GDP from agriculture, forestry, and fishing Indonesia 2019, by industry

In 2019, preliminary figures showed that the gross domestic product (GDP) from plantation crops in Indonesia was about 517.51 billion Indonesian rupiah. Indonesia is one of the world’s leading producers of agricultural products, and although agriculture's share of the country's GDP has declined during the last decades, the majority of the Indonesian population is still dependent on this sector.

Smallholders play a key role in ensuring food security

Indonesia’s agricultural sector consists of large companies and smallholders. While the large companies are either owned by the government or private estates, smallholders are usually family-run and often sell their products directly to the consumers. In many of Indonesia’s major crop industries such as coconut, rubber, and coffee, the planted area of smallholders accounted for more than that of the large estate companies in total. Smallholders in Indonesia thus play a key role in securing food availability and its access to individual consumers.

Fisheries sector’ importance in Indonesia

The fisheries sector in Indonesia also plays an important role in supporting its food security, since most Indonesians live in the coastal areas and fish is one of the staple foods in the local diet. However, despite being the world’s biggest archipelago and one of the world’s largest producers of seafood, the GDP contribution of the fisheries sector in Indonesia only accounted for less than three percent of Indonesia’s GDP. In the past few years, the Indonesian government has been focusing more on this sector, as the current Indonesian President, Joko Widodo, aimed to transform Indonesia into a global maritime axis.