ANALYSIS: Digital ID Deadline Looms, Yet Only 8 Percent of Indonesians Are Onboard

Analysis An ambitious plan to have everyone in Indonesia carry a digital ID on a cellphone by June 2024, looks likely to miss its target by a significant margin, with official sources reporting a take-up rate of just eight percent by February of this year. Indonesia is Southeast Asia’s largest economy, with a nominal GDP of US$1.05 trillion. Its digital economy is projected to grow to US$130 billion by 2025. The Identitas Kependudukan Digital, or Digital Population Identity (IKD), was touted to make public services more accessible to millions of Indonesians, particularly those in remote areas. Half the country’s total population live in rural regions, in 2022 that number was 115,892,393....