THE SHARE of Filipinos living in poverty fell to a single-digit rate for the first time in 2025, as the number of poor Filipinos declined by 6.46 million from two years earlier, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Friday.
Preliminary poverty estimates based on the 2025 Family Income and Expenditure Survey showed that poverty incidence among the population dropped to 9.7% from 15.5% in 2023.
This translated to about 11.08 million poor Filipinos, significantly lower than the 17.54 million recorded in 2023.
“For the first time, fewer than one in ten Filipinos is living below the poverty line,” Department of Economy, Planning, and Development (DEPDev) Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan said in a statement.
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