CITY / CITYComparación de ciudades verificada
Balivs.Jakarta.
Bali sale mejor en 1 de 8 datos principales; Jakarta, en 0. Cost of living (single, excl. rent): Bali $700/mo, Jakarta $700/mo. Freelancer tax burden: Bali 9,1%, Jakarta 9,1%. Climate comfort: Bali 0/12 mo, Jakarta 0/12 mo.
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Las diferencias clave
Las cifras clave cara a cara, con el lado más fuerte señalado. La puntuación global es decorativa; lo que importa es qué datos encajan contigo.
Resultado principal
Bali va por delante en 1 de 8
Bali
1
Jakarta
0
01Cost of living (single, excl. rent)
Bali
$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.
Jakarta
$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.
02Freelancer tax burden
Bali
9,1%
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).
Jakarta
9,1%
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).
03Homicide rate
Bali
0,3/100k
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.
Jakarta
0,3/100k
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.
04Climate comfort
Bali
0/12 mo
SettleMetric computation over climate-normals (Ngurah Rai 1991–2020)
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- 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).
Jakarta
0/12 mo
SettleMetric computation over climate-normals
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2020
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Months with mean daily max 15–28°C and precipitation < 150mm. Jakarta's mean daily maximum is 30.8–33.4°C in every month — always above the 28°C comfort ceiling — so no month qualifies: 0 pleasant months. (Even ignoring rain, the temperature ceiling is never met.)
- Notas
- Zero reflects the comfort band's upper temperature limit (28°C), not that Jakarta is unliveable: it is uniformly hot and humid year-round. Dry-season months (Jun–Sep) are the most comfortable in practice despite scoring 0 on this band.
05Internet speed
Bali
10 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.
Jakarta
10 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.
06English proficiency
Bali
Low
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'.
Jakarta
Low
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'.
07Private healthcare cost
Bali
$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.
Jakarta
$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.
08Air quality (PM2.5)
Balimejor
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.
Jakarta
41,7 µg/m³
IQAir 2024 World Air Quality Report — Jakarta annual mean PM2.5
Estudio
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Jakarta's 2024 annual mean PM2.5 was 41.7 µg/m³ (IQAir 2024 World Air Quality Report; attribution: IQAir) — about 8× the WHO 2021 guideline (5 µg/m³) and above the top of this criterion's scale (35 µg/m³ → 0). Corroborated by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), which put every Jabodetabek city at 30–55 µg/m³ for 2024 from Indonesian government and reference-grade monitors. The WHO Ambient Air Quality Database (v8, June 2026, covering 2010–2024) is the criterion's preferred non-Europe source but is distributed only as a bulk Excel download not retrievable here; IQAir's city annual mean is used as the citable single-city figure. Pollution is worst in the dry season (Jun–Oct) from traffic and regional burning.
02
¿Qué ciudad encaja con tu plan?
Cada perspectiva pondera solo los datos que importan a ese plan y dice a qué lado favorece.
Informática remota / autónomo
Contrato o trabajo por cuenta propia en tecnología, facturando a clientes de fuera.
Muy reñido para este plan
01Freelancer tax burden
Bali
9,1%
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).
Jakarta
9,1%
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).
02Internet speed
Bali
10 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.
Jakarta
10 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.
03English proficiency
Bali
Low
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'.
Jakarta
Low
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'.
04Cost of living (single, excl. rent)
Bali
$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.
Jakarta
$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.
05Domestic delivery quality
Bali
Good
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.
Jakarta
Good
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.
Familia
Mudarse con pareja e hijos en edad escolar.
Muy reñido para este plan
01International schools
Bali
20
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).
