01
Coste de vida
$700/mo
ID · BALIDatos locales
Vivir en Bali.
Indonesia's main remote-work hub: the province of Bali (~4.4m residents), centred on Denpasar and the South Bali/Ubud expat strip. Hot and humid year-round with a wet season roughly Nov–Mar, very low recorded crime, cheap-to-mid living, and a deep pool of IB and Cambridge international schools — but modest fixed-broadband speeds nationally.
Verificado
Población 4.433.300
· Asia/Makassar· Se aplican las normas de Indonesia
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 30 jun 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- This 'Bali' entity is the PROVINCE of Bali (the whole island), 4,433.3 thousand residents in the BPS 2024 table (2020-census-based projection). BPS publishes this figure rounded to thousands, so 4,433,300 is the rounded official value. Denpasar city proper is only ~755,600; the digital-nomad/expat hub is Denpasar plus the South Bali strip (Kuta/Seminyak/Canggu, Badung regency) and Ubud (Gianyar) — no single official 'Bali city' exists, so the province is the natural unit. Read directly from the BPS Bali statistics table (Cloudflare-challenged to plain fetch; rendered in a browser).
ID · BALI
01
Vista rápida
Las cifras principales de Bali, cada una con su fuente y su frescura. Una cifra oficial viva no es lo mismo que una estimación de encuesta ni que una normal climática de 30 años.
9.0/10
02
Alquiler, 1–3 dorm.
$613–$2228
/mes
03
Impuestos del autónomo
9,1%
Seguridad
10.0/100,3/100k
Calidad del aire
4.2/1019,4 µg/m³
Internet
0.0/1010 Mbps
Inglés
2.0/10Low
Sanidad privada
3.9/10$3600/yr
Qué significan las etiquetasoficial — cifra viva de un gobierno o una autoridaddatos abiertos — conjunto de datos abierto (Eurostat, AEMA, M-Lab, UdSC…)encuesta — estimación de una encuesta o un índicerecopilado — estimación montada por SettleMetric: abre la fuente para ver el método
02
Lo que te cuesta al mes
Una estimación para planificar: alquiler de oferta real más una cesta de coste de vida ajustada a tu hogar. No es un presupuesto en firme.
Hogar
Estilo de vida
Zona
Total estimado
$1313/mes
≈ $15.756 / año
En qué se va
- Alquiler (1 dorm.)$613
- Food & groceries$220
- Restaurants & eating out$120
- Transport (ride-hailing + public)$90
- Recreation & culture$90
- Utilities (electricity, water, gas)$70
- Household & personal goods$70
- Mobile + home internet$40
- Gastos corrientes$700
El alquiler sale de la matriz de alquileres de oferta de abajo. Los gastos corrientes escalan una cesta de una persona ($700/mes) según el tamaño del hogar y el estilo de vida; los factores de equivalencia son un supuesto nuestro. No se incluyen colegios ni gastos únicos de instalación.
03
Coste de vida
Lo que gasta al mes una persona sola —comida, suministros, transporte, comer fuera y lo demás—, sin contar el alquiler.
BPS Household consumption composition (Maret 2024), curated into a single urban-resident basket
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 mar 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Category split follows the BPS food/non-food consumption structure, sized to the ~USD 700/mo single-person non-rent aggregate for an urban (Jakarta-level) resident. Illustrative allocation, not an official line-item table — see the NEEDS MANUAL REVIEW note on cost-of-living-single.
01Food & groceries220 USD
02Restaurants & eating out120 USD
03Transport (ride-hailing + public)90 USD
04Recreation & culture90 USD
05Utilities (electricity, water, gas)70 USD
06Household & personal goods70 USD
07Mobile + home internet40 USD
Cesta de gasto de un hogar de una persona en Indonesia, sin contar el alquiler. Lo que no es alquiler varía poco entre ciudades; la parte propia de cada ciudad es el alquiler, que aparece más abajo en Vivienda.
01Cost of living (single, excl. rent)a nivel de país700USD/month, single person, excluding rent9.0
Qué mide esto
Monthly cost of a defined single-person basket (food, transport, utilities, mobile+internet, modest leisure) excluding rent, curated from national statistics office price data and large local retailers' published prices, converted to USD at the ECB rate recorded in fx-rates. The method field of each value itemizes the basket inputs.
Cuanto más bajo, mejorUSD/month, single person, excluding rentse vuelve a verificar cada 365 días
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 mar 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- BPS March-2024 average per-capita monthly expenditure is Rp 1,500,556 nationally (urban Rp 1,737,427), split food/non-food — but that is a rural-weighted per-capita floor far below a foreign remote worker's outlay. Curated single-person, non-rent urban (Jakarta-level) basket — groceries, eating out, transport/ride-hailing, utilities, mobile+home internet, modest leisure — sits around USD 650–750/month; recorded midpoint USD 700. NEEDS MANUAL REVIEW: this is a modelled basket anchored on BPS composition, not a single official basket figure; refine with itemised BPS urban non-food lines and current retail prices next cycle.
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Vivienda
Lo que cuesta alquilar, por tipo de vivienda y zona.
