Defense Ministry Budget Highest in 2017 as Military is Strengthened

The Ministry of Defense (Kemenhan) received the largest budget allocation in the 2017 State Budget (APBN) for Ministries/Institutions. The Ministry of Defense received the largest allocation, namely Rp 108 trillion, a 3.4 percent increase from the 2017 Revised State Budget (RAPBN). However, compared to the 2016 Revised State Budget (APBN-P), there was a decrease of 0.64 percent. Below the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing and the Indonesian National Police received the largest budgets.

Total spending for Ministries/Institutions in the 2017 APBN increased by 0.69 percent to Rp 763.6 trillion from the 2017 RAPBN, but compared to the 2016 Revised State Budget, it decreased by 0.55 percent. Meanwhile, the 15 Ministries/Institutions with the largest spending in the 2017 APBN reached Rp 652.2 trillion, a 0.43 percent increase from the 2017 RAPBN and a 0.73 percent increase from the 2016 Revised State Budget. The total spending of these 15 Ministries/Institutions comprised 85.4 percent of the total spending for Ministries/Institutions in the 2017 APBN.