The national economy is still concentrated in Java. However, a number of provinces outside Java such as Central Papua, Lampung, and South Kalimantan have shown a consistently increasing rate of economic growth. 

The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) in early August announced that national economic growth reached 5.12% in the second quarter of 2025. Spatially, Java, which contributed the most (56.94%) to the national GDP, showed a growth of 5.24%. Followed by Sumatra, which contributed 22.20%, grew 4.96%. Furthermore, Bali and Nusa Tenggara grew 3.73%, Kalimantan 4.95%, Sulawesi 5.83%, and Maluku and Papua (3.33%).

Looking at the data for the last five years, the provinces that recorded the highest growth were outside Java. North Maluku and Central Sulawesi, for example, have consistently been among the provinces with high GRDP growth rates in the last five years. However, in the last five years, there are three provinces that have consistently grown and occupied the top five provinces with high annual GRDP growth rates. These are Central Papua, Lampung, and South Kalimantan.

From the first quarter to the second quarter of 2025, Central Papua, Lampung, and South Kalimantan grew by 14.15%, 9.33%, and 8.10%, respectively. Over the past five years, the growth of these three provinces has consistently increased. Other provinces such as North Maluku, Central Sulawesi, and Papua experienced a spike in growth rate in 2021, but experienced a decline until 2024.

The high GRDP growth rates in these provinces are supported by different business sectors. In Lampung, for example, the region's economic growth was supported by the agriculture, forestry and fisheries business sector and the processing industry. Meanwhile, South Kalimantan is more supported by the mining sector.

This condition shows the strength of developing regions supported by different potentials. This potential will maintain national growth and economic growth centers will be more evenly distributed.