Data Check: Is Indonesia's Defense Budget Only 0.8% of GDP?

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31/03/2019 00:18 WIB

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Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto stated that our military budget is only 0.8% of GDP, while Singapore's is 3%.

ASEAN Countries' Defense Spending as a Percentage of GDP (2017)

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ASEAN Countries' Defense Spending as a Percentage of GDP (2017)

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In the fourth 2019 Presidential election debate, presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto questioned whether Indonesia's defense budget was adequate. Prabowo stated that Indonesia's military budget was only 0.8% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), while Singapore's was 3%.

According to Katadata's research, Indonesia's military budget is only 0.81% of its GDP, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). This figure is significantly lower than Singapore's 3.32% of GDP. Indonesia's defense budget is even lower than that of Timor Leste, a former Indonesian province.

In the 2019 State Budget (APBN), the Ministry of Defense's budget was Rp 108.4 trillion, higher than the 2018 APBN of Rp 107.8 trillion.

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