Visa Indonesia — Bali Rental Cost 2026 (long-term ranges by unit size and area)
Estudio
- Datos a fecha de
- 30 jun 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Midpoints of the guide's long-term IDR ranges, converted at 17,954 IDR/USD (2026-07-03). 'center' = South Bali nomad/expat hotspot (Canggu/Berawa/Seminyak): studio 10–30m→mid 20m ($1,114), 1BR 13–35m→24m ($1,337), 2BR 17–55m→36m ($2,005), 3BR (Bali mid-range 29–70m→~40m, $2,228). 'outside' = Denpasar and quieter residential Bali: studio 3.5–8m→5.75m ($320), 1BR 7–15m→11m ($613), 2BR 12–25m→18.5m ($1,030), 3BR (Bali budget 14–28m→21m, $1,170).
- Notas
- 'center'/'outside' here mean South Bali expat hotspots vs. Denpasar/quieter areas — Bali has no single CBD, so this maps location to demand tier rather than distance from a centre. All cells are DERIVED from published area ranges (range midpoints), not directly observed averages; 3BR uses Bali-wide tier figures (no per-area 3BR breakdown published). Furnished holiday-let rates are much higher; these are yearly-lease. See the rent-1br-center NEEDS MANUAL REVIEW note on source quality.
| Vivienda | Centro | Fuera del centro |
|---|---|---|
| Estudio | 1114 USD/mes | 320 USD/mes |
| 1 dormitorio | 1337 USD/mes | 613 USD/mes |
| 2 dormitorios | 2005 USD/mes | 1030 USD/mes |
| 3 dormitorios | 2228 USD/mes | 1170 USD/mes |
05
Clima
Temperatura y lluvia a lo largo del año, más la calidad del aire.
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2020
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Anchor: the public-domain NOAA/NCEI WMO 1991–2020 file for Ngurah Rai (station 97230) gives mean daily temperature (Jan 27.8 … Aug 26.1 … Nov 28.0 °C) but records precipitation and mean-daily-max/min as NA (BMKG did not submit them to WMO). tMax/tMin and monthly precipitation are the Ngurah Rai airport 1991–2020 station series (Denpasar/Ngurah Rai, the same WMO station), cross-validated: the (tMax+tMin)/2 midpoints reproduce the NOAA official 1991–2020 mean daily temperatures to within ~0.2–0.4 °C every month, confirming they represent the same station and period. Recorded as curated because tMax/tMin/precip are not in the public-domain WMO CSV itself.
- Notas
- Single station: Ngurah Rai International Airport (South Bali), the standard reference for Denpasar/South Bali climate. Hot and humid all year; pronounced wet season Nov–Mar (Jan ~350 mm) and dry season Jun–Sep (Aug ~15 mm). Upland Bali (Ubud, Bedugul) is cooler and wetter than this coastal-airport normal.
Temperatura media de día y de noche (líneas, eje izquierdo) y lluvia total (barras, eje derecho) por mes, con normales de 1991–2020. Pasa el cursor por un mes para ver las cifras exactas.
| ene | feb | mar | abr | may | jun | jul | ago | sept | oct | nov | dic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Máxima diurna °C | 30.8° | 31.0° | 31.1° | 31.2° | 30.7° | 29.9° | 29.2° | 29.2° | 30.1° | 31.1° | 31.7° | 31.0° |
| Mínima nocturna °C | 24.8° | 24.8° | 24.8° | 24.8° | 24.5° | 24.1° | 23.8° | 23.5° | 23.6° | 24.4° | 25.0° | 25.1° |
| Lluvia mm | 350 | 280 | 215 | 90 | 75 | 70 | 50 | 15 | 40 | 90 | 150 | 290 |
01Climate comfort0pleasant months/year0.0
Qué mide esto
Number of months whose 1991–2020 climate normals satisfy: mean daily maximum between 15°C and 28°C and monthly precipitation under 150mm. Computed from the city's climate-normals indicator; the raw normals are stored alongside so users can judge by their own taste.
Cuanto más alto, mejorpleasant months/yearse vuelve a verificar cada 3650 días
Recopilado por SettleMetric
SettleMetric computation over climate-normals (Ngurah Rai 1991–2020)
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2020
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Criterion rule: months with mean daily maximum 15–28 °C AND precipitation < 150 mm. Bali's coldest month (Jul/Aug) still has a mean daily max of 29.2 °C, so NO month falls inside the 15–28 °C max window → 0 pleasant months by this temperate-comfort metric. This flags Bali as consistently hot/humid, not that it is unpleasant — the raw normals are shown so users judge by their own taste (many nomads prefer exactly this warmth).
02Air quality (PM2.5)19,4µg/m³, annual mean PM2.54.2
Qué mide esto
Annual mean fine-particulate (PM2.5) concentration for the city, latest available year. Anchors follow the WHO 2021 guideline (5 µg/m³ → 10) through the EU limit value territory (25 µg/m³ → 2). Preferred source: European Environment Agency city-level air quality data; outside Europe: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database or the national monitoring network.
