This Thursday, the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) published the Results of Monetary Poverty in Peru for the year 2023. According to the detailed report, there are four regions of the country that are at a high level of poverty. It should be noted that this report caused controversy surrounding an alleged ban by President Dina Boluarte, who would have ordered not to disclose the data due to the increase in poverty and extreme poverty.
What are the departments with the greatest poverty in Peru?
This morning, it was published, through the website of the INEI, the results show that, in Peru, the poverty level reached an average of 9,780,000 Peruvians, that is equivalent to 29% of the total population. The regions with the highest poverty rates exceeding 40% are the following:
- Cajamarca: 44.5%
- Loreto: 43.5%
- Pasco: 41.7%
- Fist: 41.6%
According to the data of the INEI, extreme poverty increased to 5.7%, while non-extreme poverty rose to 23.3%. In other regions, the figures were the following:
- Huancavelica: 39.5%
- Ayacucho: 39.4%
- Freedom: 31.6%
On the other hand, the departments that did not present major increases in poverty figures during 2023 are the following:
- Ica: 6.9%
- Moquegua: 13.1%
- Arequipa: 13.9
- Mother of God: 16.6%
- Lambayeque: 17.9%
Basic services by region
Regarding basic services, the study presented by the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics specifies that, during 2023, four departments of Peru, that is, a 80% of the population does not have an integrated package of basic services. These services are water, sanitation, electricity, mobile telephony and internet.
- Fist: 83.5%
- Ucayali: 83.1%
- Loreto: 82.1%
- Huancavelica: 81.1%
While in Metropolitan Lima it appears 27.5%; in the Constitutional Province of Callao, 23.7%; Moquegua, 32.7 and in Ica, 39.7%.
Prime Minister Adrianzén: “These figures have been known for more than two weeks”
The Prime Minister, Gustavo Adrianzén, pointed out that the Executive power takes these figures issued by the INEI with absolute responsibility, along these lines, it described the year 2023 as surprising. “The year 2023 was a particularly strange year; first, the violent extremes paralyzed our country for months, then we had to adopt precautionary measures against the announcement of El Niño, then we had the Yaku, which affected us significantly, and others unique problems that affected the normal development of the country,” he commented.
On the other hand, he pointed out that the figures of the INEI They had already known each other for two weeks. “ANDThese figures have been known for more than two weeks, the Advisory Commission, made up of a series of highly prestigious personalities, already knew these results“, accurate.
However, in the official account of the National Institute of Statistics and Informaticsthis last Wednesday, May 8, it was detailed that, due to “force majeure”, the presentation of the Results of Monetary Poverty in Peru 2023 It was suspended until next week. However, the journalist Jaime Chincha He assured that sources close to him reported that President Dina Boluarte had censored the issuance of the report, along those lines, the journalist Rosa Maria Palacios He maintained that a source assured him the same.
Hours later and after pressure surrounding a possible violation of public information, the INEI issued another statement informing that this May 9 the results of the annual report would be disseminated, a fact that provoked different responses from thousands of Peruvians.
Source: Larepublica
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