Indonesia's Creative Economy GDP Increases Post-Pandemic

According to data from the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy (Kemenparekraf), Indonesia's creative economy gross domestic product (GDP) has continued to increase after the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.

In 2022, the creative economy GDP at current prices reached Rp1,280 trillion (Rp1.28 quadrillion), setting a new record high.

However, in 2022, the creative economy sector only contributed 6.54% to the total national GDP.

Its contribution decreased compared to 2021 and reached its lowest level since 2010, as shown in the graph.

To date (April 25, 2024), Kemenparekraf has not yet released official data on the 2023 creative economy GDP. However, Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno mentioned that its value has increased again.

"Our creative economy continues to grow in terms of percentage of Indonesia's GDP, which grew strongly this year (2023)," said Sandiaga Uno in a celebration of National Creative Economy Day last year, as reported by Antara (October 24, 2023).

"(The 2023 creative economy GDP) exceeded Rp1,300 trillion, and more than 22 million jobs have been created," he said.

Kemenparekraf measures the creative economy GDP from the value of goods and services in 16 sub-sectors of the industry, namely:

1. Architecture
2. Interior Design
3. Visual Communication Design
4. Product Design
5. Film
6. Photography
7. Crafts
8. Culinary
9. Music
10. Fashion
11. Application and Game Developers
12. Publishing
13. Advertising
14. Television and Radio
15. Performing Arts
16. Fine Arts

Kemenparekraf has not yet released the latest GDP data for each sub-sector. However, according to Sandiaga Uno, the largest contributors are culinary, fashion, and crafts.

Sandiaga stated that these three sub-sectors contributed 75% to the national creative economy GDP in 2023.