August 2026 State Budget Deficit at Rp 240.1 Trillion, Revenues Rise 25.4 Percent

Excise revenue amounted to Rp 148.7 trillion, up 3.2 percent. Import duties reached Rp 36.4 trillion, increasing 13 percent, while export duties reached Rp 25.1 trillion, up 34.4 percent.

The increase in export duties was partly driven by higher prices and volume of crude palm oil (CPO) exports. Meanwhile, import duties were influenced by increased import volumes and currency movements.

Non-Tax State Revenue (PNBP) also recorded higher growth. Through August 2026, PNBP reached Rp 435.1 trillion or 94.8 percent of the target and grew 41.7 percent year-on-year.

State expenditures reach Rp 2,295.7 trillion

On the expenditure side, realization through August reached Rp 2,295.7 trillion or 59.7 percent of the 2026 APBN ceiling. This realization grew 17.1 percent compared to the same period last year.

Central government expenditures reached Rp 1,791.5 trillion or 56.9 percent of the ceiling, growing 29 percent year-on-year.

This expenditure consists of ministry/institution spending (K/L) of Rp 912.4 trillion and non-K/L spending of Rp 879.1 trillion.

K/L expenditures have reached 60.4 percent of the ceiling of Rp 1,510.5 trillion and grew 33 percent compared to August 2025. Non-K/L spending reached 53.6 percent of the ceiling of Rp 1,639.2 trillion, growing 25.1 percent.

Suahasil urged that K/L spending for the remainder of the fiscal year remain efficient and mindful of budget impact.

"K/L spending toward the year's end must remain efficient," said Suahasil.

By expenditure type, employee spending through the end of August reached Rp 259 trillion or 72.3 percent of the ceiling, growing 21.7 percent.

Employee spending was used, among others, for the hiring of approximately 355,000 new civil servants (ASN) and for allowances for non-civil servant educators.

Goods expenditure reached Rp 389 trillion or 55.1 percent of the ceiling, up 67.5 percent. One contributing component was the implementation of the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program.

ANTARA FOTO/Novrian Arbi Free Nutritious Meals illustration. Workers prepare free nutritious meal packages at the Nation's Healthy Kitchen in Husein Sastranegara Airbase, Bandung, West Java, Monday (6/1/2025). ANTARA PHOTO/Novrian Arbi

Through August, the MBG budget realization amounted to Rp 134.2 trillion. The program has reached 57 million beneficiaries through 27,485 Nutritional Service Units (SPPG).

Besides MBG, goods expenditure includes Rp 10.1 trillion for private School Operational Assistance Funds (BOS), Rp 21.4 trillion for biodiesel incentives, Rp 11.3 trillion for Technical Implementation Unit (UPT) health services, and Rp 3.3 trillion for food stabilization.

Capital expenditure stood at Rp 159.8 trillion or 56.3 percent of the ceiling, growing 14.3 percent. This spending supports connectivity and food resilience through the construction of networks and irrigation.