Indonesia's Digital Competitiveness Improves, Jakarta Ranks Highest

Indonesia's digital competitiveness continues to improve during the pandemic. This was stated by East Ventures in its latest report, *Digital Competitiveness Index 2022* (EV-DCI 2022).

EV-DCI is a research report resulting from a collaboration between East Ventures and the Katadata Insight Center (KIC) that measures the comparative digital competitiveness of all provinces in Indonesia.

Digital competitiveness is measured based on nine main indicator pillars, including human resources, the level of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) usage, ICT expenditure, the economy, entrepreneurship and productivity, employment, infrastructure, finance, and regulations and the capacity of regional governments in each province to drive the adoption of the digital economy.

Based on these indicators, EV-DCI assesses that Indonesia's digital competitiveness continues to grow, with a national EV-DCI median index value of 35.2 in 2022. This value increased compared to 2021, which had a median of 32.1, and 2020, which had a median of 27.9.

EV-DCI also assesses that the equity of digital competitiveness in Indonesia is improving. This is evident from the narrowing gap in index values between provinces, decreasing from 61.95 in 2020 to 55.58 in 2021, and further reducing to 48.29 in 2022.

Jakarta Has the Highest Digital Competitiveness, Papua the Lowest

Similar to the past three years, DKI Jakarta remained the province with the highest national digital competitiveness in 2022, with an EV-DCI index score of 73.2 out of 100.

Jakarta is considered to have the highest competitiveness in terms of infrastructure, digital financial adoption, and entrepreneurship and productivity.

After Jakarta, the provinces with the highest digital competitiveness are West Java with a score of 58.5, Yogyakarta 49.2, Banten 47, and East Java 45.6.

Meanwhile, the province with the lowest national digital competitiveness is Papua, with a score of 24.9 out of 100. This is followed by West Sulawesi with a score of 27.5, West Kalimantan 29.7, North Maluku 30.3, and Jambi 31.9.