Malaka Regency's 2023 current price Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) reached Rp3,422.18 billion. This represents a 3.77% growth compared to the previous year's Rp3,144.3 billion.
Compared to the COVID-19 pandemic year of 2020, the region's economic growth is significantly higher. Post-COVID growth at the end of 2020 was recorded at only 1%.
According to BPS (Statistics Indonesia) publications, with a total population of 199,780, the GRDP per capita in the region is recorded at Rp17,920,000/capita/year. Nationally, this ranks 475th.
Of the 17 sectors driving the regency's economy, agriculture, forestry, and fisheries are the leading sectors.
Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries in Malaka Regency are the mainstay sectors, contributing the largest share to the 2023 GRDP with a value of Rp1.34 trillion. This represents a 3.79% growth compared to the previous year's Rp1.23 trillion.
Following this, the construction sector grew by 7.82% to Rp471.9 billion, and the GRDP of the public administration, defense, and compulsory social security sector grew by 0.11% to Rp458.4 billion.
The final sector in the top five is information and communication, with a GRDP of Rp197.07 billion. This sector grew by 3.18% compared to the previous year's Rp189.69 billion.
Distribution of GRDP in Malaka Regency in 2023
In terms of distribution, the main sector contributing the most to GRDP growth in Malaka Regency is agriculture, forestry, and fisheries, with a contribution of 41.72%. Other sectors in the top five are public administration, defense and compulsory social security; construction; information and communication; and transportation and warehousing.
The sectors with the smallest distribution are mining and quarrying; accommodation and food service activities; electricity and gas supply; corporate services; and water supply, waste management, waste disposal and recycling.