One Data Governance for Villages and Disadvantaged Regions: PERMENDESA 5/2026

The Minister of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions issued Peraturan Menteri Desa dan Pembangunan Daerah Tertinggal Nomor 5 Tahun 2026 tentang Satu Data Bidang Desa dan Pembangunan Daerah Tertinggal (Regulation of the Minister of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions Number 5 of 2026 on One Data in the Fields of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions). Minister Yandri Susanto signed it in Jakarta on 10 September 2026. The regulation has 54 articles. Its preamble says it implements Article 14(3) and Article 15(2) of Presidential Regulation 39/2019 on One Data Indonesia and replaces a 2021 ministerial regulation that no longer fitted legal developments and the ministry's organisational needs.

Key Provisions

Who runs the system. Article 2 names three actors: the data custodian (Walidata), data producers, and a ministry-level One Data forum. Under Article 3, the custodian collects, checks and manages data from producers, publishes data, metadata, reference codes and master data on the One Data Indonesia portal, and prepares reports. It is the ministry unit responsible for data and information management, appointed by the Minister. Article 4 makes every ministry unit that produces data a data producer, responsible for verifying and validating its data and correcting it after the custodian's checks.

The forum. Article 5 places the forum under the ministry's Secretary General, assisted by the custodian. The forum agrees on the list of data to be collected, priority data, the action plan and proposed access restrictions, and it meets at least once a year. Its agreements take the form of policy recommendations that the Minister determines.

Types and standards of data. Article 8 divides data into statistical, geospatial and other data. Article 9 lists village data (including village development, village deliberations, community empowerment, rural area development and village-owned enterprises) and data on disadvantaged regions. Under Article 10, data standards cover at least concept, definition, classification, measure and unit. Article 12(4) and (5) require data that does not meet the standard to be marked as unstandardised; such data may not serve as an official reference for strategic policy decisions, except for limited internal use with a methodological note.

Metadata, interoperability and reference codes. Every dataset must carry metadata (Article 13), meet interoperability rules, including storage or exchange in an open, machine-readable format (Article 16), and use reference codes or master data (Article 17).

Disaggregated data. Article 19 lists the dimensions for disaggregation, including sex, age group, administrative area, welfare, disability, education and occupation. Where there is a risk of re-identifying individuals, households or small groups, Article 20(4) requires the custodian to restrict access, anonymise, aggregate or take other protective steps.

Process and portal. Article 21 sets four stages: planning, collection, checking and dissemination. The custodian returns data that does not meet One Data principles to the producer for correction (Article 28). Article 32 makes the custodian responsible for the ministry's One Data portal, which is used through the village information system (SID).

Access classes. Article 34 sorts data into open data, which the public may know; restricted data, open only to ministries and agencies the custodian authorises; and closed data, open only to authorised officials of the ministry.

Security. Articles 35 to 43 base data security on confidentiality, integrity, availability, authenticity, traceability and accountability. Article 41(3) requires every change to data to be traceable by user, time and action. Article 43 sets the custodian's duties after a security incident, from immediate handling to evaluation.

Oversight and funding. Under Article 48, the custodian monitors most matters at least every six months and monitors collection, checking and dissemination daily. It evaluates at least once a year (Article 49) and reports to the Minister at least once a year (Article 51). Funding comes from the state budget and other lawful, non-binding sources (Article 52).

Revocation and Entry into Force

Article 53 revokes Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration Regulation 20/2021 on One Data in the same fields. Under Article 54, the regulation takes effect on the date of its promulgation.

Read the official text of PERMENDESA 5/2026 in the BPK legal database.

Checked against the official text of PERMENDESA 5/2026 on 2 November 2026. This is not legal advice; report corrections to contact@crpg.id.

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