Cuanto más bajo, mejorµg/m³, annual mean PM2.5se vuelve a verificar cada 730 días
Datos abiertos
WHO Ambient Air Quality Database — Denpasar, Indonesia (annual mean PM2.5)
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2019
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Latest citable annual-mean PM2.5 for Denpasar is ~19.4 µg/m³ (2019-vintage, WHO Ambient Air Quality Database) — reported as the cleanest air among Indonesian cities and within the national standard, but ~4× the WHO 2021 guideline (5 µg/m³). NEEDS MANUAL REVIEW: no 2022–2024 city annual mean for Denpasar/Bali could be verified — Bali is absent from the IQAir 2023 World Air Quality Report city tables (insufficient qualifying monitoring that year) and no newer official BMKG/KLHK Bali annual PM2.5 series was located. Value kept for continuity but is stale; re-verify against the next WHO database update or a Bali provincial monitoring release. Bali has no heavy industry and readings run below Jakarta/Java, though dry-season crop and rubbish burning cause local spikes.
06
Seguridad
Cómo de segura es la vida diaria, según estadísticas oficiales de criminalidad.
01Homicide ratea nivel de país0,3intentional homicides per 100,000/year10.0
Qué mide esto
Intentional homicide victims per 100,000 population, latest available year. Country level: UNODC national series. City level: official municipal/police statistics where published; otherwise null (country value shown as country-level).
Cuanto más bajo, mejorintentional homicides per 100,000/yearse vuelve a verificar cada 730 días
Datos abiertos
UNODC via World Bank (Intentional homicides per 100,000 people, Indonesia)
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2022
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Latest available UNODC-sourced value is 0.30 per 100,000 for 2022 (World Bank series VC.IHR.PSRC.P5, sourced from the UNODC Data Portal). Indonesia's recorded intentional-homicide rate is very low by global standards; reporting has gaps between years.
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 12 jul 2026
- Método
- BPS / POLRI recorded-crime counts for 2024 divided by the BPS mid-2024 population (281,603,800), times 100,000.
- Notas
- From BPS Statistik Kriminal 2024/2025 (POLRI recorded crimes), national totals for 2024. Theft = pencurian (KUHP 362); burglary = pencurian dengan pemberatan (aggravated theft, the nearest proxy); robbery = pencurian dengan kekerasan; serious assault = penganiayaan (all assault, not split by severity); drug offences = narkotika; sexual violence combines rape, molestation and sexual-violence offences. Reporting to police is very low — BPS victimization surveys find only about 20% of incidents are reported — so these levels greatly understate real incidence; the composition is more informative than the absolute rates. Intentional homicide (0.39/100k, 2024) is the scored safety headline shown separately.
01Burglary18,5por 100 000
02Serious assault17,3por 100 000
03Theft16por 100 000
04Drug offences15,7por 100 000
05Sexual violence3,3por 100 000
06Robbery2,1por 100 000
From BPS Statistik Kriminal 2024/2025 (POLRI recorded crimes), national totals for 2024. Theft = pencurian (KUHP 362); burglary = pencurian dengan pemberatan (aggravated theft, the nearest proxy); robbery = pencurian dengan kekerasan; serious assault = penganiayaan (all assault, not split by severity); drug offences = narkotika; sexual violence combines rape, molestation and sexual-violence offences. Reporting to police is very low — BPS victimization surveys find only about 20% of incidents are reported — so these levels greatly understate real incidence; the composition is more informative than the absolute rates. Intentional homicide (0.39/100k, 2024) is the scored safety headline shown separately.
07
Infraestructura
Velocidad de internet y cómo llegan los paquetes a tu puerta.
01Domestic delivery qualitya nivel de paísGood7.0
Qué mide esto
Quality of in-country parcel delivery. excellent = nationwide next-day widely available, dense parcel-locker network, real-time tracking standard; good = 1–3 day delivery, lockers in major cities; basic = reliable but slow (3–7 days), mostly to-door or post-office pickup; poor = unreliable delivery, street addresses often unusable, informal workarounds common. Classified from official service/coverage data of the national postal operator and the two largest private carriers; inputs itemized in each value's method field.
Valorado por categoría—se vuelve a verificar cada 730 días
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Dense, competitive parcel market: Pos Indonesia (national operator) plus JNE, J&T Express, SiCepat, Ninja Xpress and on-demand couriers (GoSend, GrabExpress) give 1–3 day delivery in Java and major cities and same-day intra-city; tracking is standard. Reach to remote islands is slower and address quality is uneven, so 'good' rather than 'excellent'. Parcel-locker networks are limited vs Europe.
02International delivery easea nivel de paísSignificant friction4.0
Qué mide esto
Ease of receiving goods from abroad. seamless = major international carriers deliver door-to-door, meaningful duty-free de-minimis threshold, customs clearance predictable in days; minor-friction = carriers present but low de-minimis, extra paperwork or routine delays; significant-friction = frequent customs holds, high brokerage fees, some marketplaces refuse to ship; unreliable = parcels regularly lost or blocked, informal import channels dominate. De-minimis thresholds and clearance rules from the national customs authority (official source, cite the regulation); carrier presence from carriers' official pages.
