Indonesia's Government Role in Addressing These Issues is Deemed Below Expectations

A survey by the Seventeen Choice Pioneer Foundation (PP17) reveals that the majority of young Indonesians rate the Indonesian government's performance on issues of anti-corruption, human rights (HAM), environment, and gender as below expectations.

According to respondents, the government's role in anti-corruption is considered the furthest below expectations, at 84%. This figure is an accumulation of 59% who rated it far below expectations and 25% who rated it below expectations.

“The issue of anti-corruption is the issue most considered (far) below expectations (84%), especially among women (86%), those who are quite progressive (82%), progressive (88%), very progressive (92%), somewhat angry (87%), angry (87%), and very angry (88%),” PP17 stated in its National Benchmark Survey.

Below is an assessment of the government's role on anti-corruption, HAM, environment, and gender issues according to young Indonesians in July 2025:

Anti-corruption

Below expectations: 25%

Far below expectations: 59%

Total: 84%

HAM

Below expectations: 45%

Far below expectations: 33%

Total: 78%

Environment

Below expectations: 49%

Far below expectations: 29%

Total: 78%

Gender

Below expectations: 46%

Far below expectations: 18%

Total: 64%

Government performance on HAM was rated below expectations, particularly among those aged 31 and over (54%), young people in Java (48%) and Sulawesi (50%), those who are progressive (82%), very progressive (89%), and those who are somewhat angry (78%), angry (82%), and very angry (84%).

Environmental issues were rated below expectations, particularly among young people aged 31 and over (83%), those living in Nusa Tenggara (85%) and Sulawesi (86%), those who are uninterested (82%) in this issue, those who are somewhat angry (80%), angry (82%), and very angry (82%).

Meanwhile, the government's role in gender issues was rated below expectations, particularly among women, reaching 67%, those who are very uninterested (96%), somewhat angry (67%), angry (65%), and very angry (72%).

The PP17 survey was conducted using the computer-assisted self-interviewing (CASI) method with 1,342 respondents aged 17-35 from across Indonesia from July 10-17, 2025.

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