Jakarta's Inequality Falls into the Moderate Category
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According to World Bank criteria, income inequality in DKI Jakarta is categorized as moderate. The Central Bureau of Statistics recorded that 40 percent of the population with low incomes enjoy 16.02 percent of Jakarta's total income. Meanwhile, the top 20 percent of high-income earners enjoy more than half of the capital's total income.
The World Bank classifies the population into three groups: 40 percent low-income earners, 40 percent middle-income earners, and 20 percent high-income earners. Income inequality is concentrated among the lowest 40 percent of the population, with poverty intensity identified using the following criteria:
If the lowest 40 percent of the population receives less than 12 percent of total income, income distribution exhibits high inequality. If the lowest 40 percent receives between 12 and 17 percent, income distribution shows moderate inequality. If they receive more than 17 percent, income distribution exhibits low inequality.
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