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The number and percentage of poor people in Jakarta in March 2016 decreased. Data from the Central Bureau of Statistics shows that the number of poor people in Jakarta reached 384,000, or 3.75 percent of the total population. This figure is lower than the March 2015 figure of 399,000, or 3.93 percent of the DKI Jakarta population.
However, in September 2016, the number of poor people in the capital increased to 385,840, although the percentage remained unchanged. Nationally, the number of poor people in September 2016 reached 27.76 million, down from 28 million in March 2016. Similarly, the poverty rate in September 2016 fell to 10.7 percent from 10.86 percent in March 2016.
The trend of poverty figures in Jakarta from 2003-2016 was quite fluctuating, both in number and percentage. The lowest number of poor people in the capital was observed in 2004, at 277,000 or approximately 3.18 percent of the population. The highest number of poor people occurred in 2006, reaching 407,000 or 4.57 percent of the total DKI Jakarta population.
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