The number of poor Filipino families who experienced total hunger “rose sharply” from 26.4% in February to 35.6% in March this year, results of a non-commissioned survey by the Stratbase-Social ...
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Plugging the poverty gap

About one in 10 (10.9 percent, or 3 million) Filipino families were poor in 2023. A family is classified as poor when it earns less than a defined threshold income (“poverty line”) set by the ...
MANILA, Philippines — Fewer Filipino families identified themselves as poor by the end of 2025, but a growing number of households also said they were unsure about their economic standing. According ...
MANILA, Philippines — Many Filipino families consider themselves poor, according to a survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS). The SWS said the survey of 1,200 adult respondents ...
Many families in the country consider themselves poor, according to the most recent survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) last November 2025. Data from the survey showed that a total ...