Valorado por categoría—se vuelve a verificar cada 365 días
Fuente oficial
Indonesian Customs (Bea Cukai) / Ministry of Finance — de-minimis lowered to USD 3 FOB (PMK 4/2025)
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2025
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Major carriers (DHL, FedEx, UPS) serve Indonesia, but the duty-free de-minimis is only USD 3 FOB per shipment (lowered from USD 75; tiered import duty 0/15/25% plus 11% VAT above that), and customs clearance on personal imports is frequently slow with brokerage fees. Low de-minimis + routine customs handling → 'significant-friction'. NEEDS MANUAL REVIEW: re-confirm the exact current PMK reference and threshold on beacukai.go.id (fetch was blocked; USD 3 figure cross-read from customs-guidance sources citing PMK 4/2025).
03Internet speeda nivel de país9,5Mbps, median fixed download0.0
Qué mide esto
Median fixed-broadband download speed over the trailing 6 months from M-Lab NDT open data (CC0), aggregated at country or city level. Not comparable with Ookla figures (different test methodology) — do not mix sources within this criterion.
Cuanto más alto, mejorMbps, median fixed downloadse vuelve a verificar cada 365 días
Datos abiertos
M-Lab NDT country aggregates for Indonesia (2023)
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2023
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Median download ≈ 9.3–9.8 Mbps across the 2023 daily country medians (~4.3M tests) from M-Lab's public NDT statistics API; recorded midpoint 9.5 Mbps. 2024/2026 aggregate files were not retrievable at the time of check.
- Notas
- M-Lab NDT is single-stream and reads far below Ookla-style figures (Ookla put Indonesia fixed broadband ~28–41 Mbps in 2024–2025) — comparable only within this criterion, never mixed with Ookla.
08
Sanidad
Lo que cuesta un seguro médico privado completo.
01Private healthcare costa nivel de país3600USD/year, comprehensive private insurance premium, healthy 35-year-old3.9
Qué mide esto
Median of at least three publicly quoted annual premiums for comprehensive private medical insurance (outpatient + inpatient, ~$100k coverage, small deductible) for a healthy 35-year-old resident foreigner, from local and international insurers. Method field lists the insurers quoted.
Cuanto más bajo, mejorUSD/year, comprehensive private insurance premium, healthy 35-year-oldse vuelve a verificar cada 365 días
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Comprehensive (outpatient + inpatient, ~USD 1m+ annual limit, small deductible) international/IPMI plans for a healthy 35-year-old resident foreigner in Indonesia are commonly quoted around USD 200–500/month; a mid-tier comprehensive plan midpoint ≈ USD 300/month ≈ USD 3,600/year. Premiums are quoted on request (age/coverage/evacuation dependent), so this is a curated market midpoint, not a public engine quote. Local BPJS Kesehatan (mandatory public scheme for KITAS holders) is far cheaper but not a comprehensive private-cover equivalent.
09
Dinero y cripto
Normas sobre cripto y con qué libertad se mueve el dinero personal.
01Crypto regulationa nivel de paísLegal regulated8.0
Qué mide esto
Own classification of the legal status of holding, trading and cashing out cryptocurrency for individuals: legal-friendly (legal with clear, favourable rules or explicit tax exemptions), legal-regulated (legal under standard licensing/AML and taxation), restricted (partial bans: payments or banking access prohibited), banned (holding/trading prohibited). Classified from national regulators' and central banks' official positions.
Valorado por categoría—se vuelve a verificar cada 180 días
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ago 2025
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Crypto is legal to hold and trade as a regulated digital financial asset (supervision moved from Bappebti to OJK on 2025-01-10 under PP 49/2024; framework in POJK 27/2024 + POJK 23/2025), but is prohibited as a means of payment (only the rupiah is legal tender). Taxed: a final PPh of 0.21% on sales via domestic licensed platforms and 1% via foreign platforms (PMK 50/2025, effective 2025-08-01); VAT on the asset transfer itself was removed. Regulated, not exemption-friendly → 'legal-regulated'.
02Financial control levela nivel de paísModerate7.0
Qué mide esto
Own composite of state control over personal money flows: currency/capital controls (IMF AREAER), restrictions on foreign accounts and transfers, mandatory income declaration scope for residents, cash payment limits, banking access for foreigners. Low = free movement of personal funds and easy non-resident banking; very-high = strict capital controls and pervasive reporting. Method field on each value lists the inputs used.
Valorado por categoría—se vuelve a verificar cada 365 días
Recopilado por SettleMetric
Bank Indonesia foreign-exchange regulations + DJP crypto/reporting rules (composite)
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Composite: the rupiah is largely convertible and there are no hard capital controls on inbound/outbound personal transfers, but Bank Indonesia requires reporting/underlying-document evidence for FX purchases above a threshold (historically USD 25,000/month per customer without underlying documents), restricts rupiah use offshore, and mandates rupiah for domestic settlement; residents are taxed on worldwide income once tax-resident; foreigners can open local bank accounts but generally need a KITAS/KITAP and NPWP. More friction than a low-control hub, well short of strict capital controls → 'moderate'. NEEDS MANUAL REVIEW: the current exact FX-without-documents threshold should be re-verified against a live Bank Indonesia regulation page (fetch was JS-walled).
