Coordinating Minister For Human Development And Culture Says Indonesia's Poverty Rate Drops 0.8 Percent In 10 Years

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

Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (PMK) Muhadjir Effendy revealed that the extreme poverty rate in Indonesia has dropped drastically from four percent to 0.8 percent in the past decade.

"The last extreme poverty per year in 2023 has decreased. Previously, four percent, in the last 10 years it has decreased, the last 0.8 percent," said Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy at the Presidential Palace complex in Jakarta, Tuesday, September 17, which was confiscated by Antara.

However, the exact figure from the reduction in extreme poverty, he said, is still waiting for further survey results in September 2024, which has the potential to show further decline.

"This is also still waiting for the survey results as of September. It could be lower than 0.8 percent," said Coordinating Minister Muhadjir Effendy.

On that occasion, the Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture revealed that there was a decrease in the number of middle class with a shift from the middle class to the middle class or middle class candidates.

"The middle class is reduced, according to the Central Statistics Agency, and it is estimated that it is strongly suspected that it will not advance to class, but will go down to the middle class or middle class candidates," said the Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture.

Although this decline reflects the challenges in economic recovery, the Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture emphasized that poverty management has shown positive results, with the total poverty rate dropping from 9.8 percent to 9.03 percent.

He added that the government's strategy in overcoming extreme poverty proved effective, although challenges still exist to return the middle class to its original level.

"So it means that our strategy to deal with poverty and extreme poverty is quite good, because it can withstand the decline in the middle class," he said.

Coordinating Minister Muhadjir Effendy is optimistic that with the right policies and interventions, Indonesia can achieve further progress.