As a percentage of the total population, the number of poor Filipinos translates to a poverty incidence rate of 15.5%, down from 18.1% in 2021. The number of poor individuals is also equivalent to ...

Half of Filipino families rated themselves poor in a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey held from April 23 to 28, 2025.

In a survey conducted from April 23 to 28, the survey firm said that the percentage of families rating themselves as "mahirap ...

Filipinos rating their families as “not poor” reached a record high in April even as one in two respondents still considered ...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Monday said the Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey that showed a ...

People remain poor because economic trends don't help those who rely on farming or fishing for their income. Those two industries yielded the two highest per-sector poverty rates in 2015 ...

A new survey by Social Weather Stations (SWS) posted on Saturday revealed encouraging signs in poverty alleviation, as more ...

Preliminary results of the Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) showed that there were 17.54 million poor Filipinos in 2023, translating to a poverty ...

MANILA, Philippines — Poverty incidence in the Philippines rose to 18.1 percent in 2021, equivalent to 19.99 million poor Filipinos, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Monday.

Almost 20 million Filipinos were considered poor in 2021 as poverty incidence rose to 18.1 percent from 16.7 percent—P17.67 million—in 2018. Based on initial PSA data, poverty incidence fell ...

For many Filipinos, particularly the poor, the mansions brought back memories ... a feminist who is vice chairwoman of the National Anti- Poverty Commission, said the crisis may actually make ...

As a percentage of the total population, the number of poor Filipinos translates to a poverty incidence rate of 15.5%, down from 18.1% in 2021. The number of poor individuals is also equivalent to ...