East Kalimantan's IPM Score Consistently Above the National Average Since 2010

The Human Development Index, or IPM, is used to assess the quality of life of residents in a particular area. This index can also be used to measure the government's efforts to ensure that residents can access development outcomes in terms of income, health, education, and other sectors.

Statistics Indonesia (BPS) provides an IPM score for all provinces in Indonesia. The assessment refers to the standards of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which introduced the IPM through its Human Development Report (HDR).

East Kalimantan, as the new capital city (IKN), has consistently achieved an IPM score above the national average from 2010 to 2022.

In 2010, East Kalimantan's IPM score was 71.31 points out of 100. The national average was 66.53 points.

The following year, the IKN's IPM score reached 72.02 points, while the national average was 67.09 points.

The trend shows that East Kalimantan's IPM has always been above 71 points. Even when the national average reached 70.18 points, East Kalimantan's IPM had already reached 74.59 points.

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However, East Kalimantan's IPM decreased in 2020, during the Covid-19 pandemic, to 76.24 points. In 2019, the IPM score was 76.61 points.

Despite this, two years after the pandemic, in 2021 and 2022, the value climbed again to 76.88 points and 77.44 points.

The trend shows that East Kalimantan's IPM has generally increased, although the increases have sometimes been not very significant, as seen in the graph.

BPS states that the IPM is formed by three basic dimensions: long and healthy life; knowledge; and decent living standards.

The IPM scores presented here have been calculated using the new methodology adopted in 2010, as implemented by the UNDP.

"By including average years of schooling and expected years of schooling, a more relevant picture of education and the changes that have occurred can be obtained. GNI replaces GDP because it better reflects the income of the population in a region," writes BPS in its report.

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