How Far Has BPS Progressed in Revising Indonesia's Poverty Standard?

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Statistics Indonesia (BPS) has addressed the progress being made on revising the poverty standard. They stated that they are still conducting studies and making in-depth refinements to the methodology for calculating the poverty line."The refinement being studied is not just about raising the nominal poverty line, but is an evaluation of the overall method of measurement to be more relevant to the development of consumption patterns and the socio-economic conditions of the Indonesian society," BPS wrote in a written response sent to Tempo on Tuesday, September 8, 2026.According to BPS, the components being studied include all the determinants of the poverty line, both food and non-food needs.To address food needs, BPS is studying the base year, reference population, commodity basket, prices, consumption quantities, and energy sufficiency thresholds, among other things.