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Idioma
Hasta dónde llega el inglés en la vida diaria y en los trámites.
01English proficiencya nivel de paísLow2.0
Qué mide esto
Own banding of how far English gets a resident in daily life (government offices, healthcare, housing, services). Informed by EF EPI band (research source, cited with attribution, not republished) plus official language status and service-sector realities. Values are our bands, not EF scores.
Valorado por categoría—se vuelve a verificar cada 730 días
Estudio
EF EPI 2025 — Indonesia rank 80/123, score 471 (Low Proficiency band)
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 nov 2025
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Own band informed by EF EPI 2025 (attribution: EF Education First): Indonesia scores 471 (Low band) nationally, though Jakarta scores 523 (Moderate). Bahasa Indonesia is the sole official language; English is workable in tourist/expat zones (Bali, South Jakarta) and among younger professionals, but limited in government offices and everyday services nationwide → 'low'.
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Educación
Opciones de colegios internacionales para familias.
01International schools20accredited international schools, count9.2
Qué mide esto
Count of international schools in the metro area accredited by or member of IB, CIS, COBIS, or an equivalent national-curriculum-abroad body (verified against the accreditor's public registry, not aggregator sites).
Cuanto más alto, mejoraccredited international schools, countse vuelve a verificar cada 730 días
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Union of two accreditor registries, verified directly (both are JS-rendered, read in a browser). IB World Schools in Bali (5): Alam Kidz School Bali, Australian Independent School Indonesia (Bali), Bali Island School, Canggu Community School, Gandhi Memorial Intercontinental School Bali. Cambridge-registered schools in Bali (19): ACS Bali, Asian Intercultural School Bali, Bukit Sunrise School, Canggu Community School*, Cendekia Harapan, Dyatmika School, ProEd Global School, ProEd Global School Nuanu, Regents Primary School, Regents Secondary School Bali, Santosa Intercultural School, Sanur Independent School, Sekolah Lentera Kasih–Lollypop, Sekolah Stella Mundi, SPK SD CHIS Denpasar, Taman Rama Intercultural School, The Gandhi Memorial Intercontinental School*, Tunjung Sari School, Widya Nusantara School (* = also IB, counted once). Union = 5 + 19 − 2 overlaps = 22 registry entries; collapsing obvious same-institution campus splits (Regents Primary + Regents Secondary → 1; ProEd Global + ProEd Global Nuanu → 1) gives ~20 distinct international schools. Recorded 20.
- Notas
- Count is IB + Cambridge only (verified against each accreditor's own finder, not aggregator sites). No AEFE (French), German Auslandsschulwesen, US/College Board, or CIS/COBIS-exclusive schools were separately enumerated, so the true total accredited pool may be marginally higher; ±2 uncertainty from campus-split judgement. Whichever counting choice (20 vs 22) lands in the same scoring band. Most schools cluster in Denpasar and South Bali (Kerobokan/Canggu/Sanur/Jimbaran).
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Demografía
Quién más vive aquí: el porcentaje de residentes extranjeros y las mayores comunidades nacionales, según estadísticas oficiales.
Openness to foreignersa nivel de paísReservadaGallup MAI 3,93/9 · 2016
Qué mide esto
How accepting the resident population is of migrants and foreigners — the inverse of xenophobia, a real concern for someone relocating. Our own five-band reading (very-open / open / moderate / reserved / low) informed primarily by the Gallup Migrant Acceptance Index (0–9 scale: three questions on migrants living in the country, becoming neighbours, and marrying into the family; 2019 wave), cross-checked where available with the World Values Survey wave 7 / European Values Study 2017 question on whether people would not want immigrants or foreign workers as neighbours (a higher share = more hostile). Banding guide against the Gallup 0–9 score: ≥7.0 very-open, 5.5–7.0 open, 4.0–5.5 moderate, 2.5–4.0 reserved, below 2.5 low (the 2019 global average of 5.21 sits in 'moderate'). Country level only: no credible city-level survey of attitudes to foreigners exists, so on city pages the country reading is shown as country context. Gallup is a research source cited with attribution, not republished in bulk; the raw index score/year and any cross-check figure are carried inside each value. Value shape: { band, gallupMai?, gallupYear?, unwantedNeighborPct?, unwantedNeighborSource? }. Display-only: attitudinal, survey-based and ~2019 vintage, so it is shown as honest context and never folded into the composite score.
Datos de referencia—se vuelve a verificar cada 1825 días
Estudio
- Datos a fecha de
- 23 ago 2017
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Notas
- Gallup MAI 3.93/9 (2016/2017 wave) — below the global average, reserved band; no exact 2019 per-country figure was published. Band: reserved.
Todavía no hay un desglose verificado publicado.
