Indonesia Economy, Economy of Indonesia

Indonesia is a republic country and is situated in South-East Asia. The topographical structure of the country shows that it is composed of a large number of islands amounting to seventeen thousand five hundred and eight . Capital city of Indonesia is Jakarta.

Indonesia was declared independent on 17.08.1945 and its currency is known as Rupiah. The official as well as the most popular language of the country is referred to as Indonesian language. Islam is considered to be the most popular religion of the state.

The political structure that is being followed by Indonesia is the presidential system. Political hierarchy shows that President is considered to be the head of the state who is also in charge of the military arm of the country. The important aspects and departments supervised by the President are :-

Formulation of all kinds of policies from economical to political.
In charge of all sorts of domestic affairs.
All the issues related to the foreign affairs is being presided by the President of the State.

The representatives of the state constitute the highest form of national body known as People's Consultative Assembly. This body can be divided into two houses namely

Regional Representatives Council
People's Representative Council

Economy of Indonesia is a booming one which has posted a per capita GDP of US $ 4616. Indonesia Economy shows all traits of a typical developing country where the major contributer to GDP is the service sector which accounts for about 45 % of GDP. Industrial sector is a near second with its contribution revolving around 41 % whereas agriculture is a distant third with its contribution amounting to 14 % of GDP.

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