Household Consumption in Sulawesi Province Grew Above the National Average in Q3 2021

Household consumption in Sulawesi is growing in line with the region's economic growth. Five of the six provinces in Sulawesi even experienced higher growth than national household consumption.

Statistics Indonesia (BPS) recorded that the household consumption component of the regional gross domestic product (PDRB) in North Sulawesi (Sulut) grew by 3.51% to Rp 10.43 trillion in Q3 2021 compared to Q3 2020 (year-on-year/yoy). This figure is higher than the national household consumption growth of 1.01% (yoy) and is the highest in Sulawesi.

The next highest household consumption growth was in South Sulawesi (Sulsel), at 2.86% (yoy). This was followed by Central Sulawesi (Sulteng) with 2.33% (yoy), Southeast Sulawesi (Sultra) with 1.52%, West Sulawesi (Sulbar) with 1.42% (yoy), and Gorontalo with 0.45% (yoy).

Compared to Q2 2021, West Sulawesi showed the highest household consumption growth at 0.81% (quarter-to-quarter/q-to-q), followed by Southeast Sulawesi at 0.77% (q-to-q), and Gorontalo at 0.11% (q-to-q).

Meanwhile, North Sulawesi experienced a contraction in household consumption of 0.09% (q-to-q). This was followed by Central Sulawesi, which also experienced negative growth of 0.55% (q-to-q), and South Sulawesi at -2.53% (q-to-q).