Indonesia's 2021 Zakat Collection Reaches Rp14 Trillion, Although its Potential is Rp327 Trillion

Dream - As the country with the largest Muslim population in the world, Indonesia has great potential in managing zakat. The potential zakat in Indonesia in 2021 reached Rp327.6 trillion.

"However, only Rp14 trillion or about 4.28 percent has been collected," said Deputy Secretary for Social Welfare Improvement Coordination, Ministry of Human Development and Culture Coordinator, Ade Rustama, at the CEO OPZ Forum 2022 event at Hotel Millenium, Jakarta, on Wednesday, November 2, 2022.

Nevertheless, Ade stated that zakat can be an ideal solution to overcome poverty in Indonesia. He revealed that poverty is currently a concern for the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture to accelerate the eradication of extreme poverty.

This acceleration of poverty eradication is in line with Presidential Instruction (Inpres) Number 4 of 2022 regarding the Acceleration of Extreme Poverty Eradication.

"This zakat potential is one of the ideal solutions in overcoming poverty," said Ade.

Ade reported that the number of Indonesians classified as extremely poor is around 5 million people, or about four percent of the population of the poor.

"The number is not significant when viewed in isolation. Currently, there are still approximately four percent of the total population of the poor or about 5 million," explained Ade.

"This is one of our concerns, hopefully by 2024, we can address this extreme poverty," he added.

It should be noted that extreme poverty is a condition where people's income is below the extreme poverty line, which is equivalent to US$1.9 at Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) 2011.