Abstract
This study aims to find out how the carrying capacity of one economic sector is compared to other economic sectorsin West Nusa Tenggara Province, especially the carrying capacity/direct forward linkages. This research was conducted oneconomic sectors whose data is displayed in the I-O table that has been processed and issued by the Central Statistics Agency(BPS) of West Nusa Tenggara. For this reason, data analysis uses an Input-Output analysis approach which is arranged in theform of an I-O table. From this, it will be seen that an economic sector must be related to other economic sectors, where eacheconomic sector against other economic sectors certainly has a different carrying capacity. Furthermore, it will also be seenwhich sector has the highest carrying capacity against other economic sectors and which sector has low carrying capacity. Theresults of the analysis show that the economic sectors with the largest carrying capacity include: the agriculture, forestry andfisheries sectors; transportation and warehousing sectors; large trade and retail sectors; car and motorcycle repair; as well asthe processing industry sector. On the other hand, sectors with low carrying capacity include: the water supply sector; wastemanagement and recycling; health services and social activities sectors; and the education services sector.With these results, it will provide input to the local government of West Nusa Tenggara Province, related to the development ofeconomic sectors that have high carrying capacity in other sectors and encourage the growth of sectors with weak carryingcapacity in order to maintain the sustainability of regional economic growth.