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Indonesia

East Asia & PacificUpper middle income285.72M population

Last updated October 1, 2026

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Progressing readiness

Composite GEFRI Score

Access & Parity is strong, but Governance lags

Indonesia shows progressing readiness to meet the challenges and opportunities of education in a rapidly changing world (58th percentile worldwide). Reforms are translating into broader capability, though uneven performance continues to slow system-wide alignment.

67.40Composite score
Global percentile
58th
Global rank
#75
Regional rank
#15
Viewing data for
Advanced readiness
Infrastructure
78.60
53rd percentileGlobal avg. 70.44
Progressing readiness
Human Capital
64.28
40th percentileGlobal avg. 66.18
Emerging readiness
Innovation
52.67
62nd percentileGlobal avg. 48.64
Emerging readiness
Governance
48.32
56th percentileGlobal avg. 47.24
Target achieved
Access & Parity
93.16
81st percentileGlobal avg. 60.85

Country profile

Indonesia shows progressing readiness, with important strengths but continued gaps across the system. Most dimension scores sit close to global norms, without a single dimension standing far above the rest.

Uneven scores across dimensions show where readiness conditions are less aligned.

Sparse R&D investment and a small research workforce slow experimentation and delay new ideas from reaching learners. Girls outperform boys in secondary pathways, adding pressure to address male dropout risks.

Human Capital presents a near-term leapfrog opportunity: performance is just below the global average, backed by enough observed data to support forward planning. Regionally, Indonesia leads most clearly in School Access and Gender Parity, sitting well above the peer average.

Most indicators are observed rather than imputed, so estimation uncertainty is limited.

Key insights

Places 75th worldwide.

Holds a regional position of 15th within East Asia & Pacific.

Scores range from Access & Parity (93.2) to Governance (48.3), reflecting variation across dimensions.

Leads regional peers most clearly in Access & Parity.

Regional peers: East Asia & Pacific

Composite GEFRI Score

Global rankRegional rankCountryScore
61Korea, Rep.87.81
82Australia87.35
93Singapore87.32
124Japan86.36
145New Zealand86.16
176Hong Kong SAR, China84.76
——PalauMicrostate73.70
——NauruMicrostate72.29
497Thailand71.84
528Brunei Darussalam71.04
——GuamMicrostate70.25
589China69.90
——American SamoaMicrostate69.54
6210Malaysia69.47
——Northern Mariana IslandsMicrostate69.09
6411Mongolia68.89
——New CaledoniaMicrostate68.87
6712Fiji68.59
6913Macao SAR, China68.46
——French PolynesiaMicrostate67.52
7414Viet Nam67.48
7515Indonesia67.40
——TongaMicrostate61.97
——SamoaMicrostate61.50
8916Philippines61.14
——TuvaluFCSMicrostate59.55
——Marshall IslandsFCSMicrostate55.97
10917Vanuatu54.91
——KiribatiFCSMicrostate50.18
11718Timor-LesteFCS48.26
——Micronesia, Fed. Sts.FCSMicrostate47.16
12419Cambodia44.55
12520Korea, Dem. People's Rep.44.05
13521Solomon IslandsFCS40.74
14222MyanmarFCS37.12
14323Lao PDR36.74
15624Papua New GuineaFCS32.24