Jakartamejor
28
International Schools Database — Jakarta, filtered to IB curriculum
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Count of IB-curriculum international schools listed for Greater Jakarta on International Schools Database (28: British School Jakarta, Global Jaya, SIS Kelapa Gading, ACG School Jakarta, Sampoerna Academy, Jakarta Intercultural School, SIS PIK, Stella Maris, Beacon Academy, ACS Jakarta, Sekolah Victory Plus, Mentari Bintaro, Hope Academy, North Jakarta Intercultural, AIS Jakarta, Cikal, BTB, Binus School Simprug, Al Jabr, Tunas Muda, IPEKA, Blossom, Mentari Jakarta, Tzu Chi, SIS South Jakarta, Gandhi Memorial International, Sinarmas World Academy, Sekolah Pelita Harapan). Consistent with multiple aggregators reporting ~28 IB schools in Jakarta and ~70–72 IB World Schools in Indonesia nationally.
- Notas
- IB-accredited schools only; CIS/COBIS/Cambridge/US-accredited schools not additionally counted, so the true accredited total (per the criterion's multi-accreditor definition) is likely HIGHER. Count is 'Greater Jakarta / Jabodetabek' and includes several schools in Tangerang/BSD/Bekasi (Global Jaya, Sinarmas World Academy, Sekolah Victory Plus), not DKI Jakarta proper. NEEDS MANUAL REVIEW: the IB World Schools finder (ibo.org/programmes/find-an-ib-school, country=ID) is the required accreditor registry but is JavaScript-rendered and returned 403 to automated fetches — verify each school against the IB finder and add Cambridge/CIS/COBIS members. Scoring is unaffected (anchor caps at 25 schools → 10).
02Homicide rate
Bali
0,3/100k
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.
Jakarta
0,3/100k
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.
03Private healthcare cost
Bali
$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.
Jakarta
$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.
04Air quality (PM2.5)
Balimejor
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.
Jakarta
41,7 µg/m³
IQAir 2024 World Air Quality Report — Jakarta annual mean PM2.5
Estudio
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Jakarta's 2024 annual mean PM2.5 was 41.7 µg/m³ (IQAir 2024 World Air Quality Report; attribution: IQAir) — about 8× the WHO 2021 guideline (5 µg/m³) and above the top of this criterion's scale (35 µg/m³ → 0). Corroborated by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), which put every Jabodetabek city at 30–55 µg/m³ for 2024 from Indonesian government and reference-grade monitors. The WHO Ambient Air Quality Database (v8, June 2026, covering 2010–2024) is the criterion's preferred non-Europe source but is distributed only as a bulk Excel download not retrievable here; IQAir's city annual mean is used as the citable single-city figure. Pollution is worst in the dry season (Jun–Oct) from traffic and regional burning.
05English proficiency
Bali
Low
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'.
Jakarta
Low
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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01Crypto regulation
Bali
Legal 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'.
Jakarta
Legal 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'.
02Financial control level
Bali
Moderate
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).
Jakarta
Moderate
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).
03Freelancer tax burden
Bali
9,1%
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).
Jakarta
9,1%
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).
Vida tranquila
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Bali encaja mejor: 1 de 4
01Homicide rate
Bali
0,3/100k
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.
Jakarta
0,3/100k
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.
02Air quality (PM2.5)
Balimejor
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.
Jakarta
41,7 µg/m³
IQAir 2024 World Air Quality Report — Jakarta annual mean PM2.5
Estudio
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Jakarta's 2024 annual mean PM2.5 was 41.7 µg/m³ (IQAir 2024 World Air Quality Report; attribution: IQAir) — about 8× the WHO 2021 guideline (5 µg/m³) and above the top of this criterion's scale (35 µg/m³ → 0). Corroborated by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), which put every Jabodetabek city at 30–55 µg/m³ for 2024 from Indonesian government and reference-grade monitors. The WHO Ambient Air Quality Database (v8, June 2026, covering 2010–2024) is the criterion's preferred non-Europe source but is distributed only as a bulk Excel download not retrievable here; IQAir's city annual mean is used as the citable single-city figure. Pollution is worst in the dry season (Jun–Oct) from traffic and regional burning.
