Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Philippines

58.7% of people in Philippines lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1985.

Measure: Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1985 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Philippines, 2023 58.7% % of population
Change from 2021 −3.6percentage points 2021: 62.3%
World, 2023 47.1% Official aggregate

Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Philippines over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period PhilippinesWorld
2024 – 46.2%
2023 58.7% 47.1%
2022 – 48.3%
2021 62.3% 48.7%
2020 – 50.4%
2018 60.2% 50.4%
2017 – 51.5%
2016 – 52.4%
2015 65.8% 53.5%
2014 – 54.7%
2013 – 55.8%
2012 69.9% 57.5%
2011 – 58.8%
2010 – 60.2%
2009 71.0% 61.7%
2008 – 62.5%
2007 – 63.6%
2006 72.5% 65.0%
2005 – 66.2%
2004 – 67.4%
2003 73.0% 68.7%
2002 – 69.3%
2001 – 70.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 62.3% in 2021, a change of −3.6 percentage points.
  • Since 1994, when it was 84.7%, the figure has changed by −26.0 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 47.1%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.UMIC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1985 to 2023 for Philippines
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform