Philippines Poverty Rate

Philippines poverty rate for 2023 was 58.70%, a 3.6% decline from 2021.
  • Philippines poverty rate for 2021 was 62.30%, a 2.1% increase from 2018.
  • Philippines poverty rate for 2018 was 60.20%, a 5.6% decline from 2015.
  • Philippines poverty rate for 2015 was 65.80%, a 4.1% decline from 2012.
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Philippines Poverty Rate | Historical Data | 1985 - 2023.