The value of the poverty line and the extreme poverty line per equivalent person reached the values of $216.849 and $144.566, respectively. It implies a variation in the last twelve months of 17.3%.
The Social Observatory Division, of the Undersecretariat for Social Evaluation, presented a new monthly report on the Value of the Basic Basket and Poverty Lines, corresponding to November 2022.
In November of this year, the < strong>value of the basic food basket reached $63,587.
This figure represents a monthly variation of 3.6% and an accumulated variation of 27% in the last twelve months.
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The The main increases in food are the price per kilo of bananas, apples and lemons.
As for price drops, the price of soft drinks, frozen corn and mineral water stands out.
Poverty line
While , the value of the poverty line and the extreme poverty line per equivalent person reached the values of $216.849 and $144.566, respectively, which implies a monthly variation for both lines of 2.0% in the month of November and a variation in the last twelve months of 17.3%.
The update of the Basic Food Basket is carried out according to the price variation in the Consumer Price Index, CPI, of the 79 products that compose it and you consider the minimum amount of daily calories that a person should consume, setting a threshold requirement of 2,000 on average.
Minagri’s recommendations
The Government, through the Ministry of Agriculture (Minagri), said this week that continues to monitor prices given the sustained rise that food prices have suffered, in particular.
The Minister of Agriculture, Esteban Valenzuela, highlighted the better costs of white meats, vegetables such as beans green, lettuce and spinach, as well as red fruits such as cherries and strawberries.
“In difficult times we have achieved, as a result of the work of Peasant Family Agriculture and fruit producers, in their diversity across the country, deliver good news for to eat healthy, good and cheap this end of the year, ”he said.