Five reasons why Indonesia’s election matters

INDONESIA HAS all the right ingredients to make it one of the most influential countries in Asia. But Joko Widodo, the president, has stuck to its long tradition of foreign-policy non-alignment and inward-looking policies. On February 14th the world’s third-biggest democracy will vote for a new leader. The favourite is Prabowo Subianto, an ex-general with an appalling human-rights record. The two other candidates, Anies Baswedan and Ganjar Pranowo, both former governors, are trailing Mr Prabowo in the polls. Four charts and a map illustrate the country’s huge potential.