Extreme poverty rate in Philippines
5.3% of people in Philippines lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1985.
Philippines, 2023
5.3%
Change from 2021
−2.8percentage points
World, 2023
10.5%
Extreme poverty rate in Philippines over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Philippines | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 10.1% |
| 2023 | 5.3% | 10.5% |
| 2022 | – | 10.9% |
| 2021 | 8.1% | 11.3% |
| 2020 | – | 11.4% |
| 2018 | 8.3% | 11.1% |
| 2017 | – | 11.8% |
| 2016 | – | 12.6% |
| 2015 | 14.6% | 13.4% |
| 2014 | – | 14.5% |
| 2013 | – | 15.5% |
| 2012 | 21.3% | 17.8% |
| 2011 | – | 19.1% |
| 2010 | – | 21.0% |
| 2009 | 22.0% | 23.1% |
| 2008 | – | 24.1% |
| 2007 | – | 25.3% |
| 2006 | 26.1% | 27.0% |
| 2005 | – | 28.3% |
| 2004 | – | 30.3% |
| 2003 | 24.3% | 32.2% |
| 2002 | – | 33.7% |
| 2001 | – | 35.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 8.1% in 2021, a change of −2.8 percentage points.
- Since 1994, when it was 38.8%, the figure has changed by −33.5 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 10.5%.
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Poverty rate at national poverty lines
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Prevalence of undernourishment
3.4%
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Gini index
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Income share held by the richest 10%
31.6%
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Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP)
16.9%
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Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP)
58.7%
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