- According to data from the Central Bureau of Statistics in 2024, the number of Indonesia's poor population as of March 2024 is 25.22 million people. This number decreased by 0.68 million people year on year and decreased by 1.14 million people when compared to September 2022.
- If you look at the percentage of Indonesia's poor population, in September 2024 it will be 8.57 percent. This figure decreased by 0.46 percentage points compared to March 2024 and decreased by 0.79 percentage points compared to March 2023.
- The function of zakat as an instrument of poverty alleviation has actually become a mandate in Article 3 of Law No. 23 of 2011. In accordance with Article 3b of the Law, it is stated that the management of zakat is aimed at realizing community welfare and poverty alleviation.
- The measurement of zakat and poverty alleviation is carried out in the Zakat Impact Assessment survey which is carried out annually to all BAZNAS and LAZ in Indonesia using the Poverty Indicator instrument which is based on five standards, namely the extreme poverty line, the poverty line, UMP, the limit kifayah, and the zakat nisab.
- Based on these five standards, by 2024 zakat managers nationally will have alleviated poverty as many as 1,350,227 people with 721,748 of them coming from extreme poverty zones. This figure contributes 5.61% to national poverty alleviation (September 2024) of 24.06 million people. Compared to 2023, this year's zakat-based poverty alleviation increased by 133% with the 2023 poverty alleviation rate being 577,138 people.
- Interestingly, it was found based on the results of the calculation that the majority of mustahik families with male heads of families were successfully relieved from poverty, which was 50.6%. Meanwhile, mustahik families with female heads of families have been relieved from poverty by 44%.
- The National Zakat Utilization Program can increase the independence of mustahik families and create business sustainability of musttahik families, seen by the increase in the number of mustahik families who have savings and the number of mustahik families who have businesses.
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National Zakat And Poverty Alleviation Report 2024 |
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