Distillers Indonesia
A one-page guide to Indonesia for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Jakarta
- Official languages
- Indonesian
- Currency
- Indonesian rupiah (IDR)
- Time zone
- UTC+7 (WIB), UTC+8 (WITA), UTC+9 (WIT)
- Area
- 1,916,907 km²
People
- Population
- 285.7 million (2025)
- Population growth
- 0.8% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 59.4%
- Aged under 15
- 24.2%
- Aged 65 and over
- 7.5%
- Life expectancy
- 71.3 years
Economy
- GDP
- US$1.45 trillion (2025)
- GDP per person
- US$5,060 (2025)
- Economic growth
- 5.11% (2025)
- Inflation
- 1.91% (2025)
Climate
Lowlands are warm and humid year-round with small seasonal temperature differences; the wetter season runs roughly November to April and the drier May to October, varying by region.
Alcohol
- Alcohol is
- Legal with dry areas
- Legal drinking age
- 21 for on- and off-premise sales of all beverages (WHO 2018 country profile, status 2016: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profiles/substances-abuse/IDN.pdf)
- Alcohol per adult a year
- 0.1 litres of pure alcohol (2022)
- Traditional drinks
- Tuak (palm liquor, Batak), Brem (Balinese rice wine, about 5%), Arak (Bali), Cap tikus (Minahasa), Sopi (East Nusa Tenggara and Maluku), Ballo, saguer
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Wikipedia - Indonesia; Wikipedia - Alcohol in Indonesia; WHO country profile IDN; SIAL China - Indonesia alcohol import requirements (2025 rules); Policy reforms for safe online access to alcoholic beverages in Indonesia (CIPS); Wikipedia: Arrack; DDTCNews - alcohol excise rates (18 Oct 2025); PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries - Indonesia other taxes (reviewed 11 Jun 2026). Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.