslani announced on Tuesday, Xinhua reports.
"Foreign direct investment continued to rise," the minister said during a press conference at his office, referring to the January-March period.
Rosan noted that Singapore was the most significant contributor to FDI growth in the first quarter, with investments worth 4.6 billion U.S. dollars, followed by China's Hong Kong (2.2 billion U.S. dollars), China (1.8 billion U.S. dollars), Malaysia (1.0 billion U.S. dollars), and the United States (1.0 billion U.S. dollars).
He attributed the FDI expansion to increased investments in key sectors, including the basic metal industry, metal goods, machinery and equipment, transportation, telecommunications, warehousing, mining, other services, housing, and industrial and office areas.
Earlier it was reported that UNESCO had included two Indonesian sites in the Global Geoparks Network.
