Food products are certainly the largest contributor, as much as 74.05 percent, to the hardship line. The federal government requires to manage price stability so that the poverty line does not rise quickly
Jakarta -.
The schedule of rice was still the biggest factor of poverty since September 2021, both in city and rural areas, according to the Central Stats Company (BPS).
69 percent to the poverty line, while in rural locations its portion was 23.
” Food products are certainly the largest factor, as much as 74.05 percent, to the hardship line. So, the government needs to manage price stability so that the poverty line does not rise quickly,” stated head of the Statistics Agency Margo Yuwono, at the September 2021 Hardship Profile interview here on Monday.
Other food commodities whose availability made the most significant contribution to the poverty line were filtered kretek cigarettes, broiler eggs, broiler chicken meat, immediate noodles, coffee powder and instant coffee, granulated sugar, and cakes.
Meanwhile, non-food products whose availability contributed the most to the hardship line were real estate, gas, electrical power, education, toiletries, laundry soap, in addition to skin, face, nail, and hair care items.
He said Indonesia’s hardship line in September 2021 was Rp486,168 per capita each month. People with a typical per capita costs per month below this figure can be classified as bad, he included.
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” The hardship line figure increased 5.39 percent compared to September 2020 and there is a difference of 2.89 percent compared to March 2021,” he said.
If determined per home, he stated the poverty line in 2021 was Rp2.
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This indicates that families in Indonesia with costs listed below Rp2.18 million per month are classified as poor families, he explained.
By area, the family poverty line in Jakarta is recorded at Rp3.42 million each month, and West Sulawesi at Rp1.89 million per month, he added.
