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• Republic of Indonesia
  • General Information
    • Introduction
    • Geography
    • Socio-economic Profile
    • Government
    • National Social Welfare System
    • Education Profile
    • Health Profile
    • ICT
  • Statistical Data on Disability Profile
  • Current Situation of Persons with Disabilities
  • The Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 2003-2012
  • Profile of Disability-related Organizations

1. General Fact Sheet

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Government (ii)
Type		Republic
Chief of State Head of Government		President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (since October 2004)
Capital		Jakarta
Administrative Divisions		30 provinces, 2 special regions, and 1 special capital city district
Demographics
Mid - 2005 Population (thousands) i	222,781	Age Structure (2005) i
Annual Growth Rate i	1.2%	0 - 14 years	28.0%
Urban Population (2005) i	48.0%	15 - 64 years	66.0%
Nationality	Indonesian	Over 65 years	6.0%
Ethnic Group ii		Sex Ratio (2005 est.) ii	1 male(s)/female
Javanese	45.0%	Unemployment Rate (2004 est.) ii	9.2%
Sundanese	14.0%	Population below poverty line (1999 est.) ii	27.0%
Madurese	7.5%
Coastal Malays	7.5%
Others	26.0%
Education (iii)
Adult Literacy (M) (2002 - 2004 est.)	92.5%	Enrolment Ratios (GER) (2002/2003)
Adult Literacy (F) (2002 - 2004 est.)	83.4%	Primary	112.0%
Public expenditure on Education:total government expenditure (2002/2003)	9.0%	Secondary	61.0%
		Tertiary	16.0%
		Compulsory	9 years
Health
Life Expectancy (M) (2004) i	66 years	HIV/AIDS Prevalence (2003 est.) ii	0.1%
Life Expectancy (F) (2004) i	70 years	HIV/AIDS Figures (2003 est.) ii	110,000
		Infant Mortality (per 1,000) (2005) i	38
Economic (ii)
GDP - per capita (2004 est.)	$ 3,500	Contributions to GDP ( 2004 est.)
GDP Growth (2004)	4.9%	Agriculture	14.6%
Budget (2004 est.)		Industry	45.0%
Revenues	$ 52.13 billion	Services	40.4%
Expenditures	$ 55.88 billion
Disability
Major Legislation		Act of the Republic of Indonesia, Number 4 of 1997
No. of Persons with Disabilities (2000) iv	1.5 million	Disability by Type iv
National Coordination Committee on Disability	Indonesian National Council on Social Welfare	Handicap	40.3%
		Blind	17.0%
		Mental defect	13.4%
		Deaf	12.0%
		Mute	7.2%
		Psychotic	6.8%
		Deaf and Mute	3.2%

Source

1. 2005 ESCAP Population Data Sheet, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
2. CIA-The World Factbook 2005 - Indonesia (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/id.html)
3. UNESCO : Institution for Statistics - education sector (www.uis.unesco.org)
4. 2000 National Survey, Bureau of Statistics, SUSENAS