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Poverty Statistics 

Poverty Incidence and Magnitude of Poor Population
by Sector and Region, 2000 and 2003

Province
Women
2000
2003
Inc/Dec
Poor
Total Population
Poverty Incidence
Coeff of Variation
Magnitude
Total Population
Poverty Incidence
Coeff of Variation
Poverty Incidence
Poor
Philippines
12,227,315
37,906,245
32.3
1.6
11,602,634
40,028,115
29.0
1.3
(3.3)
(624,680)
                     
NCR
424,919
5,031,542
8.4
8.8
366,079
5,595,620
6.5
9.8
(1.9)
(58,840)
Region I
713,208
2,090,579
34.1
6.3
619,317
2,112,226
29.3
5.8
(4.8)
(93,891)
Region II
393,059
1,371,381
28.7
8.9
313,698
1,352,572
23.2
6.1
(5.5)
(79,362)
Region III
800,271
4,065,718
19.7
6.9
757,827
4,385,868
17.3
6.7
(2.4)
(42,444)
Region IVA
829,293
4,646,193
17.8
7.1
975,458
5,330,687
18.3
5.1
0.5
146,165
Region IVB
492,060
1,121,151
43.9
7.5
536,676
1,180,740
45.5
4.6
1.6
44,616
Region V
1,220,861
2,292,382
53.3
4.8
1,134,457
2,402,970
47.2
3.4
(6.0)
(86,404)
Region VI
1,321,094
3,078,915
42.9
4.5
1,130,404
3,018,647
37.4
4.1
(5.5)
(190,690)
Region VII
991,259
2,838,185
34.9
6.8
795,093
2,981,665
26.7
5.5
(8.3)
(196,167)
Region VIII
769,868
1,764,139
43.6
6.8
770,553
1,826,130
42.2
4.2
(1.4)
685
Region IX
596,629
1,356,542
44.0
8.4
699,207
1,426,378
49.0
4.4
5.0
102,578
Region X
777,213
1,726,680
45.0
5.5
764,214
1,802,892
42.4
5.0
(2.6)
(12,999)
Region XI
567,505
1,797,530
31.6
9.6
656,373
1,923,058
34.1
5.4
2.6
88,868
Region XII
765,776
1,646,153
46.5
6.4
646,018
1,679,601
38.5
5.3
(8.1)
(119,759)
CAR
259,347
667,780
38.8
6.2
221,530
701,625
31.6
6.2
(7.3)
(37,817)
ARMM
806,003
1,388,412
58.1
5.8
692,171
1,288,940
53.7
4.8
(4.4)
(113,833)
Caraga
498,947
1,022,963
48.8
6.3
523,561
1,018,496
51.4
3.8
2.6
24,614

 

Province
Youth
2000
2003
Inc/Dec
Poor
Total Population
Poverty Incidence
Coeff of Variation
Poor
Total Population
Poverty Incidence
Coeff of Variation
Poverty Incidence
Poor
Philippines
5,476,061
22,379,332
24.5
1.9
5,293,223
22,510,297
23.5
1.6
(1.0)
(182,838)
                     
