In 2023, a family of five in the Philippines had a poverty threshold of a little 13,873 Philippine pesos per month. That was higher than the monthly poverty threshold in 2018, which amounted to around about 12,000 Philippine pesos.

Based on Republic Act 8425, otherwise known as 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. It may be estimated in terms of percentages (poverty incidence) and total number of poor families (magnitude of poor families). Also, this dataset has been generated by combining Philippine Standard Geographic Codes (PSGC) and poverty estimates from Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

For more details, please refer to the following documents:

https://psa.gov.ph/poverty-press-releases/references https://psa.gov.ph/poverty-press-releases/technotes https://psa.gov.ph/poverty-press-releases/glossary https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/Technical%20Notes%20on%202015%20SAE.pdf

Poverty Incidence is the proportion of individuals with per capita income less than the poverty thresholds. Data on poverty is compiled by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) which is made available every three (3) years. The main source of data used in coming out of the poverty estimates are the triennial Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES), quarterly Labour Force Survey (LFS) and Consumer Price Index (CPI), and the Annual Poverty Indicator Survey (APIS).

This includes all measure of poverty among family and population at the regional level for the years 1991, 2006, 2009, 2012, and 2015. These are Poverty Incidence and Magnitude, Poverty and Food Thresholds, Poverty Gap, Income Gap, and Extent of Poverty. These data were derived from the result of Family Income and Expenditure Surveys and Labor Force Surveys.Map Displays at Scale: 1:12,000,000 to 1:147,000,000. Download detailed metadata about Philippine SDG 1.