West Java's Average Expenditure Increased by 16.78% (December 2023 Data)

Average per capita monthly expenditure for food and non-food items in West Java province was Rp. 1.68 million in 2023. This figure is up by Rp. 241,256.88 compared to the previous year's figure of Rp. 1.44 million.

Average expenditure in West Java this December has seen a significant increase compared to the lowest growth recorded in December 2021, which was 3.6 percent. This year, average expenditure in West Java grew by 16.78 percent.

Looking back, the average increase in average expenditure over the past three years was 7.42 percent. This figure is lower than the average for the previous three years (2017-2020), which stood at 8.85 percent.

As stated in the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) report, the highest average expenditure growth in the province over the past ten years was 16.78 percent, and the lowest was 3.6 percent, with a downward trend in average expenditure. This year's average expenditure growth is still higher than the period before the Covid-19 pandemic.

Based on island, the average expenditure of West Java province ranks fifth out of a total of nine provinces in Java, Bali, and Nusa Tenggara. This year, growth in this province is lower than the national average.

The following is a list of average expenditures in Java, Bali, and Nusa Tenggara:

• 1. DKI Jakarta: Rp. 3.05 million
• 2. Yogyakarta: Rp. 1.99 million
• 3. Banten: Rp. 1.9 million
• 4. Bali: Rp. 1.81 million
• 5. West Java: Rp. 1.68 million
• 6. East Java: Rp. 1.43 million
• 7. West Nusa Tenggara: Rp. 1.37 million
• 8. Central Java: Rp. 1.32 million
• 9. East Nusa Tenggara: Rp. 1.09 million