More than 10 million people live in Jakarta. The city is a melting pot of different cultures and ethnicities from all across the country and in the emerging networks of creative economy practitioners, communities, and creative hubs. This report takes a look at Jakarta’s creative economy industry, where it is located and what impacts the industry has on the community and the city in general.

This research study investigates sectors in Jakarta's creative economy across Architecture, Culinary, Fashion, Film, Fine arts, Games, Graphic design, Photography and Publishing, encompassing the challenges, opportunities and needs in each sector. It focuses on five out of six districts: South Jakarta, North Jakarta, West Jakarta, East Jakarta, and Central Jakarta.

The Creative Economy in Jakarta has grown, supported by easier travel between places, the growth of the internet, new initiatives such as the Jakarta Art Book Fair, which was first held in 2018, the emergence of modest fashion brands and growing desire for alternative entertainments and recreational sports.

The creative industry contributed Rp1,134.9 trillion (around $73) billion to the Indonesian economy in 2020, which is 7.35% of the country’s GDP. If we look closer to Jakarta, the industry contributed Rp256.45 trillion (around $16.4 billion) in 2018. This significant figure was the result of revenue and sales from selling products and services. Beyond its direct contribution to the GDP, the creative economic industry also has a multiplier effect across other industries. One fashion brand, for example, could need textiles to make their clothes, tailors to sew the clothes, packaging to pack their products, couriers to transport them, and marketing and advertising to promote their products. Therefore, its contribution to the economy is even larger. 

Recommendations 

Transfer of knowledge
Equip hubs with knowledge, skills and tools for measuring and communicating impact. 

Collaboration
Facilitate a network that connects creative hubs and their communities, enabled by interactive digital platforms. 

Goverment participation
Actively support the creative economy ecosystem to ensure sustainability of the sector: maintaining close relationships, collecting impact data, develop the skills of creative practitioners, revitalise or repurpose public buildings and issue business-friendly regulations and permits.

To explore the findings for each sector, read the report online.

Read the Jakarta creative practitioners and hubs mapping report