Ambon
1,348 companies · City/Regency · code 81.71
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District
Property market in Ambon
Houses, apartments and land in Ambon
Monthly rentals and co-living, run by the operator itself, in the cities it covers.
Area figures for Ambon
Official figures for Ambon
Each figure carries the year it was measured; figures published only per province are shown separately below.
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Population
369,797
people · 2026
2020–2026: from 347,288 to 369,797 -
HDI (Human Development Index)
82.56
2024
prov. 71.57
2010–2024: from 76.07 to 82.56 -
Poverty (Population below the poverty line)
4.34%
2025
prov. 15.38%
2010–2025: from 7.67% to 4.34% -
Unemployment (Open unemployment rate)
11.37%
2025
prov. 6.27%
2017–2025: from 13.82% to 11.37% -
GRDP (Gross regional domestic product)
Rp21 trillion
2025
2010–2025: from Rp5.91 trillion to Rp21 trillion
Further components
- Life expectancy
- 71.6 years 2024 · prov. 67
- Mean years of schooling
- 12.4 years 2025 · prov. 10.5
- Expected years of schooling
- 16.1 years 2025 · prov. 14.1
- Expenditure per capita
- Rp15.5 million per person per year 2025 · prov. Rp9.9 million
- People below the poverty line
- 22,300 people 2025
- Poverty line
- Rp783,697 per person per month 2025 · prov. Rp757,600
- Population aged 60 and over
- 10.6% 2025 · prov. 9.57%
Province level: Maluku
These three figures are published only per province.
- GRDP per capita (Gross regional domestic product per capita)
- Rp33.7 million per person per year 2025
- Provincial minimum wage
- Rp2.6 million per month 2020 · the most recent figure available
- Population density
- 40 people/km² 2021 · the most recent figure available
Recorded crime in Maluku
Recorded across Polda Maluku during 2024, which covers this place
- Offences reported
- 4,512 cases
- Cases cleared
- 24.84%
- Risk per 100,000 residents
- 253
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Recorded disasters in Ambon
76 disaster events were recorded in Ambon during 2016–2025.
Counted from officially recorded events. An event spanning several districts is apportioned between them, so counts are rounded.
Kinds of disaster 2021–2025
of 48 events
- Landslide 23 48%
- Flood 14 29%
- Extreme weather 9 19%
- Forest & land fire 1 2%
- Tidal wave & abrasion 1 2%
Recorded impact 2021–2025
- 7
- Deaths
- 0
- Missing
- 11
- Injured
- 18,369
- Affected & displaced
- 943
- Houses damaged
- 2,448
- Houses flooded
- 2016: 2 events
- 2017: 6 events
- 2018: 3 events
- 2019: 5 events
- 2020: 12 events
- 2021: 21 events
- 2022: 5 events
- 2023: 10 events
- 2024: 7 events
- 2025: 5 events
Business formation in Ambon
55 businesses were recorded as founded in Ambon during 2016–2025.
Counted from formations announced officially and held in our records — not every business that opened here.
Most common trades
of 858 companies with a classification
- Contractors & Construction 673 78%
- Manufacturing 27 3%
- Travel Agents & Tours 21 2%
Legal forms
of 141 companies with a recorded legal form
- PT 105 74%
- CV 20 14%
- Yayasan 7 5%
- PT Perorangan 6 4%
- 2016: 0 formations
- 2017: 0 formations
- 2018: 0 formations
- 2019: 7 formations
- 2020: 8 formations
- 2021: 1 formations
- 2022: 8 formations
- 2023: 5 formations
- 2024: 15 formations
- 2025: 11 formations