Indonesia’s farsighted, sincere leadership knows the importance of its human
resource and talent. It is highly important for countries to attract and retain
their talent. This talent is treasure for any nation and help to uplift its
country to new height and pay vital role in progress, prosperity and development
of its country.
Talent means high performing employees, having good skills, hardworking,
intelligent and better understanding the atmosphere and ability to bring
improvement and leading towards the betterment of people’s lives, enhancing
economic development and increasing Gross Domestic Product. Although Rich
countries from so many years dominate the talent index and they were successful
in retaining their talent however, since the political and economic power is
shifting from west to east, therefore many Asian countries are advancing towards
this direction and trying best to enhance their human skills, exploring and
improving their talents and trying to provide them best opportunities.
INDONESIA is one of those countries which is performing well in exploring,
improving and retaining its talent. Although world’s top ten countries on index
table still are rich and can be seen in this table:
World’s Top ten countries in Talent competitive index 2023
Rank Country
1 Switzerland
2 Singapore
3 United States of America ( USA)
4 Denmark
5 Netherland
6 Finland
7 Norway
8 Australia
9 Sweden
10 UK
Among top ten countries in index only one country Singapore is Asian, while
seven are Europeans, One Australian, and one is from North America. One country
particularly to be mentioned which improved among Asian nations is INDONESIA.
Indonesia climbed 4 spots to the 80th rank in five years. Here is two years
comparison of some selected countries
Country 2023 rank 2022 rank
UAE 22 25
South Korea 24 27
Japan 26 24
Qatar 35 38
China 40 36
Bahrain 44 49
South Africa 48 41
Country 2023 rank 2022 rank
Russia 52 57
Oman 59 60
Kuwait 60 61
Vietnam 71 74
Indonesia 80 82
Although there is still more room for improvement however Indonesia is still
above the ranks of many Asian and African countries and it is worth mentioning
that Indonesia is 23 ranks above than India which is fifth largest economy of
the world.
Besides Talent Competitive index Indonesia’s Human Development Index (HDI) is
also improving. Its Human Development Index in 2023 reached 74.39 an increase of
0.62 points 0.84 percent comped to previous year 73.77. during the period
2020-2023, Indonesia increased an average by 0.72 percent annually. All Human
Development Index (HDI) dimensions including healthy life, knowledge, and decent
standard of living improved in 2023. The increase of HDI is higher than previous
year. All dimensions increase higher compared to previous year, particularly the
decent standard of living improved in 2023. The increase of HDI is higher than
previous year, particularly the decent standard of living dimension, life
expectancy at birth in 2023 was recorded as high as 73.93 years means nearly 74
years. This also means children born this year were expected to live 0.23 years
longer than those who were born in the previous year. Measurement of life
expectancy at birth is based on the result of long form 2020 population census.
In the knowledge dimension, the expected years of schooling indicator reached at
13.15, representing an increase of 0.05 years compared to the previous year.
Meanwhile, the mean years of schooling indicator (people aged 25+ years old)
increased by 0.08 years from 8.69 years in 2021 to 8.77 years in 2023. The
expected years of schooling and the mean years of schooling indicators
calculated from the national socioeconomic survey (SUSENAS) March edition.
Decent standard of living dimension, represented by adjusted real per capita
expenditure, increased by 420 thousand rupiahs (3.66 percent) compared to the
previous year. The adjusted real per capita expenditure calculated from the
national socioeconomic survey March edition and consumer prices.
Long and healthy life dimension
Year Life expectancy
2020 73.37
2021 73.46
2022 73.70
2023 73.93
The HDI’s knowledge dimension consists of two indicators: the expected years of
schooling for the population aged 7 years or older and the mean years of
schooling for the population aged 25 years or older. These two indices continue
to rise every year. Indonesia’s expected years of schooling climbed by 0.43 per
year on average between 2020 and 2023, while the mean years of schooling
increased by 1.13 percent average rise in 2020-2022.
Knowledge Dimension
Expected Year of Schooling
Year Percent Average
2020 12.98
2021 13.08
2022 13.10
2023 13.15
The third dimension of human development is the decent standard of living, which
is measured by adjusted real expenditure per year ( at constant 2012 prices) .
The adjusted real per capita yearly spending of the Indonesian people is
expected to reach Indonesian Rupee (IDR) 11.90 million in 2023. This achievement
rose by 420 thousand rupiah (3.66 percent) over the previous year, exceeding the
over the previous year, exceeding the 2020-2022 average growth rate of 2.09
percent year.
year Real per capita expenditure ( thousand rupiah)
2020 11.013
2021 11.156
2022 11.479
2023 11.899
It is a good news and healthy sign for Indonesian people that their living
standard, quality of education and knowledge based is increasing which means
Indonesia has bright future. I bow down my head to gratitude Almighty Allah that
I am part of historical efforts of promoting Pakistan Indonesia Friendship. (
Alhamdu Lillah).