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The provinces on Sulawesi Island recorded the highest economic growth in the first quarter of 2017. A release from the Central Bureau of Statistics shows that the regional gross domestic product (RGDP) growth rate of the Sulawesi region/island in the first three months of this year grew by 6.87 percent compared to the same period the previous year. Java, with growth of 5.66 percent, ranked second in terms of highest RGDP growth rate, followed by Kalimantan with 4.92 percent growth.
In the first quarter of 2017, the Indonesian economy grew by 5.01 percent compared to the first quarter of 2016. Based on sources of growth, Java still dominated, contributing 3.31 percent, followed by the Island of Java with 0.88 percent, Kalimantan with 0.42 percent, Sulawesi with 0.4 percent, and Maluku and Papua with 0.1 percent.
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