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MSCI to Review Indonesia’s Emerging Market Status in November
MSCI will review its indexes in November 2026, including the MSCI Emerging Markets index.
The review covers seven indexes, among them MSCI World, MSCI USA and MSCI Japan.
Indonesia is currently classified as an emerging market in MSCI’s market categories.
In its August 2026 review, MSCI kept Indonesia in that category and made no changes to the country list covered by the relevant index.
MSCI also updated simulations to reflect planned changes to the methodology for its Climate Paris Aligned indexes.
Those methodology changes are due to take effect in the November review.
The November review will show whether the index provider makes any changes to the indexes it reviews.
MSCI plans to review its indexes in November 2026, including the MSCI Emerging Markets index.
The review comes as Indonesia remains classified as an Emerging Market.
MSCI kept Indonesia in that category in its August 2026 index review.
The November review will cover seven MSCI indexes.
MSCI also updated simulations reflecting planned changes to the methodology for its Climate Paris Aligned PAB indexes.
- Who
- MSCI, the global index provider, will conduct the review.
- What
- It will review its indexes, including the MSCI Emerging Markets index; the story concerns Indonesia’s market classification.
- When
- November 2026.
- Where
- Indonesia is among the markets covered by the MSCI indexes.
- Why
- MSCI conducts index reviews and plans to apply methodology improvements in the November 2026 review.
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MSCI said its annual country review would make no changes to the list of markets in the MSCI Frontier Emerging Markets Index, and Indonesia remained an Emerging Market.
MSCI announced that it would review its indexes in November 2026.
MSCI is scheduled to conduct the index review and apply the methodology improvements.
- Review month
- November 2026
- Indexes covered
- Seven
- Indonesia's classification
- Emerging Market
- Most recent stated status decision
- MSCI retained Indonesia in the Emerging Market category in August 2026
- Methodology update
- Planned for the November 2026 review of the Climate Paris Aligned PAB indexes
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As a reminder, the methodology improvements will be applied in the November 2026 index review
MSCI has conducted the 2026 Annual Country Review for the MSCI Frontier Emerging Markets Index. There will be no changes to the list of Emerging Markets currently included in the MSCI Frontier Emerging Markets Index as a result of this review