Although Jakarta's Poor Population Has Rised In The Last 6 Months, Pramono Says The Numbers Are Better At The National Level

DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung

JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung responded to the latest release by the DKI Jakarta Central Statistics Agency (BPS) regarding the poverty profile in Jakarta as of March 2025.

Where in March 2025, the number of poor people in Jakarta reached 464.87 thousand people, an increase of 15.8 thousand people compared to September 2024 which reached 449.07 thousand people. Despite the increase in the number of poor people, Pramono assessed that this condition was better than the national scale.

"Jakarta's growth is also better than our national one, including for poverty and so on," Pramono told reporters at the Istiqlal Mosque, Central Jakarta, Saturday, July 26.

In the BPS release, the percentage of the national scale of poor population as of March 2025 was 8.47 percent. Meanwhile, in the same period, the poor population of the total population of Jakarta was 4.2 percent.

Moreover, when compared to the poverty profile of Jakarta's population a year ago, the number of poor people decreased.

"But year on year is 4.3 (percent as of March 2024), so there has actually been a decline," continued the former Cabinet Secretary (Seskab) of the era of the 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo (Jokowi).

Previously reported, the DKI Jakarta Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded that the number of poor people in Jakarta in March 2025 was 464.87 thousand people, an increase of 15.8 thousand people compared to September 2024 which reached 449.07 thousand people.

"The number of poor people is 464.87 thousand people, an increase of 15.8 thousand people for the position in March 2025 against September 2024 which was 449.07 thousand people," said Head of BPS DKI Jakarta Nurul Hasanudin, Friday, July 25.

The poverty rate in Jakarta in March 2025 was 4.28 percent, an increase of 0.14 percent compared to September 2024 which was 4.14 percent.

Based on DKI BPS records, when compared to March 2024, the poverty rate in March 2025 fell 0.02 percent, from 4.3 percent to 4.28 percent. This condition then places Jakarta at the third lowest nationally after Bali and South Kalimantan.

Meanwhile, the national poverty rate was recorded at 8.47 percent with 23.85 million poor people. For urban poverty, of the 39 provinces in Indonesia, 21 provinces experienced an increase in the poverty rate. and an increase (in poverty) in Jakarta of 0.14 percent.