Prevalence of Inadequate Food Consumption in Sarmi Dropped by 2.81% Over the Past 5 Years
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According to Statistics Indonesia (BPS) data, the Prevalence of Undernourishment (PoU) in Sarmi Regency, Papua stood at 35.73% in 2025.
This figure decreased by 6.18% from the previous year's 41.91%, marking a 2.81% drop over the last 5 years.
Indonesia's national average PoU reached 7.89% in 2025, meaning Sarmi Regency records a far higher PoU than the national average.
As defined by the National Food Agency (Bapanas), PoU describes the condition where individuals regularly consume insufficient food to meet energy requirements for normal, active, healthy living.
This indicator serves to measure food and nutrition insecurity status.
This translates to under 35.73% of Sarmi Regency residents do not consume adequate dietary energy intake.
Among 9 districts/cities in Papua Province, Sarmi Regency ranks 7th on PoU. Jayapura City recorded the lowest PoU (12.49%) while Mamberamo Raya Regency showed the highest rate at 59.17%.
List of Papua Province PoU rankings 2025 (lowest to highest):
- Jayapura City: 12.49%
- Jayapura Regency: 23.38%
- Yapen Islands Regency: 30.31%
- Waropen Regency: 33.62%
- Supiori Regency: 34.01%
- Biak Numfor Regency: 34.26%
- Sarmi Regency: 35.73%
- Keerom Regency: 39.89%
- Mamberamo Raya Regency: 59.17%
(Read: National ICT Development Data 2023: Jakarta Top Ranked, Papua Lowest)
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