No official breakdown of foreign residents by citizenship (residence-permit stock) was found in a citable form. Commonly cited large foreign communities are Chinese, Japanese, South Korean, Indian, Malaysian and Australian nationals (work/investor KITAS) plus Western nomads in Bali, but without an official count the composition is left null rather than fabricated.
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Cómo puedes quedarte
Cómo puedes entrar y quedarte legalmente. Se aplican en todo Indonesia.
Todos los requisitos y filtro por nacionalidad- 01E33G Remote Worker KITAS (digital nomad / remote-work stay permit)Visado de nómada digitalTodas las nacionalidadesingresos ≥ 60.000 USD/yearEmployment contract with a company established outside Indonesia (self-employed / sole traders do NOT qualify)1 año +
- 02E33 Second Home Visa / KITAS (proof-of-funds long stay)Programa especialTodas las nacionalidadesingresos ≥ 130.000 USD/yearProof of funds: USD 130,000 (or equivalent, formerly stated as Rp 2,000,000,000) deposit in a state-owned Indonesian bank in the applicant's name, OR ownership of qualifying Indonesian property5 años +
- 03E33E Second Home KITAS — retirement variant (age 55+)Programa especialTodas las nacionalidadesingresos ≥ 3000 USD/monthForeign national aged 55 or older5 años +
- 04E28A Investor KITAS (own-company / PT PMA route)Visado de negociosTodas las nacionalidadesPersonal shareholding of at least IDR 10,000,000,000 in an Indonesian PT PMA, held directly in the applicant's own name (no nominee)2 años +→ vía a la residencia permanente
- 05B1 Visa on Arrival (e-VOA) — short tourist/business stayEstancia sin visadoTodas las nacionalidadesPassport of an eligible country (about 97 nationalities, incl. US, UK, EU, Australia, Japan, ASEAN)1 mes +
- 06C1 Tourist Visa (single-entry visit visa)Estancia sin visadoTodas las nacionalidadesFor nationalities not eligible for Visa on Arrival, or those wanting a pre-arranged single-entry visit visa2 meses +
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Lo que pagarías en impuestos
Los regímenes fiscales entre los que puede elegir un autónomo. Las normas son nacionales: las mismas en todo Indonesia.
Regímenes completos y calculadora- 01PPh Final UMKM 0.5% — small-business final tax on gross turnover (PP 55/2022, made permanent for individuals by PP 20/2026)progressive on revenue (allowance 500,000,000): 1% above0.3%de carga con 60 000 €
- 02NPPN — deemed-profit norm for freelancers (pekerjaan bebas) + progressive PPh50% of revenue + progressive on profit (allowance 54,000,000): 5% up to 60,000,000, 15% up to 250,000,000, 25% up to 500,000,000, 30% up to 5,000,000,000, 35% above9.1%de carga con 60 000 €
- 03Standard progressive PPh on actual net profit (bookkeeping)progressive on profit (allowance 54,000,000): 5% up to 60,000,000, 15% up to 250,000,000, 25% up to 500,000,000, 30% up to 5,000,000,000, 35% above24.1%de carga con 60 000 €
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Tus ingresos frente a los regímenes fiscales reales de Indonesia, con el mismo motor que la calculadora completa.
- 1 PPh Final UMKM 0.5% — small-business final tax on gross turnover (PP 55/2022, made permanent for individuals by PP 20/2026)59.822 EURneto/año0.3 % de carga
- 2 NPPN — deemed-profit norm for freelancers (pekerjaan bebas) + progressive PPh54.515 EURneto/año9.1 % de carga
- 3 Standard progressive PPh on actual net profit (bookkeeping)45.515 EURneto/año24.1 % de carga
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¿Para quién es Bali?
El mismo lugar se lee distinto según por qué te mudes. Cada perspectiva reúne los datos que más importan para ese plan, con sus fuentes y las contrapartidas dichas sin rodeos.
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Freelancer tax burden9,1%
SettleMetric tax engine over official DJP rules (pajak.go.id: NPPN + PPh Pasal 17 + PTKP)
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Best cleanly-eligible scheme id-nppn-freelancer at €60,000 = 1,232,521,200 IDR (ECB 20,542.02 IDR/EUR). NPPN professional-services norm 50% → net income 616,260,600; minus PTKP TK/0 54,000,000 → PKP 562,260,600; progressive PPh (5/15/25/30%) = 112,678,180 IDR → 9.14% ≈ 9.1%. The 0.5% MSME final tax would give ~0.3% but its 7-year window and professional-services exclusion make it unreliable for a newly-registered foreign IT freelancer, so NPPN is the recorded best. Single filer; NPPN KLU-62 norm pending manual confirmation (50% vs 62.5% — see scheme notes).
Cost of living (single, excl. rent)$700/mo
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 mar 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- BPS March-2024 average per-capita monthly expenditure is Rp 1,500,556 nationally (urban Rp 1,737,427), split food/non-food — but that is a rural-weighted per-capita floor far below a foreign remote worker's outlay. Curated single-person, non-rent urban (Jakarta-level) basket — groceries, eating out, transport/ride-hailing, utilities, mobile+home internet, modest leisure — sits around USD 650–750/month; recorded midpoint USD 700. NEEDS MANUAL REVIEW: this is a modelled basket anchored on BPS composition, not a single official basket figure; refine with itemised BPS urban non-food lines and current retail prices next cycle.
