Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Philippines
16.9% of people in Philippines lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1985.
Philippines, 2023
16.9%
Change from 2021
−4.4percentage points
World, 2023
19.3%
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 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 | – | 18.2% |
| 2023 | 16.9% | 19.3% |
| 2022 | – | 20.5% |
| 2021 | 21.3% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | – | 22.1% |
| 2018 | 21.8% | 22.3% |
| 2017 | – | 23.6% |
| 2016 | – | 24.9% |
| 2015 | 30.7% | 26.3% |
| 2014 | – | 27.9% |
| 2013 | – | 29.3% |
| 2012 | 38.1% | 32.0% |
| 2011 | – | 33.6% |
| 2010 | – | 35.8% |
| 2009 | 38.9% | 38.1% |
| 2008 | – | 39.3% |
| 2007 | – | 40.5% |
| 2006 | 42.8% | 42.2% |
| 2005 | – | 43.7% |
| 2004 | – | 45.4% |
| 2003 | 41.0% | 47.2% |
| 2002 | – | 48.6% |
| 2001 | – | 49.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 21.3% in 2021, a change of −4.4 percentage points.
- Since 1994, when it was 56.6%, the figure has changed by −39.7 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 19.3%.