Food Consumption Insufficiency Rate in South Tapanuli Residents Decreased by 7.68% in 2024

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Irfan Fadhlurrahman 31/07/2025 13:26 WIB
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Prevalence of Food Consumption Insufficiency in South Tapanuli Regency, North Sumatra (2017-2024)
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Based on data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), the prevalence of undernourishment (PoU) in South Tapanuli Regency, North Sumatra, reached 7.68% in 2024.

This figure decreased by 0.42% from the previous year's 8.1%, while in the last 5 years, it increased by 1.91%.

Indonesia's average PoU was 8.27% in 2024. This means that the PoU in South Tapanuli Regency 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 needed 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 7.68% of the total population in South Tapanuli Regency consume food but have insufficient energy intake.

Compared to 32 other regencies/cities in North Sumatra Province, South Tapanuli Regency's PoU ranks 26th. The region with the lowest PoU (top rank) is Samosir Regency (5.31%) and the highest (last rank) is Tebing Tinggi City (9.54%).

Below is the list of the 10 regencies/cities with the lowest PoU in North Sumatra Province in 2024.

  1. Samosir Regency: 5.31%
  2. Padang Lawas Regency: 5.53%
  3. Pakpak Bharat Regency: 6.13%
  4. Karo Regency: 6.13%
  5. North Padang Lawas Regency: 6.16%
  6. Humbang Hasundutan Regency: 6.18%
  7. Nias Regency: 6.24%
  8. Tanjung Balai City: 6.3%
  9. North Tapanuli Regency: 6.64%
  10. South Labuhan Batu Regency: 6.65%

(Read: South Kalimantan Population Reaches 4.23 Million People, 16% in Banjarmasin City in December 2023)

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