Minister José Arista indicated that with the results of the economy last year, poverty would have fallen to two percentage points.
The head of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), José Arista projected that monetary poverty should decrease up to 2 percentage points with the recovery of the economy In 2024.
“We have some projections. We think that poverty It should decrease around 1.5% to 2%. That is, the photograph of what we are going to have in 2025 of what happened in 2024, “he said in RPP.
He said that they are the estimates of the portfolio he presides and that possibly the National Statistics and Informatics Institute (INEI) be doing your calculations to get the real figure.
How many poor are there in Peru?
As recalled, in 2023, the poverty rate increased to 29.0% (9 million 780,000 Peruvians) and accumulated two years of continuing increases, located at levels very close to those achieved during the 2020 pandemic (30.1%).
This increase in poor was recorded by the recessionadverse climatic clashes and high inflationary pressures in the basic food basket, which harmed homes of lower resources in the urban areas of the country.
Source: Larepublica
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