Despite the global crisis of 2008-2009, Indonesia, whose economy is not based as much on exports as the economies of neighboring countries, recorded much better economic results than other countries of the Southeast Asia region (GDP growth in 2009 by 4.6%). This is one of the reasons why it can be assumed that despite the expected slowdown of the world economy in 2012, Indonesia’s GDP growth will remain at around 6%.

Inflation in 2011 reached 3.79%, which means a decrease compared to 2010 (6.84%) and is a much better result than assumed by Bank Indonesia (BI) (5.7%). Anticipated by BI inflation level in 2012 is 5.3%. Prices of items have a great impact on inflation food, in particular rice, which, due to insufficient domestic production, Indonesia is still importing.

The unemployment rate was 6.7%. However, it should be remembered that, according to estimates, 30% of employees work in the so-called gray economy, i.e. without adequate contracts, social security, sometimes in very difficult conditions. The average monthly salary was IDR 1,246,000. There are very large differences in wages between individual provinces, with DKI Jakarta and West Papua, where the minimum rates are the highest and Central and Eastern Java, with the lowest rates.

Indonesia is a member of, among others organizations such as the World Trade Organization (WTO), the World Customs Organization (WCO), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the World Bank, the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA ), International Monetary Fund (IMF), Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Muslim Development Bank (IDB), International Agriculture Development Fund (IFAD), Asian Development Bank (ADB), G20, Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN), Asia-Pacific Economic Community (APEC).

Indonesia needs investments in the construction of roads, ports, hotel facilities, water and sewage management, agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, food processing, energy, telecommunications and the mining industry, which should interest Polish entrepreneurs representing the above-mentioned sectors and looking for new investments and outlets for their products.