Poverty statistics provides important poverty information such as the food and poverty thresholds and the subsistence and poverty incidences. It also contains other useful povertyrelated statistics like income gap, poverty gap, and the severity of poverty. Read more about Poor Families in CAR 1st Semester 2021
Poverty Releases
Latest Poverty Releases
June 2021
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) released the multidimensional poverty statistics based on an initial methodology. It is called the multidimensional poverty index (MPI) and serves to complement the income-based measure of poverty. Read more about 2018 Poverty Incidences Among the Basic Sectors in the Cordilleras Source: Philippine Statistics Authority 23.6
January 2020
The poverty threshold of the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) in 2018 was estimated at PhP 24,874 per capita per annum. This translates to a minimum of PhP 10,364 monthly take home income for a family of five to meet both basic food and non-food needs and be considered not poor in 2018. Read more about 2018 Poverty Statistics of the Cordillera Administrative Region
June 2019
Poverty threshold refers to the minimum income required for a family or individual to meet the basic food and non-food needs (clothing, housing, transportation, health, and education expenses). If the income falls below the threshold, the individual or family is considered poor. The poverty threshold of the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) for the First Semester of 2018 was estimated at PhP12,352 per capita. This means that, an individual needed a minimum monthly average income of PhP2,059 to meet both basic food and non-food needs. This translates to a minimum of PhP10,293 monthly take home income for a family of five to be considered not poor. Read more about First Semester 2018 Poverty Statistics of the Cordillera
May 2016
The poverty threshold of the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) for the first semester of 2015 was estimated at PhP 11,017 per capita. Meaning, an individual needed a minimum monthly average income of PhP 1,836 to meet both basic food and non-food needs. This translates to a minimum of PhP9,181 minimum monthly take home income for a family of five to be considered not poor. Read more about First Semester 2015 Poverty Statistics of the Cordillera