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The percentage of poor population in March 2020 rose to 9.78 percent

Release Date : July 15, 2020
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Abstract

  • The percentage of poor people in March 2020 was 9.78 percent, an increase of 0.56 percentage points against September 2019 and an increase of 0.37 percentage points compared to March 2019.
  • The number of poor people in March 2020 was 26.42 million people, an increase of 1.63 million people as of September 2019 and an increase of 1.28 million people as of March 2019.
  • The percentage of poor people in urban areas in September 2019 was 6.56 percent, rising to 7.38 percent in March 2020. While the percentage of poor people in rural areas in September 2019 was 12.60 percent, rising to 12.82 percent in March 2020.
  • Compared to September 2019, the number of poor people in March 2020 in urban areas rose by 1.3 million people (from 9.86 million people in September 2019 to 11.16 million people in March 2020). Meanwhile, rural areas rose by 333.9 thousand people (from 14.93 million people in September 2019 to 15.26 million people in March 2020).
  • The poverty line in March 2020 was recorded at Rp454,652 / capita / month with the composition of the Food Poverty Line of Rp335,793 (73.86 percent) and the Non-Food Poverty Line of Rp118,859 (26, 14 percent).
  • In March 2020, on average poor households in Indonesia had 4.66 household members. Therefore, the average poverty line per poor household is Rp. 2,118,678 / poor / month.
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