Kupang – The number of underprivileged people in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) as of September 2015 stood at 1,160,530, a rise of 22.58 percent compared to the corresponding period in 2014.

"The BPS [Central Statistics Agency] recorded the poverty rate at 22.58 percent, or 1,160,530 people, most of them found in rural areas," NTT BPS social and statistics affairs head Martin Suanta said in Kupang on Tuesday.

Martin said that between March and September last year, the poverty rate dropped 0.03 percent from 22.61 percent.

He added that during the March to September period, the poverty line increased 3.14 percent, or Rp 297,846 (US$21) per capita monthly to Rp 307,224.

Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/01/06/islands-focus-ntt-poverty-rate-rises-2258-percent.html