10 Indonesian Regions with Distressing Rural Road Conditions

The 2016 Socioeconomic Data Publication by the Central Statistics Agency (Badan Pusat Statistik) states that more than 10,000 villages in Indonesia still have poor road infrastructure. Furthermore, according to the data, more than 5,000 villages/sub-districts have roads impassable to four-wheeled vehicles year-round. Papua and North Sumatra provinces have the highest number of villages with such road conditions.

Another survey on village areas and potential income conducted in 2014 found that more than 2,000 villages have four-wheel-drive accessible roads, but only during the dry season. When the rainy season arrives, the roads in these villages become damaged and impassable to four-wheeled vehicles. North Sumatra and East Nusa Tenggara provinces have the highest number of villages in this category.