Indonesia says number of poor rises by 2.76 mln due to pandemic

MACROECONOMICS - JAKARTA. The number of poor people in Indonesia rose by 2.76 million in the year to September 2020 to reach a total of 27.55 million, or 10.19% of the population, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the statistics bureau said on Monday.

The data defined a poor person as someone spending below 458,947 rupiah ($33.01) a month, it said.

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