In the last one year period, September 2020-September 2021, South Sumatra's poverty rate fell by 0.19 percentage points from 12.98 percent to 12.79 percent. Meanwhile, the number of poor people decreased by 3.04 thousand people from 1,119.65 thousand people to 1,116.61 thousand people. Compared to March 2021, the poverty rate in September 2021 in South Sumatra also fell by 0.05 points from 12.84 percent to 12.79 percent.
The percentage of poor people in urban areas in September 2020 was 12.52 percent, decreased to 12.36 percent in March 2021 and decreased to 11.99 percent in September 2021. Meanwhile, the percentage of poor people in rural areas decreased from 13.25 percent in September 2020 to 13.12 percent in March 2021 and rose to 13.28 percent in September 2021.
The role of food groups on the poverty line is much greater than the role of non-food groups (housing, clothing, education and health). The contribution of the Food Poverty Line (GKM) to the September 2021 Poverty Line (GK) was recorded at 74.16, down from the condition in March 2021 of 74.45 percent, and down compared to September 2020's condition of 74.49 percent.
Food commodities that have a major influence on the Poverty Line in urban areas are relatively the same as in rural areas, including rice, filtered kretek cigarettes, chicken eggs, purebred chicken meat, sugar, instant noodles, ground coffee & instant coffee (sachets), and bread. . Meanwhile, non-food commodities are housing, gasoline, electricity, education, and toiletries.
In the period September 2020 - September 2021, the Poverty Depth Index (P1) and the Poverty Severity Index (P2) both experienced an increase.
In the last year or in the period September 2020-September 2021, the Gini Ratio of Sumatra Selatan has increased from 0.338 in September 2020 to 0.340 in September 2021 or an increase of 0.002 points, but there has been a decrease for the period March 2021-September 2021 by 0.001 points.
Along with the increasing Gini Ratio in the last year or the period September 2020-September 2021, the distribution of expenditure in Sumatra Selatan according to the World Bank's measurements in the same period showed a slightly declining distribution as seen from the declining expenditure of the bottom 40 percent of the population, which was down by 0.32 percent points.
In September 2020, the expenditure of the bottom 40 percent of the population was 19.92 percent, then it fell to 19.60 percent in September 2021 or decreased by 0.32 percentage points.
In urban areas in the September 2020 period for the lowest 40 percent spending group, 18.50 percent then dropped to 18.25 percent in September 2021 or decreased by 0.25 percentage points.
Likewise in rural areas, in September 2020 it was 21.46 percent, it decreased to 20.85 percent in September 2021 or decreased by 0.61 percentage points.