03Cost of living (single, excl. rent)
Bali
$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.
Jakarta
$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.
04Climate comfort
Bali
0/12 mo
SettleMetric computation over climate-normals (Ngurah Rai 1991–2020)
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- 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).
Jakarta
0/12 mo
SettleMetric computation over climate-normals
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2020
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Months with mean daily max 15–28°C and precipitation < 150mm. Jakarta's mean daily maximum is 30.8–33.4°C in every month — always above the 28°C comfort ceiling — so no month qualifies: 0 pleasant months. (Even ignoring rain, the temperature ceiling is never met.)
- Notas
- Zero reflects the comfort band's upper temperature limit (28°C), not that Jakarta is unliveable: it is uniformly hot and humid year-round. Dry-season months (Jun–Sep) are the most comfortable in practice despite scoring 0 on this band.
03
La comparación completa
Abre cualquier dato para ver qué mide, cómo de reciente es y el rastro completo de fuentes de ambas ciudades.
01
Impuestos
CriterioBaliJakarta
01+−Freelancer tax burden% effective burden at €60k/year self-employed profileBali9,1Jakarta9,1
Qué mide esto
Effective total burden (income tax + mandatory social and health contributions) for a solo IT freelancer with €60,000/year revenue and 10% deductible expenses, using the most favourable eligible scheme in the country's tax-schemes data. Computed by the SettleMetric tax engine; recorded as a curated value with the winning scheme id in method.
Cuanto más bajo, mejor· % effective burden at €60k/year self-employed profile· se vuelve a verificar cada 365 días
Bali
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).
Jakarta
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).
02
Legalización
CriterioBaliJakarta
01+−Remote-work legalization easeBaliDedicated nomad visaJakartaDedicated nomad visa
Qué mide esto
Best available legalization route for a location-independent earner with a median (non-EU, non-US) passport, classified from this country's legalization-paths data: dedicated digital-nomad visa; general freelance/self-employment permit; realistic long-stay path (e.g. renewable temporary residence); only short visa-free/tourist stays; effectively none.
Valorado por categoría· se vuelve a verificar cada 180 días
Bali
Direktorat Jenderal Imigrasi — E33G Visa Rumah Kedua Pekerja Jarak Jauh (remote worker)
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 abr 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Indonesia has a dedicated remote-worker permit: the E33G Remote Worker KITAS (live since April 2024) grants a 1-year, renewable limited stay to foreigners employed by a company established outside Indonesia, requiring USD 60,000/year foreign income and a USD 2,000 bank balance. Self-employed/sole traders and anyone with Indonesian-source income are excluded — a genuine gap for pure freelancers, who instead use the Second Home (E33) or Investor (E28A) KITAS.
Jakarta
Direktorat Jenderal Imigrasi — E33G Visa Rumah Kedua Pekerja Jarak Jauh (remote worker)
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 abr 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Indonesia has a dedicated remote-worker permit: the E33G Remote Worker KITAS (live since April 2024) grants a 1-year, renewable limited stay to foreigners employed by a company established outside Indonesia, requiring USD 60,000/year foreign income and a USD 2,000 bank balance. Self-employed/sole traders and anyone with Indonesian-source income are excluded — a genuine gap for pure freelancers, who instead use the Second Home (E33) or Investor (E28A) KITAS.
03
Coste de vida
CriterioBaliJakarta
01+−Cost of living (single, excl. rent)USD/month, single person, excluding rentBali700Jakarta700
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, mejor· USD/month, single person, excluding rent· se vuelve a verificar cada 365 días
Bali
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.
Jakarta
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.
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.
Food & groceries220 USD
Restaurants & eating out120 USD
Transport (ride-hailing + public)90 USD
Recreation & culture90 USD
Utilities (electricity, water, gas)70 USD
Household & personal goods70 USD
Mobile + home internet40 USD
04
Vivienda
Alquiler por tipo de vivienda
Alquiler de oferta: precio en el centro, con el de fuera del centro entre paréntesis ($/mes).
