Indonesia’s export ban of raw mineral commodities is generally described as resource nationalism. As resource nationalism could bring prosperity to the country and the people, it also, when mismanaged, the could push the country to fall into the resource curse. Therefore, it is important to anticipate which way this export ban would lead Indonesia’s economy. Simple parameters that can be used to measure the impact of the export ban are the economic freedom index and the values of GDP. We use the freedom index provided by The Heritage Foundation and GDP values provided by The World Bank and measure the values against the chronological events of implementation and release of regulations related to the export ban. The results indicate that despite how the export ban of Indonesia is often described as a part of resource nationalism, this export ban actually does not bring negative impact to the economy of Indonesia.