Jokowi Aims for a Maximum Poverty Rate of 7.5% by the End of His Term

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Erlina Fury Santika 21/08/2023 19:40 WIB

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In the 2024 Financial Note, Jokowi stated that Indonesia's poverty reduction target is 6.5%-7.5% in the 2024 State Budget.

Indonesia's Poverty Rate Trend (2019-2024)

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Indonesia's Poverty Rate Trend (2019-2024)

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President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has targeted an Indonesian poverty rate of 6.5%-7.5% in the 2024 State Budget (RAPBN).

The government states that poverty, also impacted by the crisis and Covid-19, is being addressed by strengthening social protection programs. The government claims these efforts are showing considerable success.

"This is evident from the poverty rate in 2022 and 2023 (as of March), which has decreased back to the single digits, reaching 9.54% and 9.36% respectively," according to the 2024 Financial Note.

(Read also: [link to article about 2024 budget allocation for social protection])

Looking at the four-year trend, Indonesia's highest poverty percentage occurred in 2020 at 10.19%. This was the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, leading to widespread restrictions on physical and economic activity to curb the virus's spread.

In 2021, the figure decreased to 9.71%. The poverty rate further decreased to 9.57% in 2022.

In 2023, the government targeted a poverty rate of 7.5%-8.5%. For 2024, the target is a further decrease to 6.5%-7.5%.

Latest Poverty Data

Meanwhile, the latest data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) shows that the percentage of the poor population in March 2023 was 9.36%. This figure decreased by 0.21 points compared to September 2022 and by 0.18 points compared to March 2022.

The poverty line in March 2023 was recorded at Rp550,458 per capita per month. This comprises a food poverty line of Rp408,522 (74.21%) and a non-food poverty line of Rp141,936 (25.79%).

In March 2023, the average poor household in Indonesia had 4.71 members.

"Thus, the average poverty line per household is Rp2,592,657 per poor household per month," wrote the BPS on its website, Monday (17/7/2023).

(Read also: [link to article about decrease in poverty in March 2023])

Editor : Erlina Fury Santika

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