The Annual Inflation Rate in Indonesia Decreased in March 2026

According to the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), Indonesia experienced an annual inflation rate of 3.48% (year-on-year/yoy) in March 2026.

This inflation rate decreased compared to February 2026, which reached 4.76% (yoy), but it was still relatively high compared to previous months.

From May 2024 to December 2025, Indonesia's annual inflation rate was consistently below 3% (yoy), as shown in the chart.

According to BPS, the high inflation in January-March 2026 was influenced by the low base effect.

Previously, in January-February 2025, the government implemented a policy of discounting electricity tariffs, so the price level at that time was below the normal trend and put pressure on the Consumer Price Index (CPI).

"If in January and February the impact was quite significant, in March the low base effect started to decrease a bit," said BPS Deputy for Distribution and Services Statistics Ateng Hartono at a press conference on Wednesday (1/4/2026).

Here is a list of expenditure groups that experienced inflation or price increases annually in March 2026, sorted from the highest inflation:

• Personal care and other services: 15.32% (yoy)
• Housing, water, electricity, and household fuel: 7.24% (yoy)
• Food, beverages, and tobacco: 3.34% (yoy)
• Health: 1.49% (yoy)
• Food and beverage provision/restaurants: 1.42% (yoy)
• Education: 1.14% (yoy)
• Recreation, sports, and culture: 1.08% (yoy)
• Clothing and footwear: 0.65% (yoy)
• Transportation: 0.61% (yoy)
• Household supplies, equipment, and routine maintenance: 0.24% (yoy)

Meanwhile, there was only one expenditure group that experienced deflation or a decrease in prices annually in March 2026, namely information, communication, and financial services, which fell by 0.03% (yoy).

The commodities that experienced inflation or annual price increases in March 2026 are premium chicken meat, fresh fish, rice, machine-made kretek cigarettes (SKM), premium chicken eggs, handmade kretek cigarettes (SKT), cooking oil, oranges, tomatoes, beef, and fresh shrimp.

Annual inflation also occurred in electricity tariffs, housing rent, cars, air transportation, motorcycles, academies/colleges, elementary schools, rice with side dishes, and jewelry gold.

Meanwhile, the commodities that experienced deflation or annual price decreases in March 2026 are red chili peppers, garlic, cayenne pepper, potatoes, scallions, carrots, pork, powdered detergent soap, laundry fragrance, liquid detergent, gasoline, toll road tariffs, mobile phones, and high schools.

In March 2026, all 38 Indonesian provinces experienced annual inflation. The highest inflation occurred in Aceh with a rate of 5.31% (yoy) and the lowest in Lampung at 1.16% (yoy).