Since the start of the pandemic, the number of poor residents in DKI Jakarta has decreased.
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The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reported that the number of poor people in Jakarta decreased to 498,290 in September 2021. This is a decrease of 3,630 people from 501,920 in March 2021.
This decrease in the number of poor people is the first since the beginning of the March 2020 pandemic. There were 480,860 poor people in Jakarta in March 2020. This number then increased to 496,840 in September 2020.
The pandemic's effect on the number of poor people in Jakarta can be seen in the surge between September 2019 and March 2020. The number of poor people in March 2020 jumped 32.7% from 362,300 in September 2019.
March 2020 also marked the first time the number of poor people in Jakarta exceeded 400,000 since 2014. Just a year later, the number surpassed 500,000 in March 2021.
The poverty rate in Jakarta was 4.67% in September 2021. This poverty rate is comparable to Bangka Belitung and places Jakarta below South Kalimantan, which has the lowest poverty rate (4.56%).
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