During that year, Indonesia held multiple international sporting events, including the 2018 Asian Games and the 2018 Asian Para Games.
Month of September saw the largest loss of life due to the 2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami, the deadliest earthquake in Indonesia in more than a decade.
Multiple major transportation disasters also occurred on that year.
The second deadliest aircraft disaster in Indonesia occurred in October when Lion Air Flight 610 crashed shortly after taking off from Tangerang.
One of the deadliest ferry disaster in North Sumatra occurred on June when MV Sinar Bangun sank at Lake Toba.