Prevalence of Food Consumption Inadequacy in Mataram City Reaches 3.42% in 2025
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Referring to data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), the prevalence of undernourishment (Prevalence of Undernourishment/PoU) in Mataram City, West Nusa Tenggara reached 3.42% in 2025.
This figure increased by 2.02% from the previous year's 1.4%, and by 2.21% in the last 5 years.
The average PoU in Indonesia was 7.89% in 2025. This means that Mataram City's PoU is lower than the national average.
According to the National Food Agency (Bapanas), PoU is 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 3.42% of Mataram City's population consumes food but with insufficient energy intake.
Compared to 9 other regencies/cities in West Nusa Tenggara Province, Mataram City's PoU is in the last position. The region with the lowest PoU (top rank) is West Sumbawa Regency (2.22%).
Below is the list of the lowest PoU across all regencies/cities in West Nusa Tenggara Province in 2025.
- West Sumbawa Regency: 2.22%
- Dompu Regency: 2.25%
- Bima City: 2.25%
- Central Lombok Regency: 2.28%
- Bima Regency: 2.28%
- East Lombok Regency: 2.29%
- North Lombok Regency: 2.43%
- West Lombok Regency: 2.79%
- Sumbawa Regency: 2.99%
- Mataram City: 3.42%
(Read: Indonesia's Poverty Rate Highest Among Upper-Middle-Income ASEAN Countries)
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