FIRST SEMESTER 2021

POVERTY STATISTICS Control No. 21-SSSS-60

Republic Act 8425 of 1997 ( Social Reform & Poverty Alleviation Act)
defines Poor as "Individuals and families whose income fall below the poverty threshold as defined by the NEDA
and/or cannot afford in a sustained manner to provide their minimum basic needs of food, health, education, housing
and other essential amenities of life." (Section 3 of the RA 8425)

POVERTY THRESHOLD FOOD THRESHOLD

is the minimum income required for a is the minimum income required for a
family or individual to meet the basic food family or individual to meet the basic
food needs, which satisfy the nutritional
and non-food needs, also known as the
requirements for economically
POVERTY LINE. 2021 First Semester necessary and socially desirable physical
Poverty Incidence activities.
Cluster
AMONG POPULATION
1 (Poorest)
AMONG POPULATION
A Filipino needed atleast In the first semester of 2021,
PhP 2,416
2
a Filipino needed at least
3
on average, per month
4 PhP 1,679
to meet his/her basic food on average per month
and non-food needs in 5 (Least Poor)
to meet their basic food needs.
the first semester of 2021.
AMONG FAMILIES
AMONG FAMILIES
A Filipino family with five
In the first semester of 2021, members needed around
a Filipino family with
five members needed around
PhP 8,393
PhP 12,082 on average per month
on average, per month to meet their basic food needs
to meet their basic food in the first half of 2021.
and non-food needs.
SUBSISTENCE INCIDENCE
POVERTY INCIDENCE
is the proportion of families or
is the proportion of families or individuals with per capita income
individuals with per capita income less less than the per capita Food
than the per capita Poverty Threshold Threshold to the total number of
to the total number of families or families or individuals.
individuals.

AMONG POPULATION AMONG POPULATION

23.7 % of Filipinos 9.9% of Filipinos

were poor in the were not able to meet
first semester of 2021, their basic food needs
which translates to in the first semester of 2021
which translates to
26.14 million
poor Filipinos. 10.94 million
food poor Filipinos.
AMONG FAMILIES AMONG FAMILIES
18.0% 7.1 %
of Filipino families were of Filipino families
poor in the first semester of 2021,
did not have sufficient income to meet
which translates to their basic food needs in the first
4.74 million
The Poverty Statistics was
semester of 2021 which translates to
computed using:
poor Filipino families. Income from FIES and
Price data from PSA;
1.87million food poor Filipino families.
28.9
and Food bundle designed by FNRI. Subsistence Incidence
26.3 Poverty Incidence
24.4 among Families (%)
among Families (%)
20.4 Notes: 2018 First Semester 12.8
Back estimation of the 2018 first semester poverty statistics was made
12.6 11.5
2018 First Semester due to the adoption of the 2015 Census of Population (POPCEN 2015) 2021 First Semester 10.6
9.6 results for the weights used in the Family Income and Expenditure 7.6
2021 First Semester Survey (FIES) and the urban-rural classification of barangays. 3.0 4.2

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