Pangandaran Residents' Food Consumption Inadequacy Rate Decreased by 5.22% in 2024

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reported that the prevalence of food inadequacy (Prevalence of Undernourishment/PoU) in Pangandaran Regency, West Java, reached 5.22% in 2024.

This figure decreased by 0.82% from the previous year's 6.04%, while increasing by 1.12% in the last 5 years.

The average PoU in Indonesia was 8.27% in 2024. This means that the PoU in Pangandaran Regency is lower than the national average.

The National Food Agency (Bapanas) defines PoU as a condition where a person regularly consumes an insufficient amount of food to meet the energy required for a normal, active, and healthy life.

This indicator can be used as a tool to assess food and nutrition insecurity.

This means that less than 5.22% of the total population in Pangandaran Regency consumes food but has insufficient energy intake.

Compared to 26 other regencies/cities in West Java Province, Pangandaran Regency's PoU ranks 7th. The region with the lowest PoU (top rank) is Depok City (4.52%), and the highest (last rank) is Bogor City (7.98%).

Here is a list of the 10 regencies/cities with the lowest PoU in West Java Province in 2024.

1. Depok City: 4.52%
2. Bekasi Regency: 4.6%
3. Bekasi City: 4.88%
4. Garut Regency: 5.02%
5. Karawang Regency: 5.1%
6. Banjar City: 5.13%
7. Pangandaran Regency: 5.22%
8. Tasikmalaya City: 5.31%
9. Cianjur Regency: 5.37%
10. Sumedang Regency: 5.43%

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