Self-rated poverty in the country dropped to 37 percent in the last quarter of 2025 from 54 percent in the third quarter, ...
The proportion of Filipino families who consider themselves poor dramatically decreased to 37%, or an estimated 9.8 million ...
MANILA, Philippines — Millions of Filipino families remain at risk of poverty even as the Philippines moves closer to upper-middle-income country (UMIC) status, showing that national economic gains ...
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Why poverty persists, no matter who wins

Poverty in the Philippines is neither a mystery, nor an accident. And certainly, it is not what the poor want for themselves ...