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Poverty Rate in Jakarta Decreases in 2022

Statistics Jakarta (BPS) has recorded that the number of poor people in Jakarta has decreased by 4.61 percent from 502,000 people in March 2022 to 494,030 people in September 2022.

the economy grew by 5.94 percent

Jakarta BPS Associate Expert Statistics, Dwi Paramita Dewi in Jakarta said the decline in the number of poor people in Jakarta was influenced by macroeconomic indicators such as increased economic growth and decreased unemployment.

"During this period, the economy grew by 5.94 percent and unemployment decreased by 63,000 people. Even the addition of new workers reached 138,000 people," he expressed, Monday (1/16).

Jakarta BPS: Jakarta's Poverty Rate Declines

During August 2022, he explained, the total workforce reached 4.88 million people. 3.08 million of them work in the formal sector and 1.80 million in the informal sector. It was driven by the higher education level of workers in Jakarta.

"The open unemployment rate in this period was 7.18 percent. Compared to August 2021, there has been a decrease of 0.82 percent," he added.

In September 2022, the inflation rate rose by 2.06 percent due to the government's policy of increasing the price of fuel oil (BBM).

However, the disbursement of various types of social assistance and market operations (OP) from the central government and Jakarta Provincial Government has contributed to maintaining the level of consumption in society.

"This can ease the burden of consumption expenditure on poor groups," he explained.

Apart from a decrease in the number of poor people, the rate of inequality in Jakarta has also decreased. It indicated that the income gap between the lower class and the upper class was getting smaller.

"The inequality figure in September 2022 reached 0.412 or decreased by 0.011 points when compared to March 2022," he stated.

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