Poverty Rate Falls to 10.7 Percent

In September 2016, the number of poor people in Indonesia decreased by approximately 241,000 to 27.76 million (10.7 percent) compared to March 2016, which was 28.01 million (10.86 percent). The definition of poor people is those with per capita monthly expenditure below the poverty line.

For urban poor in September 2016, the percentage decreased to 7.73 percent from 7.79 percent in March 2016. Meanwhile, for the rural poor, the percentage decreased to 13.96 percent in September 2016 from 14.11 percent in March 2016.

The contribution of food commodities to the poverty line is significantly greater than that of non-food commodities such as housing, clothing, education, and health. The contribution of the food poverty line to the national poverty line in September 2016 reached 73.19 percent, not significantly different from the condition in March 2016, which was 73.5 percent.