JAKARTA: (Bernama-Xinhua) Indonesia has been grappling with a marked reduction in the middle class in recent years, even as the Southeast Asian country strives to reach an economic growth of 5.2 per cent in 2025, reported Xinhua.
At a recent hearing with the House of Representatives in Jakarta, the Statistics Indonesia (BPS) revealed that the middle class reached 57.33 million people, or 21.45 per cent of Indonesia's total population, in 2019, but then plummeted to 47.85 million people, or 17.13 per cent, by 2024.
