RI'S PER CAPITA DEBTS INCREASED 32 PCT

Jakarta, April 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's external debts per capita in 2009 increased by 32 percent compared with that in 2004, economic observer Ichsanudin Noorsy of the Indonesia Rise Team (TIB), said.

"The burden of the people now is heavier than it was in 2004 because Indonesia's debt burden is also bigger," Noorsy said at a discussion here on Wednesday.
He said that from the aspect of gross domestic product (GDP), Indonesia's external debts in percentage dropped from 56 percent to 31 percent.
However, from the per capita aspect, Indonesia's debt burden increased from Rp5.8 million per person to Rp7.7 million per person.
In 2004, Indonesia's population number was recorded at 217 million. In 2009, it rose to 227 million, Noorsy said. "So, it's great to say our debts are declining," he added.
Noorsy who is an economic observer of the University of Gajah Mada in Yogyakarta said that Indonesia's external debts in 2004 were recorded at Rp1,205 trillion, which in February 2009 increased to Rp1,667 trillion.
In the meantime, he said, the value of state debentures (SBN) the government sold to the foreign parties also increased. In 2005, the value of the SBN was Rp656 trillion while in 2009 it has reached Rp920 trillion