Philippines Poverty Rate 2000-2021
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
- Philippines poverty rate for 2018 was 46.90%, a 7.7% decline from 2015.
- Philippines poverty rate for 2015 was 54.60%, a 5.3% decline from 2012.
- Philippines poverty rate for 2012 was 59.90%, a 1.2% decline from 2009.
- Philippines poverty rate for 2009 was 61.10%, a 2.3% decline from 2006.
| Philippines Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2018 |
46.90% |
-7.70% |
| 2015 |
54.60% |
-5.30% |
| 2012 |
59.90% |
-1.20% |
| 2009 |
61.10% |
-2.30% |
| 2006 |
63.40% |
0.50% |
| 2003 |
62.90% |
-1.10% |
| 2000 |
64.00% |
-1.10% |
