The percentage of poor people in Maluku in March 2022 fell to 15.97 percent.

Release Date	:	July 15, 2022
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Abstract

The percentage of poor people in March 2022 was 15.97 percent, decreased by 0.33 percentage points against September 2021 and decreased by 1.90 percentage points against March 2021.

The number of poor people in March 2022 was 290.57 thousand people, decreased by 4.40 thousand people from September 2021 and decreased by 31.24 thousand people from March 2021.

The percentage of the urban poor in September 2021 was 6.13 percent, down to 5.82 percent in March 2022. Meanwhile, the percentage of the rural poor in September 2021 was 24.34 percent, down to 23.50 percent in March 2022.

Compared to September 2021, the number of urban poor in March 2022 decreased by 3.90 thousand people (from 49.02 thousand people in September 2021 to 45.12 thousand people in March 2022). Meanwhile, in the same period the number of rural poor people decreased by 0.50 thousand people (from 245.94 thousand people in September 2021 to 245.45 thousand people in March 2022).

The Poverty Line in March 2022 was recorded at IDR 631,326/capita/month with the composition of the Food Poverty Line of IDR 468,335 (74.18 percent) and the Non-Food Poverty Line of IDR 162,991 (25.82 percent).

In March 2022, the average poor household in Maluku had 6.34 household members. Thus, the size of the Poverty Line per poor household on average is IDR 4,002,607/poor household/month.

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