Gorontalo City's 2023 Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) at current prices reached Rp10.54 trillion. This represents a 4.52% increase compared to the previous year's Rp9,756.64 billion.
Compared to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, economic growth in this region is significantly higher. At the end of 2020, post-COVID growth was recorded at a decrease of 0.02%.
According to BPS (Statistics Indonesia) publications, with a total population of 203,210, the GRDP per capita in this region is recorded at Rp51,300,000/capita/year. Nationally, this ranks 222nd.
Of the 17 sectors driving economic activity in this city, the wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles sector is the leading contributor.
This sector, ranked first, contributed the largest amount to the GRDP in 2023, reaching Rp1.89 trillion. This represents a 10.43% growth.
Second is the construction sector, which grew by 5.79% to Rp1.4 trillion. The administration, defense, and compulsory social security sector, ranked third, grew by 3.6% to Rp1.04 trillion.
The final sector in the top five is finance and insurance, with a GRDP of Rp957.01 billion. This sector recorded negative growth of -8.11% compared to the previous year's Rp1.02 trillion.
Distribution of GRDP in Gorontalo City in 2023
In terms of distribution, the main sector contributing to the largest GRDP growth in Gorontalo City is wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles, with a contribution of 16.68%. Other sectors in the top five include construction, public administration, defense and compulsory social security, transportation and warehousing, and education services.
The sectors with the smallest distribution are other services, mining and quarrying, water supply, waste management, waste and recycling, corporate services, and electricity and gas supply.