The number of impoverished residents in DKI Jakarta in September 2016 was 385,840 individuals, or approximately 3.75 percent of the total population. Percentage-wise, the poverty rate in the capital city was the lowest compared to other provinces on Java and lower than the national poverty rate of 10.7 percent. The highest poverty rate was recorded in Central Java, at 13.9 percent of the total population.
Based on the number of individuals, the impoverished population in Jakarta in September 2016 actually increased by 0.4 percent compared to March 2016, which numbered 384,300 individuals, and also increased by 4.6 percent compared to September 2015, which numbered 368,670 individuals. Meanwhile, the national poverty rate in September 2016 decreased by 0.86 percent to 27.76 million from March 2016. Compared to September 2015, the number of impoverished Indonesians decreased by 2.63 percent.
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