In 2023, Benguet province's annual poverty threshold was recorded at PhP31,205, reflecting a 13.8% increase from PhP27,432 in 2021. This indicates that a family of five required at least PhP13,002 per month to meet their basic food and non-food…
The poverty threshold of the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) in 2023 was estimated at PhP13,239 monthly for a family of 5, or PhP435 per day. This was a PhP2,861 or a 27.6% increase compared to the poverty threshold in 2018, and a PhP1,446 or…
In 2023, Baguio City's annual poverty threshold was estimated at PhP31,654, reflecting a growth rate of 12.6 percent compared to PhP28,108 in 2021. This suggests that a family of five needed at least PhP13,189 per month to cover their basic food and…
In the first semester of 2023, the poverty incidence among families in Ifugao was estimated at 10.1 percent, equivalent to 4,880 poor families in the province. These are Filipino families in Ifugao with incomes insufficient to meet their minimum…
In the first semester 2023, a family of five living in the different barangays in Kalinga needed around PhP 14,540 monthly to meet their basic food and non-food needs. This amount is the poverty threshold. This represent an increase of 12.5 percent…
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) releases the country’s official poverty statistics for the basic sectors. PSA provides the estimates of poverty incidence for 10 of the 14 basic sectors identified in Republic Act 8425 or the Social Reform…
The Philippine Statistics Authority-Cordillera Administrative Region (PSA-CAR) presented the 2021 Full Year Poverty Statistics of CAR during the Inter-Province and Highly Urbanized City (HUC) Orientation and Local Data Generation Workshop on the…
The results of the Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) in conducted 2021 are the main source of data for the estimation of the 2021 Full Year Official Poverty Statistics of the Philippines.