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Indonesia

East Asia & PacificUpper middle income285.72M population

Last updated August 4, 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 (59th percentile worldwide). Reforms are translating into broader capability, though uneven performance continues to slow system-wide alignment.

67.24Composite score
Global percentile
59th
Global rank
#74
Regional rank
#14
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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
47.47
55th percentileGlobal avg. 47.07
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 74th worldwide.

Holds a regional position of 14th within East Asia & Pacific.

Scores range from Access & Parity (93.2) to Governance (47.5), reflecting variation across dimensions.

Leads regional peers most clearly in Access & Parity.

Regional peers: East Asia & Pacific

Composite GEFRI Score

Global rankRegional rankCountryScore
71Singapore87.75
82Korea, Rep.87.61
93Australia87.58
124Japan86.42
145New Zealand86.25
166Hong Kong SAR, China85.13
PalauMicrostate73.62
NauruMicrostate72.35
517Thailand71.65
528Brunei Darussalam71.24
GuamMicrostate70.43
569China70.26
New CaledoniaMicrostate69.53
American SamoaMicrostate69.29
5910Malaysia69.27
Northern Mariana IslandsMicrostate69.27
6511Macao SAR, China68.91
6612Fiji68.84
7013Mongolia68.44
French PolynesiaMicrostate67.53
7414Indonesia67.24
7515Viet Nam67.00
TongaMicrostate62.06
SamoaMicrostate61.69
9116Philippines60.80
TuvaluFCSMicrostate59.38
Marshall IslandsFCSMicrostate56.13
10917Vanuatu54.76
KiribatiFCSMicrostate49.99
11818Timor-LesteFCS47.72
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.FCSMicrostate47.06
12419Cambodia44.53
12520Korea, Dem. People's Rep.44.29
13521Solomon IslandsFCS40.40
14222MyanmarFCS37.14
14323Lao PDR36.90
15624Papua New GuineaFCS31.85