The Thousand Islands had the highest poverty rate in Jakarta Province in 2020.

The pandemic that hit Indonesia in early March 2020 resulted in an economic crisis in several regions, including Jakarta, which significantly contributes to Indonesia's economy. This crisis increased the poverty rate in Jakarta from 3.47% in 2019 to 4.53% in 2020.

Jakarta's Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) stated that the disparity in poverty levels across regions is quite high in Jakarta, particularly in the Thousand Islands and North Jakarta.

Poverty in the Thousand Islands reached 14.87% in 2020. This figure increased by 2.78 percentage points from 12.09% in 2019. Meanwhile, the poverty rate in North Jakarta was 6.78%, an increase of 1.74 percentage points from 5.04% in 2019.

Central Jakarta recorded a poverty rate of 4.51% in 2020, up 0.83 percentage points from 3.68% in 2019. West Jakarta had a poverty rate of 4.25% in 2020, a 1 percentage point increase from 3.25% in 2019.

East Jakarta saw a 1.04 percentage point increase in its poverty rate, from 3.12% in 2019 to 4.15% in 2020. Meanwhile, South Jakarta had the lowest poverty rate at 3.43% in 2020, up 0.7 percentage points from 2.73% in 2019.