Jakarta, July 17 -- Indonesia's investment realization reached Rp1,010.6 trillion (US$56.1 billion) in the first half of 2026, up 7.2 percent from a year earlier, achieving nearly half the annual target and creating 1.44 million jobs, Investment and Downstreaming Minister Rosan Roeslani said.

According to his press statement released here on Thursday, the figure represented 49.5 percent of the government's 2026 investment target of Rp2,041.3 trillion.

Rosan said the first-half performance kept Indonesia on track to achieve its full-year investment goal.

The realized investments created 1.44 million jobs, up 15 percent from the first half of 2025.

"Investor commitment to direct investment in Indonesia remains in line with the targets s...