Consumption in these 10 provinces experienced the sharpest contraction in the third quarter of 2021.

The Covid-19 pandemic impacted household consumption in various Indonesian provinces. Bengkulu province experienced the sharpest contraction nationally in the third quarter of 2021.

Based on data from the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS), the household consumption component of the regional gross domestic product (PDRB) in Bengkulu contracted by 4.4% (quarter-to-quarter/q-to-q) to Rp 7.42 trillion compared to the second quarter of 2021. This figure is significantly lower than the national consumption growth, which also experienced a negative growth of 0.18% (q-to-q).

The contraction in the agricultural sector by 3.16% (q-to-q) impacted household consumption in Bengkulu. This sector contributes 28.43% to the province's PDRB. Furthermore, the slump in the wholesale and retail trade sector, which experienced negative growth of 12.41%, also affected household consumption in this Sumatran coastal province.

The Riau Islands province experienced the second-sharpest contraction in household consumption at 3.43% (q-to-q). This was followed by South Sulawesi with a 2.53% (q-to-q) contraction, Yogyakarta Special Region with a 2.51% (q-to-q) contraction, Jakarta with a 2.49% (q-to-q) contraction, and East Kalimantan with a 2.23% (q-to-q) contraction.

Other provinces with significant contractions in household consumption include East Kalimantan at 2.23% (q-to-q), South Kalimantan at 1.79% (q-to-q), and West Java at 1.63% (q-to-q).

Meanwhile, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) and East Java experienced household consumption contractions of 1.33% (q-to-q) and 1.27% (q-to-q) respectively.