COVID-19 Mereda, Poor People In South Solok Go Down To 11,810 People

Illustration of the population below the poverty line in Kerang Ijo Village, Muara Angke, Jakarta, Tuesday, Jnauari 22, 2019. (Between-Aprillio Akbar)

SUMBAR - The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) noted that the number of poor people in South Solok in 2022 will be reduced to 11,810 people compared to 2021 which reached 13,410 people.

"Poverty in South Solok in 2021 is 7.52 percent of the total population while in 2022 it will decrease to 6.51 percent with an average per capita expenditure of IDR 470,090 per month," said South Solok BPS Head Abdul Razi, in Padang Aro, West Sumatra (West Sumatra), Wednesday, February 1, confiscated by Antara.

Meanwhile, the depth or depth of the population is far from the poverty line in 2021 with an index of 1.28 and down to 1.12 in 2022.

The poverty depth index or the Poverty Gap Index-P1 is the average measure of the expenditure gap for each poor population to the poverty line if the index value is higher, the further the average population expenditure from the poverty line.

Meanwhile, the severity of poverty inequality in 2021 is 0.31 and becomes 0.25 in 2022.

The poverty severity index provides an overview of the spread of expenditure among the poor if the index value is higher, the higher the expenditure inequality among the poor

He said extreme poverty in South Solok also fell from 3,200 people or 1.8 percent of the total population in 2021 to 2,770 people or 1.53 percent.

The category of the people of South Solok who are entering extreme poverty, he said, if the per capita expenditure per month is IDR 383 thousand.

"The government targets that by 2024 extreme poverty will be 0 percent and that requires cooperation from all parties," he said.

The development of the percentage of poor people in South Solok is 6.51 percent still above West Sumatra Province with 5.92 percent.

He added that the main cause of poverty reduction in South Solok is the decline in COVID-19 cases so that people can carry out their activities as usual.

To measure poverty, BPS uses the concept of ability to meet basic needs and approaches.

With this approach, poverty is seen as an economic inability to meet basic food and non-food needs as measured in terms of expenditure.