Singaporean investments to West Sumatra reached Rp296.1b in Q1 2025

Singapore was recorded as the largest source of foreign investments to West Sumatra Province in the first quarter (Q1) of 2025, with an investment value reaching Rp296.1 billion. Investments from the city-state equaled 32.68 percent of the US$56.65 million (about Rp906.4 billion) of total foreign investments to the province for the period according to West Sumatra Investment and One-Stop Integrated Services Office (DPMPTSP), with foreign investment contributing 44.27 percent of West Sumatra's total investment realization in Q1 2025.

"The five polities with the largest investments in West Sumatra are Singapore, the United Kingdom (UK), Malaysia, Japan, and Hong Kong [Special Administrative Region, China]," stated West Sumatra DPMPTSP Head Adib Alfikri on July 16, 2025.

After Singapore, the largest foreign investments to West Sumatra is from the UK with an investment of Rp293.2 billion or 32.35 percent of overall foreign investment, followed by Malaysia with Rp214.3 billion or 23.65 percent, Japan with Rp34.9 billion or 3.86 percent, and Hong Kong SAR, China with Rp21.5 billion or 2.37 percent.

Adib explained that the investment sectors targeted by foreign investments encompass mining, food manufacturing, transportation and warehousing, communications, food crops, plantations, livestock, as well as electricity, gas, and water. There are 24 projects in the mining sector, 34 projects in the food manufacturing sector, 23 projects in the transportation and communications sector, 23 projects in the agriculture sector, and nine projects in the electricity and energy sector.

Among West Sumatra's regions, West Pasaman Regency hosted the largest foreign investment inflow in Q1 2025 with Rp336.8 billion, followed by Padang City with Rp236.8 billion and South Solok Regency with Rp135.3 billion. Meanwhile, several regions, including the regencies of Sijunjung and Lima Puluh Kota as well as the cities of Solok, Sawahlunto, Padang Panjang, Payakumbuh, and Pariaman, did not record any foreign investment during the first quarter of 2025.

Foreign investments has also resulted in increased employment, with the West Sumatra DPMPTSP recording jobs created by foreign investment projects surging from 7,692 jobs in Q1 2024 to 11,085 jobs in Q1 2025.