Indonesia says its poverty rate the lowest in two decades


The Central Statistics Agency noted the significant gap between big cities and rural areas, with villages still seeing a higher poverty rate. - Antara

JAKARTA:The number of Indonesians living under the poverty line has hit a record low for the past two decades, the country's statistics bureau said Friday (July 25).

According to the Central Statistics Agency, there were roughly 23.85 million Indonesians living in poverty as of March this year -- representing 8.47 per cent of the country's total population of 280 million.

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