Prevalence of Food Consumption Inadequacy in Pati Reaches 8.4% in 2024

Based on data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), the prevalence of food inadequacy (Prevalence of Undernourishment/PoU) in Pati Regency, Central Java, was 8.4% in 2024.

This figure increased by 0.62% from the previous year's 7.78%, while decreasing by 3.14% in the last 5 years.

Indonesia's average PoU was 8.27% in 2024. This means that the PoU in Pati Regency is higher 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 needed for a normal, active, and healthy life.

This indicator can be used as a tool to assess food insecurity and nutritional status.

This means that 8.4% of the population in Pati Regency consumes food but with insufficient energy.

Compared to 34 other regencies/cities in Central Java Province, Pati Regency's PoU ranks 18th. The region with the lowest PoU (top rank) is Salatiga City (4.04%) and the highest (last rank) is Wonosobo Regency (13.39%).

Here is a list of the 10 regencies/cities with the lowest PoU in Central Java Province in 2024.

1. Salatiga City: 4.04%
2. Semarang City: 4.15%
3. Tegal City: 5.02%
4. Pekalongan City: 5.05%
5. Kudus Regency: 5.41%
6. Pekalongan Regency: 5.54%
7. Surakarta City: 6.22%
8. Pemalang Regency: 6.31%
9. Batang Regency: 6.53%
10. Karanganyar Regency: 7.09%

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