Indonesia's Annual Inflation Increased in February 2026

According to the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), Indonesia experienced an annual inflation rate of 4.76% (year-on-year/yoy) in February 2026.

This inflation figure is relatively high compared to the conditions of the past two years. The trend of rising inflation rates has been ongoing since mid-2025, and continued into early 2026, as can be seen in the chart.

"The high inflation in January and February was influenced by the low base effect," said BPS Deputy for Distribution and Services Statistics Ateng Hartono at a press conference on Monday (2/3/2026).

He explained that previously, in January-February 2025, the government implemented a policy of discounting electricity tariffs, which depressed the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and triggered deflation. This decrease in the CPI caused the price level in January-February 2025 to be below the trend.

Here is a list of expenditure groups that experienced inflation or price increases on an annual basis in February 2026, sorted by the highest inflation rate:

• Personal care and other services: 16.66% (yoy)
• Housing, water, electricity, and household fuel: 16.19% (yoy)
• Food, beverages, and tobacco: 3.51% (yoy)
• Health: 1.61% (yoy)
• Food and beverage provision/restaurants: 1.37% (yoy)
• Education: 1.11% (yoy)
• Recreation, sports, and culture: 0.96% (yoy)
• Clothing and footwear: 0.73% (yoy)
• Household supplies, equipment, and routine maintenance: 0.21% (yoy)
• Transportation: 0.12% (yoy)

Meanwhile, there was only one expenditure group that experienced deflation or a decrease in prices on an annual basis in February 2026, namely information, communication, and financial services, which fell by 0.09% (yoy).

The commodities that experienced inflation or price increases on an annual basis in February 2026 were fresh fish, broiler chicken, rice, red onions, broiler eggs, oranges, tomatoes, machine-made kretek cigarettes (SKM), handmade kretek cigarettes (SKT), and machine-made white cigarettes (SPM).

Annual inflation also occurred in electricity tariffs, house rents, household assistants' wages, cars, motorcycles, air transport fares, tuition fees, primary school fees, rice with side dishes, and jewelry gold.

Meanwhile, commodities that experienced deflation or annual price decreases in February 2026 were red chili, garlic, potatoes, carrots, pork, powdered detergent soap, laundry fragrance, liquid detergent, gasoline, mobile phones, and high school tuition fees.

In February 2026, all or 38 provinces in Indonesia experienced annual inflation. The highest inflation occurred in Aceh with a rate of 6.94% (yoy) and the lowest in Papua Pegunungan at 0.63% (yoy).