West Papua Poverty Rate Decreases by 1% as of September 2019
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The poverty rate in West Papua in September 2019 reached 21.51%. This figure only decreased by 1.15% from the previous period, which was 22.66% in September 2018. Previously, in 2013, poverty in West Papua increased by 0.1% from 27.04% in 2012 to 27.14%.
In the following years, the poverty rate in West Papua consistently decreased. However, the average rate of poverty reduction from 2014 to 2019 was only 0.94%. The data uses September statistics. Furthermore, West Papua's poverty rate is the second highest after Papua.
For information, the Governor of West Papua, Dominggus Mandacan, supports the formation of South West Papua Province. He stated that the requirements for the formation of the province are complete and the community welcomes this division plan.
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