BPS Suddenly Delays The Release Of Poverty Rate, What's Wrong?

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JAKARTA - The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) decided to postpone the release of poverty and the Gini Ratio which was previously scheduled for today, Tuesday, July 15, at 11.00 WIB.

Based on the notification received by VOI, the reason BPS postponed this release was because it was to ensure the quality of the data to be submitted.

"In order to ensure the accuracy and quality of the data, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) will delay the release of the poverty rate in some time which we will announce immediately," wrote BPS quoted on Tuesday, July 15.

BPS said this adjustment was made as a form of BPS' commitment to provide data and statistical information that was accurate and reliable for all data users.

Until this news was published, there had been no further notification regarding when the poverty rate would be released.

Previously as of March, the poverty rate continued its downward trend to 9.03 percent from 9.36 percent in March 2023.

In addition, the poor population in March 2024 decreased by 0.68 million people from March 2023 so that the number of poor people became 25.22 million people.

Meanwhile, the level of inequality in Indonesia's population expenditure (Rasio Gini) also decreased and was below the pre-pandemic level to 0.379 in March 2024 compared to 0.388 in March 2023. This level is the lowest in a decade.