Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS): Average Expenditure in North Maluku Falls -0.07% (December 2022 Data)

The average per capita monthly expenditure for food and non-food items in North Maluku province was Rp. 1.13 million in 2022. This figure decreased by Rp. 755,02 compared to the previous year's figure of Rp. 1.13 million.

The average expenditure in North Maluku in December recorded the same growth point as the lowest point ever recorded in December 2022. This year, the average expenditure in North Maluku slowed by 0.07 percent.

Looking back, the average decline in average expenditure over the past three years was 2.93 percent. This figure is lower than the average for the previous three years (2016-2019), which stood at 8.52 percent.

As stated in the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) report, the highest average expenditure growth in nine years in this province was 15.52 percent and the lowest was 0.07 percent, with a downward trend in average expenditure. This year's average expenditure growth was lower than before the Covid-19 pandemic.

Based on the island, the average expenditure of North Maluku province ranks fourth out of a total of four provinces in Maluku and Papua. This year, growth in this province was lower than the national average.

The following is a list of average expenditures in Maluku and Papua:

• 1. Papua: Rp. 1.45 million
• 2. West Papua: Rp. 1.45 million
• 3. Maluku: Rp. 1.17 million
• 4. North Maluku: Rp. 1.13 million