Percentage of Poor Population March 2022 down 0.07 points to 8.42 percent

• Sumatera Utara's poverty rate has decreased by 0.07 points, from 8.49 percent in September 2021 to 8.42 percent in March 2022. This poverty rate is equivalent to 1.27 million people in March 2022, or a decrease of around 4.88 thousand soul in the last semester.
• The percentage of poor people in March 2022 in urban areas was 8.76 percent, and 7.98 percent in rural areas. Urban areas increased by 0.08 points, while rural areas decreased by 0.28 points compared to September 2021.
• The Poverty Line in March 2022 was recorded at Rp. 561.004,-/capita/month with the composition of the Food Poverty Line of Rp. 423,760, - (75.54 percent) and the Non-Food Poverty Line of Rp. 137,244, - or about 24.46 percent.
• In the period September 2021 – March 2022, both the Poverty Depth Index (P1) and the Poverty Severity Index (P2) showed a decline. P1 fell from 1.450 in September 2021 to 1.365 in March 2022, and P2 fell from 0.382 to 0.343. The decrease in P1 indicates a tendency to increase the average expenditure of the poor who are getting closer to the poverty line, or in other words, the gap between the expenditures of the poor and the poverty line is decreasing. Furthermore, P2 which provides an overview of the distribution of expenditure among the poor, the decline in this index indicates a decrease in the disparity of expenditure among the poor, or in other words, the distribution of expenditure is getting better or more evenly.