Surabaya
37,617 companies · City/Regency · code 35.78
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District
Property market in Surabaya
Houses, apartments and land in Surabaya
Monthly rentals and co-living, run by the operator itself, in the cities it covers.
Area figures for Surabaya
Official figures for Surabaya
Each figure carries the year it was measured; figures published only per province are shown separately below.
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Population
2,940,265
people · 2026
2020–2026: from 2,874,314 to 2,940,265 -
HDI (Human Development Index)
84.14
2024
prov. 74.09
2010–2024: from 77.2 to 84.14 -
Poverty (Population below the poverty line)
3.56%
2025
prov. 9.5%
2010–2025: from 7.07% to 3.56% -
Unemployment (Open unemployment rate)
4.84%
2025
prov. 3.88%
2017–2025: from 6% to 4.84% -
GRDP (Gross regional domestic product)
Rp831 trillion
2025
2010–2025: from Rp231 trillion to Rp831 trillion
Further components
- Life expectancy
- 74.9 years 2024 · prov. 72.3
- Mean years of schooling
- 11.2 years 2025 · prov. 8.4
- Expected years of schooling
- 14.9 years 2025 · prov. 13.4
- Expenditure per capita
- Rp20.7 million per person per year 2025 · prov. Rp13.5 million
- People below the poverty line
- 105,090 people 2025
- Poverty line
- Rp775,597 per person per month 2025 · prov. Rp558,029
- Population aged 60 and over
- 13.55% 2025 · prov. 15.45%
Province level: Jawa Timur
These three figures are published only per province.
- GRDP per capita (Gross regional domestic product per capita)
- Rp80.9 million per person per year 2025
- Provincial minimum wage
- Rp1.77 million per month 2020 · the most recent figure available
- Population density
- 855 people/km² 2021 · the most recent figure available
Recorded crime in Jawa Timur
Recorded across Polda Jawa Timur during 2024, which covers this place
- Offences reported
- 60,102 cases
- Cases cleared
- 88.32%
- Risk per 100,000 residents
- 142
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Recorded disasters in Surabaya
20 disaster events were recorded in Surabaya 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 9 events
- Extreme weather 3 33%
- Forest & land fire 3 33%
- Settlement fire 2 22%
- Flood 1 11%
Recorded impact 2021–2025
- 1
- Deaths
- 0
- Missing
- 3
- Injured
- 627
- Affected & displaced
- 199
- Houses damaged
- 0
- Houses flooded
Flood can be insured as an extension of a home policy. Insure your home
- 2016: 2 events
- 2017: 3 events
- 2018: 0 events
- 2019: 5 events
- 2020: 1 events
- 2021: 0 events
- 2022: 0 events
- 2023: 0 events
- 2024: 4 events
- 2025: 5 events
Business formation in Surabaya
7,058 businesses were recorded as founded in Surabaya during 2016–2025.
Counted from formations announced officially and held in our records — not every business that opened here.
Most common trades
of 10,079 companies with a classification
- Contractors & Construction 3,660 36%
- Manufacturing 1,810 18%
- Food & Beverage Manufacturing 1,044 10%
- Energy & Mining 429 4%
Legal forms
of 14,331 companies with a recorded legal form
- PT 12,906 90%
- CV 755 5%
- Yayasan 483 3%
- PT Perorangan 76 1%
- 2016: 43 formations
- 2017: 81 formations
- 2018: 198 formations
- 2019: 869 formations
- 2020: 919 formations
- 2021: 997 formations
- 2022: 983 formations
- 2023: 981 formations
- 2024: 992 formations
- 2025: 995 formations