Diabetes in Indonesia: A Situational Report

Executive summary

A descriptive situational report on diabetes in Indonesia, one of the country's two principal silent killers. It traces diabetes prevalence trends, the care cascade from undiagnosed disease through diagnosis and management, and how performance varies across the system and subnationally. The report is part of ARC's AMHASS analysis of Indonesia's non-communicable disease health system.

Questions this report answers

• How has diabetes prevalence changed across Indonesia over time?
• Where does the diabetes care cascade lose patients, from detection through to management?
• How does cascade performance vary across provinces and districts?

Key findings

• Most diabetes in Indonesia is undiagnosed: around 79 percent of people with diabetes have never been diagnosed.
• The care cascade falls steeply from diagnosis through treatment to control, leaving only a small share of people with diabetes under control.
• Diabetes prevalence is rising, with median subnational prevalence increasing from 10.6 percent in 2013 to 13.1 percent in 2023.
• Control is low and highly unequal: only about 2.6 percent of the poorest quintile have controlled diabetes, far below the wealthiest.