Papua and Maluku Have the Highest Poverty Rates

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Dwi Hadya Jayani 15/01/2020 16:44 WIB
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The highest poverty rate is found on the Maluku and Papua Islands. In these two regions, the poverty rate reached 20.39 percent as of September 2019. Poverty there is primarily concentrated in rural areas, reaching 28.28 percent, while in urban areas it is only 5.13 percent.

Meanwhile, the lowest poverty rate is found on Kalimantan Island, the location of the new capital city, at 5.81 percent. Specifically, poverty in Kalimantan's urban areas is 4.18 percent and in rural areas 7.27 percent. In September 2019, Indonesia's poverty rate decreased to 9.22 percent.

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