Indonesia's GDP grew 5.31% in 2022, hitting 9-year high

Economic growth back to pre-COVID level but global slowdown weighs on 2023 outlook

Containers at the Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta on Aug. 3, 2022. Indonesia's economy last year grew at the fastest pace since 2013. © Reuters

NANA SHIBATA and ISMI DAMAYANTI, Nikkei staff writers

February 6, 2023 13:26 JST

Updated on February 6, 2023 14:45 JST

JAKARTA -- Indonesia's economy grew 5.31% in 2022 from a year earlier, government data showed on Monday, highlighting that Southeast Asia's largest economy has now returned to a pre-pandemic economic growth path as the government eased COVID restrictions and businesses got back into gear.