Philippines Poverty Rate 2000-2024
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 2021 was 55.30%, a 1.8% increase from 2018.
- Philippines poverty rate for 2018 was 53.50%, a 6.6% decline from 2015.
- Philippines poverty rate for 2015 was 60.10%, a 4.8% decline from 2012.
- Philippines poverty rate for 2012 was 64.90%, a 1.2% decline from 2009.
| Philippines Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2021 |
55.30% |
1.80% |
| 2018 |
53.50% |
-6.60% |
| 2015 |
60.10% |
-4.80% |
| 2012 |
64.90% |
-1.20% |
| 2009 |
66.10% |
-1.80% |
| 2006 |
67.90% |
-0.20% |
| 2003 |
68.10% |
-0.70% |
| 2000 |
68.80% |
-0.70% |
