Indonesia's Poverty Rate in March 2022 Reaches Lowest Point Since the Pandemic

Cindy Mutia Annur 21/07/2022 10:20 WIB

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The BPS report notes that the poverty rate in Indonesia was 9.54% as of March 2022. This is the lowest figure since the Covid-19 pandemic.

Indonesia's Poverty Rate (March 2019-March 2022)

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Indonesia's Poverty Rate (March 2019-March 2022)

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The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) report notes that the poverty rate in Indonesia was 9.54% as of March 2022. This figure is down 0.17 percentage points compared to September 2021, which was 9.71%.

Indonesia's poverty rate in March 2022 shows improvement, the lowest since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country.

In March 2020, for example, the poverty rate was recorded at 9.78%. The poverty rate continued to increase in September 2020 to 10.19% and in March 2021 to 10.14%.

However, the decrease in Indonesia's poverty rate has not yet reached a level lower than before the Covid-19 pandemic.

By region, the poverty rate in rural Indonesia was 12.29% in March 2022. This is down from 12.53% in September 2021. Meanwhile, the poverty rate in urban areas was 7.50% in March 2022, down from 7.60% in September 2021.

It should be noted that the number of poor people in March 2022 was recorded at 26.16 million, down 0.34 million from September 2021 and down 1.38 million from March 2021.

By island, Java had 13.85 million poor people in March 2022. This is equivalent to 52.96% of the total national poor population.

Editor : Annissa Mutia

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