Food Consumption Insufficiency Rate for Intan Jaya Population Dropped to 31.02% in 2025
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Statistics Indonesia (BPS) reported that the Prevalence of Undernourishment (PoU) in Intan Jaya Regency, Central Papua stood at 31.02% in 2025.
This figure decreased by 7.14 percentage points from the previous year's 38.16%, while it has risen by 3.16 percentage points over the last 5 years.
Indonesia's national average PoU was 7.89% in 2025. This means Intan Jaya Regency's PoU is higher than the national average.
According to the National Food Agency (Bapanas), PoU describes the condition where individuals regularly consume insufficient food to meet the energy required for normal, active and healthy living.
This indicator is used to assess food and nutrition insecurity status.
It means that less than 31.02% of Intan Jaya's total population consume food that does not meet their energy requirements.
Compared to 7 other regencies/cities in Central Papua Province, Intan Jaya ranks 4th. The lowest PoU was recorded in Nabire Regency (20.19%), while the highest was Deiyai Regency (48.28%).
Below is the list of PoU values for all regencies/cities in Central Papua Province in 2025, sorted from lowest to highest:
- Nabire Regency: 20.19%
- Mimika Regency: 20.85%
- Puncak Jaya Regency: 25.1%
- Intan Jaya Regency: 31.02%
- Paniai Regency: 39.89%
- Dogiyai Regency: 46.4%
- Puncak Regency: 48.22%
- Deiyai Regency: 48.28%
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