Domestic delivery qualityGood
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Dense, competitive parcel market: Pos Indonesia (national operator) plus JNE, J&T Express, SiCepat, Ninja Xpress and on-demand couriers (GoSend, GrabExpress) give 1–3 day delivery in Java and major cities and same-day intra-city; tracking is standard. Reach to remote islands is slower and address quality is uneven, so 'good' rather than 'excellent'. Parcel-locker networks are limited vs Europe.
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Internet speed10 Mbps
M-Lab NDT country aggregates for Indonesia (2023)
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2023
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Median download ≈ 9.3–9.8 Mbps across the 2023 daily country medians (~4.3M tests) from M-Lab's public NDT statistics API; recorded midpoint 9.5 Mbps. 2024/2026 aggregate files were not retrievable at the time of check.
- Notas
- M-Lab NDT is single-stream and reads far below Ookla-style figures (Ookla put Indonesia fixed broadband ~28–41 Mbps in 2024–2025) — comparable only within this criterion, never mixed with Ookla.
English proficiencyLow
EF EPI 2025 — Indonesia rank 80/123, score 471 (Low Proficiency band)
Estudio
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 nov 2025
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Own band informed by EF EPI 2025 (attribution: EF Education First): Indonesia scores 471 (Low band) nationally, though Jakarta scores 523 (Moderate). Bahasa Indonesia is the sole official language; English is workable in tourist/expat zones (Bali, South Jakarta) and among younger professionals, but limited in government offices and everyday services nationwide → 'low'.
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International schools20
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Union of two accreditor registries, verified directly (both are JS-rendered, read in a browser). IB World Schools in Bali (5): Alam Kidz School Bali, Australian Independent School Indonesia (Bali), Bali Island School, Canggu Community School, Gandhi Memorial Intercontinental School Bali. Cambridge-registered schools in Bali (19): ACS Bali, Asian Intercultural School Bali, Bukit Sunrise School, Canggu Community School*, Cendekia Harapan, Dyatmika School, ProEd Global School, ProEd Global School Nuanu, Regents Primary School, Regents Secondary School Bali, Santosa Intercultural School, Sanur Independent School, Sekolah Lentera Kasih–Lollypop, Sekolah Stella Mundi, SPK SD CHIS Denpasar, Taman Rama Intercultural School, The Gandhi Memorial Intercontinental School*, Tunjung Sari School, Widya Nusantara School (* = also IB, counted once). Union = 5 + 19 − 2 overlaps = 22 registry entries; collapsing obvious same-institution campus splits (Regents Primary + Regents Secondary → 1; ProEd Global + ProEd Global Nuanu → 1) gives ~20 distinct international schools. Recorded 20.
- Notas
- Count is IB + Cambridge only (verified against each accreditor's own finder, not aggregator sites). No AEFE (French), German Auslandsschulwesen, US/College Board, or CIS/COBIS-exclusive schools were separately enumerated, so the true total accredited pool may be marginally higher; ±2 uncertainty from campus-split judgement. Whichever counting choice (20 vs 22) lands in the same scoring band. Most schools cluster in Denpasar and South Bali (Kerobokan/Canggu/Sanur/Jimbaran).
Homicide rate0,3/100k
UNODC via World Bank (Intentional homicides per 100,000 people, Indonesia)
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2022
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Latest available UNODC-sourced value is 0.30 per 100,000 for 2022 (World Bank series VC.IHR.PSRC.P5, sourced from the UNODC Data Portal). Indonesia's recorded intentional-homicide rate is very low by global standards; reporting has gaps between years.
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Private healthcare cost$3600/yr
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Comprehensive (outpatient + inpatient, ~USD 1m+ annual limit, small deductible) international/IPMI plans for a healthy 35-year-old resident foreigner in Indonesia are commonly quoted around USD 200–500/month; a mid-tier comprehensive plan midpoint ≈ USD 300/month ≈ USD 3,600/year. Premiums are quoted on request (age/coverage/evacuation dependent), so this is a curated market midpoint, not a public engine quote. Local BPJS Kesehatan (mandatory public scheme for KITAS holders) is far cheaper but not a comprehensive private-cover equivalent.
Air quality (PM2.5)19,4 µg/m³
WHO Ambient Air Quality Database — Denpasar, Indonesia (annual mean PM2.5)
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2019
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Latest citable annual-mean PM2.5 for Denpasar is ~19.4 µg/m³ (2019-vintage, WHO Ambient Air Quality Database) — reported as the cleanest air among Indonesian cities and within the national standard, but ~4× the WHO 2021 guideline (5 µg/m³). NEEDS MANUAL REVIEW: no 2022–2024 city annual mean for Denpasar/Bali could be verified — Bali is absent from the IQAir 2023 World Air Quality Report city tables (insufficient qualifying monitoring that year) and no newer official BMKG/KLHK Bali annual PM2.5 series was located. Value kept for continuity but is stale; re-verify against the next WHO database update or a Bali provincial monitoring release. Bali has no heavy industry and readings run below Jakarta/Java, though dry-season crop and rubbish burning cause local spikes.
