Question 18

Explanation

The most appropriate statement is During those six years, Indonesia's economic growth in $2013$ was always higher than in the following years.

If we observe the graph, the year $2013$ has the highest bar with a value of $5.58$ percent. This value is never surpassed by the following years, which only range from $4.88$ to $5.17$ percent.

Graph Trend Analysis

The graph shows an imperfect "V" pattern:

• Decreasing from $2013$ to the lowest point in $2015$ ($4.88$%).
• Increasing back (improving) from $2015$ to $2018$.

This automatically invalidates the statements that the economy is "always declining" or "never declining". Furthermore, the decline difference from $2014$ to $2015$ ($0.13$%) is actually smaller than the increase in the following year ($0.15$%), so the other options are also incorrect.