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2009 Philippine Poverty Statistics
Leland Joseph R. Dela CruzDirector
Development Studies ProgramSchool of Social Sciences
Ateneo de Manila [email protected]
February 9, 2011
Notes The Philippine Government
released the 2009 Poverty Statistics on February 8, 2011.
These slides contain hyperlinks to the source data.
When is a person considered poor? NSCB
“Based on Republic Act 8425, otherwise known as the Social Reform and Poverty Alleviation Act, dated 11 December 1997, the poor refers to individuals and families whose income fall below the poverty threshold as defined by the government and/or those that cannot afford in a sustained manner to provide their basic needs of food, health, education, housing and other amenities of life.” The poverty threshold “refers to the minimum income/expenditure required for a family/individual to meet the basic food and non-food requirements”.
How does the government compute for the poverty line? 1. The government constructs a menu per
region that satisfies basic nutritional requirements. The government computes for the cost of that menu. (ex. P38)
2. The government computes for the proportion of total basic expenditures that is budgeted for food using survey data. (ex. 69%)
3. The figure obtained in #1 is divided by the figure obtained in #2. (ex. P38 / 69% = P55) NSCB
What is the Philippine poverty line (2009)?
P230.70Family/ day*
P7,017.09Family/ month*
P84,205.00Family/ year*
P46.14Individual/ day*
P1,403.42Individual/ month*
P16,841.00Individual/ year NSCB
*Unofficial, self-computed
What is the NCR poverty line (2009)?
P271.27Family/ day*
P8,250.84Family/ month*
P99,010.00Family/ year*
P54.26Individual/ day*
P1,650.17Individual/ month*
P19,802.00Individual/ year NSCB
*Unofficial, self-computed
Regional poverty lines NSCB
Region Threshold Region Threshold
NCR P19,802 VIII P15,910
I P17,768 IX P15,160
II P15,306 X P16,568
III P18,981 XI P17,040
IV-A P17,771 XII P15,762
IV-B P15,769 CAR P16,122
V P17,146 ARMM P16,344
VI P16,036 CARAGA P16,858
VII P17,848
Poverty incidence NSCB
26.5% or 23.1 million Filipinos are poor. 26.5% of Filipinos earn less than
P16,841 a year, P1,403.42 a month and P46.14 a day.
20.9% or 3.8 million Filipino families are poor. 20.9% of families earn less than P84,205
a year, P7,017.09 a month and P230.70 a day.
Regional poverty incidence (Individual) NSCB
RegionPoverty
IncidenceRegion
Poverty Incidence
NCR 4.0% VIII 41.4%
I 23.3% IX 43.1%
II 18.8% X 39.6%
III 15.3% XI 31.3%
IV-A 13.9% XII 35.7%
IV-B 35.0% CAR 22.9%
V 45.1% ARMM 42.8%
VI 31.2% CARAGA 47.8%
VII 35.5%
Regional poverty (Individuals) NSCB
Region N* % of total Region N* % of total
NCR 0.4 M 1.9% VIII 1.7 M 7.5%
I 1.0 M 4.7% IX 1.3 M 5.9%
II 0.5 M 2.4% X 1.5 M 6.9%
III 1.4 M 6.3% XI 1.2 M 5.5%
IV-A 1.5M 6.8% XII 1.3 M 5.8%
IV-B 0.9 M 4.2% CAR 0.3 M 1.5%
V 2.4 M 10.5% ARMM 1.1 M 4.9%
VI 2.1 M 9.1% CARAGA 1.3 M 6.0%
VII 2.3 M 10.2%
* Percentages are unofficial, self-computed
Poorest Provinces NSCB
Poverty Incidence
Zamboanga del Norte 46.0%
Agusan del Sur 43.5%
Surigao del Norte 43.1%
Eastern Samar 37.6%
Maguindanao 37.7%
Zamboanga Sibugay 35.4%
Romblon 36.3%
Masbate 36.6%
Davao Oriental 36.1%
Northern Samar 32.4%
Least Poor Provinces NSCB
Poverty Incidence
Batanes 0.0%
4th District, NCR 0.7%
2nd District, NCR 1.6%
1st District, NCR 2.0%
3rd District, NCR 2.5%
Benguet 2.8%
Cavite 3.1%
Bulacan 3.7%
Laguna 4.1%
Rizal 4.9%
Poverty trends NSCB
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Poverty Trends (Families)
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Poverty Trends (Individuals) NSCB
Average family income, expenditures and savings per decile NSO
Avg. Annual Income
Avg. Expenditures
Avg. Savings
Avg. Monthly Income
Phil 206,000 176,000 31,000 17,166
Poorest 10%
41,000 43,000 -3,000 3,416
2nd decile 64,000 66,000 -2,000 5,333
3rd decile 81,000 81,000 0 6,750
4th decile 100,000 97,000 3,000 8,333
5th decile 122,000 116,000 6,000 10,166
6th decile 150,000 139,000 11,000 12,500
7th decile 189,000 171,000 18,000 15,750
8th decile 244,000 216,000 28,000 20,333
9th decile 342,000 288,000 53,000 28,500
Richest 10%
728,000 535,000 193,000 60,666
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Self-Rated Poverty SWS
2009 Philippine Poverty Statistics
Leland Joseph R. Dela CruzDirector
Development Studies ProgramSchool of Social Sciences
Ateneo de Manila [email protected]
February 9, 2011
