• The percentage of poor people in March 2021 was 10.14 percent, decrease of 0.05 percentage points against September 2020 and an increase of 0.36 percentage points against March 2020.
• The number of poor people in March 2020 was 27.54 million people, decrease of 0.01 million people in September 2020 and an increase of 1.12 million people in March 2020.
• The percentage of urban poor people in September 2020 was 7.88 percent, increasing to 7.89 percent in March 2020. Meanwhile, the percentage of rural poor people in September 2020 was 13.20 percent, decreasing to 13.10 percent in March 2021.
• Compared to September 2020, the number of urban poor in March 2021 increased by 138.1 thousand people (from 12.04 million people in September 2020 to 12.18 million people in March 2021). Meanwhile, in the same period the number of rural poor people decreased by 145.0 thousand people (from 15.51 million people in September 2020 to 15.37 million people in March 2021).
• The Poverty Line in March 2021 was recorded at IDR 472,525, - / capita / month with a composition of the Food Poverty Line of IDR 349,474 (73.96 percent) and the Non-Food Poverty Line of IDR 123,051 (26,04 percent).
• In March 2020, on average, poor households in Indonesia had 4.83 household members. Thus, the average poverty line per poor household is IDR 2,121,637 / poor household / month.
