Indonesia
East Asia & Pacific · Upper middle income· 283.49M inhabitants
Last updated: November 11, 2025
Futures readiness profile
Key insights: Indonesia
Key areas of strength for Indonesia: School Access and Gender Parity (93, 93rd percentile). This reflects substantial capacity for education futures readiness and may serve as models for broader policy learning or international benchmarking.
Areas of untapped potential: Infrastructure (65, 51st percentile), Governance (53, 67th percentile), Human Capital (47, 41st percentile), and Innovation (45, 60th percentile). While these scores are at or near the global average, substantial progress and greater ambition are needed to drive transformation and strengthen the country’s future in education.
Composite GEFRI Score
60.52
70th percentile
Higher scores indicate greater education futures readiness
Component scores
School Access and Gender Parity92.74
Above global avg. · 93rd %-tile
Governance52.59
Near the global average · 67th %-tile
Captures the effectiveness and quality of policies, regulations, and governance that shape the educational environment.
Innovation45.18
Near the global average · 60th %-tile
Reflects a country’s capacity to foster, produce, and apply new knowledge and technology in society and education.
Human Capital47.38
Near the global average · 41st %-tile
Assesses the educational attainment and capacity of a country’s population, focusing on access and completion at secondary and tertiary levels as well as literacy.
Infrastructure64.69
Above global avg. · 51st %-tile
Measures the availability and quality of basic digital and electrical infrastructure that supports education.
Regional peers: East Asia & Pacific
| Global rank | Regional rank | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | Korea, Rep. | 80.27 |
| 4 | 2 | Singapore | 79.39 |
| 5 | 3 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 79.21 |
| 7 | 4 | Japan | 78.26 |
| 9 | 5 | Australia | 77.71 |
| 17 | 6 | New Zealand | 74.85 |
| — | — | Northern Mariana Islands(microstate) | 71.25 |
| — | — | New Caledonia(microstate) | 70.50 |
| — | — | Guam(microstate) | 69.62 |
| — | — | American Samoa(microstate) | 69.08 |
| — | — | French Polynesia(microstate) | 68.68 |
| 44 | 7 | China | 63.63 |
| 49 | 8 | Brunei Darussalam | 61.74 |
| 50 | 9 | Thailand | 61.59 |
| 54 | 10 | Indonesia | 60.52 |
| — | — | Palau(microstate) | 59.99 |
| — | — | Nauru(microstate) | 59.98 |
| 61 | 11 | Macao SAR, China | 59.29 |
| 64 | 12 | Viet Nam | 58.46 |
| 72 | 13 | Malaysia | 56.52 |
| 73 | 14 | Mongolia | 56.49 |
| 74 | 15 | Fiji | 56.38 |
| — | — | Tuvalu(microstate) | 56.33 |
| — | — | Kiribati(microstate) | 53.22 |
| 86 | 16 | Philippines | 52.65 |
| — | — | Samoa(microstate) | 50.71 |
| — | — | Tonga(microstate) | 48.79 |
| 105 | 17 | Timor-Leste | 47.65 |
| — | — | Marshall Islands(microstate) | 45.83 |
| 115 | 18 | Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | 43.16 |
| — | — | Micronesia, Fed. Sts.(microstate) | 42.86 |
| 118 | 19 | Vanuatu | 40.73 |
| 128 | 20 | Cambodia | 35.01 |
| 129 | 21 | Myanmar | 34.36 |
| 134 | 22 | Solomon Islands | 32.62 |
| 139 | 23 | Lao PDR | 30.68 |
| 147 | 24 | Papua New Guinea | 27.30 |