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Indonesia

Indonesia regulates sharia commercial banks and sharia business units within a large dual banking system.

Law No. 21 of 2008 defines sharia banking, governance and supervisory arrangements; financial supervision is undertaken by OJK.

Islamic banking assets58.63B2024
Manufacturing value added18.98 % of GDP2024
Median largest disclosed shareholding53.73 % of disclosed equity2024 · median across 9 qualifying banks
How Islamic finance is organised

Law No. 21 of 2008 defines sharia banking, governance and supervisory arrangements; financial supervision is undertaken by OJK.

Why this case matters

The case pairs an explicit legal architecture with a diversified production base and a large domestic market.

Central tension

A dedicated law creates real differentiation, while scale and productive consequence remain separate empirical questions.

What cannot be inferred

A national trajectory cannot attribute industrial change to Islamic banking or establish how every institution allocates funds.

Descriptive comparison

Manufacturing value added

Latest available year: 2024.

17.9719.120.2221.3522.4820092013201720212025YearManufacturing value added (% of GDP)
Indonesia
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Indonesia Manufacturing value added trajectory in original units. Values for Year and Manufacturing value added (% of GDP) by series.
SeriesYearManufacturing value added (% of GDP)Source note
Indonesia · 20102,01022.04Authorised country-level annual series
Indonesia · 20112,01121.76Authorised country-level annual series
Indonesia · 20122,01221.45Authorised country-level annual series
Indonesia · 20132,01321.03Authorised country-level annual series
Indonesia · 20142,01421.08Authorised country-level annual series
Indonesia · 20152,01520.99Authorised country-level annual series
Indonesia · 20162,01620.52Authorised country-level annual series
Indonesia · 20172,01720.16Authorised country-level annual series
Indonesia · 20182,01819.86Authorised country-level annual series
Indonesia · 20192,01919.7Authorised country-level annual series
Indonesia · 20202,02019.87Authorised country-level annual series
Indonesia · 20212,02119.24Authorised country-level annual series
Indonesia · 20222,02218.34Authorised country-level annual series
Indonesia · 20232,02318.67Authorised country-level annual series
Indonesia · 20242,02418.98Authorised country-level annual series

What this visual showsA verified country trajectory in the measure’s stated unit.

What it does not establishA causal effect of Islamic finance on the observed outcome.

Descriptive comparison

Financing directed towards FIRE-related activities

Country-year medians by bank type. Each point reports its covered-bank count.

FIRE ordinarily refers to finance, insurance and real estate. Here the measure is broader: it captures bank financing reported for financial institutions, insurance, real estate and consumer-durable activities. It is used as a proxy for firm-level financialisation. The measure does not imply that every underlying financing claim is speculative, harmful or unproductive. It is a sectoral-allocation proxy and a level measure that is sensitive to bank size.

13.3216.8520.3823.9127.4419992005201120172023YearLogged FIRE-related financing volume (natural log) (natural-log units)
ConventionalIslamic
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Indonesia descriptive medians by bank type, 2000 to 2022 where observations are available. Values for Year and Logged FIRE-related financing volume (natural log) (natural-log units) by series.
SeriesYearLogged FIRE-related financing volume (natural log) (natural-log units)Source note
Conventional · 20002,00022.354 covered banks
Islamic · 20002,00014.481 covered bank
Conventional · 20012,00122.966 covered banks
Islamic · 20012,00115.251 covered bank
Conventional · 20022,00222.265 covered banks
Islamic · 20022,00217.61 covered bank
Conventional · 20032,003237 covered banks
Islamic · 20032,00318.651 covered bank
Conventional · 20042,00424.069 covered banks
Islamic · 20042,00418.531 covered bank
Conventional · 20052,00523.4114 covered banks
Islamic · 20052,00519.111 covered bank
Conventional · 20062,00624.9816 covered banks
Islamic · 20062,00619.051 covered bank
Conventional · 20072,00725.5718 covered banks
Islamic · 20072,00719.121 covered bank
Conventional · 20082,00826.0522 covered banks
Islamic · 20082,00820.332 covered banks
Conventional · 20092,00925.5922 covered banks
Islamic · 20092,00921.682 covered banks
Conventional · 20102,01025.8325 covered banks
Islamic · 20102,01023.821 covered bank
Conventional · 20112,01125.9523 covered banks
Islamic · 20112,01124.181 covered bank
Conventional · 20122,01225.9531 covered banks
Islamic · 20122,01223.81 covered bank
Conventional · 20132,01325.7340 covered banks
Islamic · 20132,01322.472 covered banks
Conventional · 20142,01425.6641 covered banks
Islamic · 20142,01422.164 covered banks
Conventional · 20152,01525.4540 covered banks
Islamic · 20152,01522.144 covered banks
Conventional · 20162,01625.7541 covered banks
Islamic · 20162,01622.234 covered banks
Conventional · 20172,01725.4841 covered banks
Islamic · 20172,01722.144 covered banks
Conventional · 20182,01825.7144 covered banks
Islamic · 20182,01822.34 covered banks
Conventional · 20192,01925.6842 covered banks
Islamic · 20192,01922.434 covered banks
Conventional · 20202,02025.5742 covered banks
Islamic · 20202,02023.244 covered banks
Conventional · 20212,02125.5341 covered banks
Islamic · 20212,02122.774 covered banks
Conventional · 20222,02225.5541 covered banks
Islamic · 20222,02222.174 covered banks

What this visual showsDescriptive median logged volumes among covered banks.

What it does not establishA bank-size-adjusted or causal difference between bank types.

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