Extreme poverty is a condition where people are unable to meet their basic needs, namely food, clean water, adequate sanitation, health, shelter, education, and access to income and social services.
Based on the World Bank's 2017 purchasing power parity (PPP) standard, a person is classified as extremely poor if their daily expenditure is less than $2.15 PPP, or below Rp11,605 per capita per day.
According to World Bank data, in 1984 there were approximately 120.6 million extremely poor people in Indonesia, equivalent to 74.3% of the total population at that time.
This number gradually decreased to 5.04 million people or 1.82% of the total population in 2023.
The government of President Joko Widodo aims to achieve 0% extreme poverty by 2024.
Note: The data in this article has been updated on December 31, 2024, in accordance with updates from the World Bank.