Indonesia's Digital Literacy Index Ranked as Medium in 2021

The Katadata Insight Center (KIC) and the Ministry of Communication and Informatics (Kominfo) conducted a survey on Indonesian digital literacy in 2021. The results showed that Indonesia's digital literacy index was at 3.49 in 2021. This figure places Indonesia's digital literacy index in the moderate category, using a scale of 0-5.

Four pillars comprised the calculation of the digital literacy index. *Digital Culture* achieved the highest score at 3.9. This was followed by *Digital Ethics* with a score of 3.55, then *Digital Skills* with 3.44, and lastly, *Digital Safety* with the lowest score of 3.1.

The Indonesian Digital Literacy Index survey was conducted from October 4-24, 2021. The sampling methodology used multistage random sampling with a home visit technique in the survey area.

The survey involved 10,000 respondents spread across 34 provinces and 514 regencies/cities. Respondents were household members aged 13-70 years who had accessed the internet in the previous three months.

Based on gender, 56.6% of respondents were female and 43.4% were male. According to generational grouping, 43.8% of respondents were Generation Y/Millennials (23-38 years old), 28.6% were Generation Z (13-22 years old), 23.9% were Generation X (39-54 years old), and 3.6% were Baby Boomers (55-70 years old).