Bali
Jakarta
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.
Global Property Guide Jakarta rent ranges (by room, prime vs non-prime), SettleMetric derivation
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Anchored on the Global Property Guide Jakarta 1-bedroom city-average asking rent (≈USD 505). Location split from GPG's documented 1BR ranges — prime/central IDR 8–15m vs non-prime IDR 4–6m → center ≈ 1.40× and outside ≈ 0.65× the city average. Room scaling from typical Jakarta listing ratios: studio ≈ 0.65× 1BR, 2BR ≈ 1.55× 1BR, 3BR ≈ 2.30× 1BR. Center 1BR = 505×1.40 ≈ 705; outside 1BR = 505×0.65 ≈ 330; other cells scale from these.
- Notas
- ALL cells are DERIVED (city 1BR average × documented location multiplier × room multiplier) — no single source publishes Jakarta rent by room count AND by centre/outside at once, and Numbeo/Expatistan are forbidden. Treat as indicative brackets, not observed cell means. Central = prime CBD (SCBD/Sudirman/Kuningan/Senopati/Kemang); outside = outer/eastern & northern districts. Cross-reads (Colliers Q1 2026, JLL, listing portals) put central premium 2–3BR far higher (IDR 25–45m for expat-ready SCBD units), so central cells here are conservative. NEEDS MANUAL REVIEW: replace with a portal market report that publishes room × district cells directly.
01Estudio
Bali
$1114$320 fuera del centro
Jakartamás barato
$460$215 fuera del centro
021 dormitorio
Bali
$1337$613 fuera del centro
Jakartamás barato
$705$330 fuera del centro
032 dormitorios
Bali
$2005$1030 fuera del centro
Jakartamás barato
$1095$510 fuera del centro
043 dormitorios
Bali
$2228$1170 fuera del centro
Jakartamás barato
$1625$755 fuera del centro
05
Seguridad
CriterioBaliJakarta
01+−Homicide rateintentional homicides per 100,000/yearBali0,3Jakarta0,3
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, mejor· intentional homicides per 100,000/year· se vuelve a verificar cada 730 días
Bali
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.
Jakarta
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.
06
Clima
CriterioBaliJakarta
01+−Climate comfortpleasant months/yearBali0Jakarta0
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, mejor· pleasant months/year· se vuelve a verificar cada 3650 días
Bali
SettleMetric computation over climate-normals (Ngurah Rai 1991–2020)
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- 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).
Jakarta
SettleMetric computation over climate-normals
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2020
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Months with mean daily max 15–28°C and precipitation < 150mm. Jakarta's mean daily maximum is 30.8–33.4°C in every month — always above the 28°C comfort ceiling — so no month qualifies: 0 pleasant months. (Even ignoring rain, the temperature ceiling is never met.)
- Notas
- Zero reflects the comfort band's upper temperature limit (28°C), not that Jakarta is unliveable: it is uniformly hot and humid year-round. Dry-season months (Jun–Sep) are the most comfortable in practice despite scoring 0 on this band.
02+−Air quality (PM2.5)µg/m³, annual mean PM2.5Balimejor19,4Jakarta41,7
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, mejor· µg/m³, annual mean PM2.5· se vuelve a verificar cada 730 días
Bali
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.
Jakarta
IQAir 2024 World Air Quality Report — Jakarta annual mean PM2.5
Estudio
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Jakarta's 2024 annual mean PM2.5 was 41.7 µg/m³ (IQAir 2024 World Air Quality Report; attribution: IQAir) — about 8× the WHO 2021 guideline (5 µg/m³) and above the top of this criterion's scale (35 µg/m³ → 0). Corroborated by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), which put every Jabodetabek city at 30–55 µg/m³ for 2024 from Indonesian government and reference-grade monitors. The WHO Ambient Air Quality Database (v8, June 2026, covering 2010–2024) is the criterion's preferred non-Europe source but is distributed only as a bulk Excel download not retrievable here; IQAir's city annual mean is used as the citable single-city figure. Pollution is worst in the dry season (Jun–Oct) from traffic and regional burning.
