ABSTRACT
Regular collection of statistics in Indonesia did not begin until 1920, although some figures for cultivated area, total sawah area, and total rice production were collected from 1916 onwards. In the pre-war era, data were largely limited to Java and Madura, while for all practical purposes information for the Outer Islands is nonexistent. This is, of course, because Indonesia as a distinct national entity was not created until after the war, and because the Dutch, exerting only nominal control over the Outer Islands, were only able to regularly collect statistics for Java and Madura. For this reason, we present historical and post-World War II data for Java and Madura, while our data series for Indonesia begins after World War II.