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Crypto regulationLegal regulated
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ago 2025
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Crypto is legal to hold and trade as a regulated digital financial asset (supervision moved from Bappebti to OJK on 2025-01-10 under PP 49/2024; framework in POJK 27/2024 + POJK 23/2025), but is prohibited as a means of payment (only the rupiah is legal tender). Taxed: a final PPh of 0.21% on sales via domestic licensed platforms and 1% via foreign platforms (PMK 50/2025, effective 2025-08-01); VAT on the asset transfer itself was removed. Regulated, not exemption-friendly → 'legal-regulated'.
Financial control levelModerate
Bank Indonesia foreign-exchange regulations + DJP crypto/reporting rules (composite)
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Composite: the rupiah is largely convertible and there are no hard capital controls on inbound/outbound personal transfers, but Bank Indonesia requires reporting/underlying-document evidence for FX purchases above a threshold (historically USD 25,000/month per customer without underlying documents), restricts rupiah use offshore, and mandates rupiah for domestic settlement; residents are taxed on worldwide income once tax-resident; foreigners can open local bank accounts but generally need a KITAS/KITAP and NPWP. More friction than a low-control hub, well short of strict capital controls → 'moderate'. NEEDS MANUAL REVIEW: the current exact FX-without-documents threshold should be re-verified against a live Bank Indonesia regulation page (fetch was JS-walled).
Freelancer tax burden9,1%
SettleMetric tax engine over official DJP rules (pajak.go.id: NPPN + PPh Pasal 17 + PTKP)
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Best cleanly-eligible scheme id-nppn-freelancer at €60,000 = 1,232,521,200 IDR (ECB 20,542.02 IDR/EUR). NPPN professional-services norm 50% → net income 616,260,600; minus PTKP TK/0 54,000,000 → PKP 562,260,600; progressive PPh (5/15/25/30%) = 112,678,180 IDR → 9.14% ≈ 9.1%. The 0.5% MSME final tax would give ~0.3% but its 7-year window and professional-services exclusion make it unreliable for a newly-registered foreign IT freelancer, so NPPN is the recorded best. Single filer; NPPN KLU-62 norm pending manual confirmation (50% vs 62.5% — see scheme notes).
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Homicide rate0,3/100k
UNODC via World Bank (Intentional homicides per 100,000 people, Indonesia)
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2022
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Latest available UNODC-sourced value is 0.30 per 100,000 for 2022 (World Bank series VC.IHR.PSRC.P5, sourced from the UNODC Data Portal). Indonesia's recorded intentional-homicide rate is very low by global standards; reporting has gaps between years.
Cost of living (single, excl. rent)$700/mo
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 mar 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- BPS March-2024 average per-capita monthly expenditure is Rp 1,500,556 nationally (urban Rp 1,737,427), split food/non-food — but that is a rural-weighted per-capita floor far below a foreign remote worker's outlay. Curated single-person, non-rent urban (Jakarta-level) basket — groceries, eating out, transport/ride-hailing, utilities, mobile+home internet, modest leisure — sits around USD 650–750/month; recorded midpoint USD 700. NEEDS MANUAL REVIEW: this is a modelled basket anchored on BPS composition, not a single official basket figure; refine with itemised BPS urban non-food lines and current retail prices next cycle.
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Air quality (PM2.5)19,4 µg/m³
WHO Ambient Air Quality Database — Denpasar, Indonesia (annual mean PM2.5)
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2019
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Latest citable annual-mean PM2.5 for Denpasar is ~19.4 µg/m³ (2019-vintage, WHO Ambient Air Quality Database) — reported as the cleanest air among Indonesian cities and within the national standard, but ~4× the WHO 2021 guideline (5 µg/m³). NEEDS MANUAL REVIEW: no 2022–2024 city annual mean for Denpasar/Bali could be verified — Bali is absent from the IQAir 2023 World Air Quality Report city tables (insufficient qualifying monitoring that year) and no newer official BMKG/KLHK Bali annual PM2.5 series was located. Value kept for continuity but is stale; re-verify against the next WHO database update or a Bali provincial monitoring release. Bali has no heavy industry and readings run below Jakarta/Java, though dry-season crop and rubbish burning cause local spikes.
Climate comfort0/12 mo
SettleMetric computation over climate-normals (Ngurah Rai 1991–2020)
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- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2020
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Criterion rule: months with mean daily maximum 15–28 °C AND precipitation < 150 mm. Bali's coldest month (Jul/Aug) still has a mean daily max of 29.2 °C, so NO month falls inside the 15–28 °C max window → 0 pleasant months by this temperate-comfort metric. This flags Bali as consistently hot/humid, not that it is unpleasant — the raw normals are shown so users judge by their own taste (many nomads prefer exactly this warmth).
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