Palembang's 3.47 billion Ribu IDR budget dwarfs Pagar Alam's 720 million in 2023, exposing stark fiscal gaps across 17 regencies and cities in South S

Layanan ini menggunakan API Badan Pusat Statistik. This service uses the Central Statistics Agency API. From Indonesia. The city of Palembang spent 3.

47 billion Ribu IDR on government services in 2023 — nearly five times the budget of Pagar Alam, the province's smallest city by expenditure.

The gap, captured in BPS data covering all 17 regencies and cities, underscores an enduring fiscal imbalance that shapes everything from road repairs to teacher salaries.

The top tier Palembang, as the provincial capital, predictably led the pack, drawing on its dense population and administrative heft. But the spending heavyweights also included resource-rich Musi Banyuasin ( 3.

29 billion Ribu IDR ) and coal-producing Muara Enim ( 2.54 billion ). Together, the top three absorbed roughly a third of the province's total government outlay of 28.21 billion Ribu IDR.

The bottom three At the other end, Pagar Alam's allocation barely reached 720 million Ribu IDR — less than half the 1.66 billion average.

Lubuk Linggau and Prabumulih also scraped by with budgets under 900 million, a reflection of their smaller tax bases and limited administrative scale that makes every rupiah do double duty. Top: Palembang — 3.

47 billion Ribu IDR Bottom: Pagar Alam — 720.09 million Ribu IDR Province average: 1.

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