07
Sanidad
CriterioBaliJakarta
01+−Private healthcare costUSD/year, comprehensive private insurance premium, healthy 35-year-oldBali3600Jakarta3600
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, mejor· USD/year, comprehensive private insurance premium, healthy 35-year-old· se vuelve a verificar cada 365 días
Bali
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.
Jakarta
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.
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Dinero y cripto
CriterioBaliJakarta
01+−Crypto regulationBaliLegal regulatedJakartaLegal regulated
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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
Bali
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'.
Jakarta
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'.
02+−Financial control levelBaliModerateJakartaModerate
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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
Bali
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).
Jakarta
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).
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Infraestructura
CriterioBaliJakarta
01+−Domestic delivery qualityBaliGoodJakartaGood
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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
Bali
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.
Jakarta
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.
02+−International delivery easeBaliSignificant frictionJakartaSignificant friction
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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
Bali
Indonesian Customs (Bea Cukai) / Ministry of Finance — de-minimis lowered to USD 3 FOB (PMK 4/2025)
Fuente oficial
- 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).
Jakarta
Indonesian Customs (Bea Cukai) / Ministry of Finance — de-minimis lowered to USD 3 FOB (PMK 4/2025)
Fuente oficial
- 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).
03+−Internet speedMbps, median fixed downloadBali9,5Jakarta9,5
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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, mejor· Mbps, median fixed download· se vuelve a verificar cada 365 días
Bali
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.
Jakarta
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.
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Idioma
CriterioBaliJakarta
01+−English proficiencyBaliLowJakartaLow
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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
Bali
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'.
Jakarta
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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Educación
CriterioBaliJakarta
01+−International schoolsaccredited international schools, countBali20Jakartamejor28
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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, mejor· accredited international schools, count· se vuelve a verificar cada 730 días
Bali
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).
Jakarta
International Schools Database — Jakarta, filtered to IB curriculum
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Count of IB-curriculum international schools listed for Greater Jakarta on International Schools Database (28: British School Jakarta, Global Jaya, SIS Kelapa Gading, ACG School Jakarta, Sampoerna Academy, Jakarta Intercultural School, SIS PIK, Stella Maris, Beacon Academy, ACS Jakarta, Sekolah Victory Plus, Mentari Bintaro, Hope Academy, North Jakarta Intercultural, AIS Jakarta, Cikal, BTB, Binus School Simprug, Al Jabr, Tunas Muda, IPEKA, Blossom, Mentari Jakarta, Tzu Chi, SIS South Jakarta, Gandhi Memorial International, Sinarmas World Academy, Sekolah Pelita Harapan). Consistent with multiple aggregators reporting ~28 IB schools in Jakarta and ~70–72 IB World Schools in Indonesia nationally.
- Notas
- IB-accredited schools only; CIS/COBIS/Cambridge/US-accredited schools not additionally counted, so the true accredited total (per the criterion's multi-accreditor definition) is likely HIGHER. Count is 'Greater Jakarta / Jabodetabek' and includes several schools in Tangerang/BSD/Bekasi (Global Jaya, Sinarmas World Academy, Sekolah Victory Plus), not DKI Jakarta proper. NEEDS MANUAL REVIEW: the IB World Schools finder (ibo.org/programmes/find-an-ib-school, country=ID) is the required accreditor registry but is JavaScript-rendered and returned 403 to automated fetches — verify each school against the IB finder and add Cambridge/CIS/COBIS members. Scoring is unaffected (anchor caps at 25 schools → 10).