Although economic growth in early 2021 was negative, the government's policies to recover the national economy have shown significant results.Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia's economic performance in 2021 was better than in 2020, acting head of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Center of the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Ahmad Najib Burhani, said.
"Although economic growth in early 2021 was negative, the government's policies to recover the national economy have shown significant results," he remarked during a media briefing on the '2022 Indonesian Economic Outlook' here on Thursday.
In the second quarter of 2021, the country's economic growth was recorded at 7.1 percent, while in the third quarter of 2021, it reached 3.5 percent, he noted.
The positive growth rates indicated that the COVID-19 pandemic could be controlled well, he said.
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The strict implementation of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in the second and third quarters of 2020 had led to negative growth of 3.49 percent in the third quarter of 2020, he noted.
However, in 2021, the economy still grew positively although the government implemented Level 3 and 4 community activity restrictions (PPKM) amid a surge in COVID-19 Delta variant cases from July to August, Burhani said.
It is expected that Indonesia’s economy will grow positively in 2022 due to various efforts made by the government in handling the pandemic and recovering domestic economic activities, he added.
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Translator: Martha Simanjuntak, Uyu Liman
Editor: Rahmad Nasution
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