NCR
173,219
3,227,343
5.4
10.8
143,192
3,461,133
4.1
11.6
(1.2)
(30,028)
Region I
319,370
1,204,000
26.5
8.6
272,672
1,148,238
23.7
6.8
(2.8)
(46,698)
Region II
195,300
803,440
24.3
10.3
145,757
733,227
19.9
7.2
(4.4)
(49,543)
Region III
404,556
2,430,106
16.6
8.1
329,099
2,512,163
13.1
7.5
(3.5)
(75,457)
Region IVA
340,103
2,770,608
12.3
8.2
425,617
3,083,853
13.8
6.4
1.5
85,515
Region IVB
222,088
631,974
35.1
9.7
246,798
627,452
39.3
5.9
4.2
24,710
Region V
497,124
1,235,478
40.2
6.2
458,465
1,189,033
38.6
4.2
(1.7)
(38,659)
Region VI
629,198
1,748,146
36.0
5.3
531,756
1,632,443
32.6
5.0
(3.4)
(97,442)
Region VII
409,397
1,633,809
25.1
8.3
344,931
1,638,335
21.1
6.4
(4.0)
(64,467)
Region VIII
275,126
938,528
29.3
7.8
307,759
887,456
34.7
5.3
5.4
32,633
Region IX
258,661
788,599
32.8
9.2
319,952
740,755
43.2
5.2
10.4
61,291
Region X
349,074
1,017,481
34.3
6.6
359,286
962,997
37.3
5.4
3.0
10,212
Region XI
273,137
1,098,375
24.9
10.7
306,997
1,119,996
27.4
6.8
2.5
33,860
Region XII
383,873
1,009,377
38.0
7.3
343,079
1,002,165
34.2
6.1
(3.8)
(40,794)
CAR
122,750
405,769
30.3
7.3
100,004
401,204
24.9
7.5
(5.3)
(22,746)
ARMM
408,419
868,107
47.0
6.6
413,340
835,668
49.5
5.8
2.4
4,920
Caraga
214,666
568,192
37.8
7.5
244,521
534,180
45.8
5.0
8.0
29,855

 

Province
Children
2000
2003
Inc/Dec
Poor
Total Population
Poverty Incidence
Coeff of Variation
Poor
Total Population
Poverty Incidence
Coeff of Variation
Poverty Incidence
Poor
Philippines
14,093,102
33,134,812
42.5
1.7
13,469,849
34,727,017
38.8
1.2
(3.7)
(623,252)
                     
NCR
511,714
3,710,705
13.8
9.3
459,227
4,198,551
10.9
8.9
(2.9)
(52,486)
Region I
760,135
1,743,608
43.6
8.0
691,595
1,751,448
39.5
5.2
(4.1)
(68,540)
Region II
423,822
1,243,872
34.1
9.1
365,774
1,144,425
32.0
5.1
(2.1)
(58,048)
Region III
907,557
3,401,407
26.7
6.9
894,129
3,650,703
24.5
5.9
(2.2)
(13,428)
Region IVA
959,162
3,870,057
24.8
7.2
1,111,805
4,313,829
25.8
4.7
1.0
152,643
Region IVB
619,268
1,095,342
56.5
7.8
651,772
1,166,559
55.9
4.1
(0.7)
32,504
Region V
1,480,551
2,229,824
66.4
5.0
1,393,292
2,373,551
58.7
2.9
(7.7)
(87,259)
Region VI
1,531,637
2,687,552
57.0
4.4
1,314,986
2,648,449
49.7
3.4
(7.3)
(216,651)
Region VII
1,082,718
2,461,939
44.0
7.0
908,504
2,518,594
36.1
4.9
(7.9)
(174,214)
Region VIII
951,679
1,695,689
56.1
7.7
967,101
1,852,014
52.2
3.7
(3.9)
15,422
Region IX
695,940
1,285,324
54.1
8.7
795,733
1,361,167
58.5
3.6
4.3
99,793
Region X
860,135
1,591,985
54.0
5.6
863,299
1,636,714
52.7
4.2
(1.3)
3,164
Region XI
659,075
1,626,687
40.5
9.4
737,496
1,728,557
42.7
4.9
2.1
78,421
Region XII
848,175
1,559,376
54.4
7.0
749,942
1,610,563
46.6
5.1
(7.8)
(98,233)
CAR
296,335
601,547
49.3
6.3
255,333
634,430
40.2
5.9
(9.0)
(41,001)
ARMM
913,911
1,332,481
68.6
5.9
716,061
1,174,975
60.9
4.2
(7.6)
(197,849)
Caraga
591,290
997,417
59.3
6.7
593,801
962,488
61.7
3.4
2.4
2,511

 

Province
Senior Citizens
2000
2003
Inc/Dec
Poor
Total Population
Poverty Incidence
Coeff of Variation
Poor
Total Population
Poverty Incidence
Coeff of Variation
Poverty Incidence
Poor
Philippines
1,277,139
4,557,134
28.0
3.0
969,906
5,266,509
18.4
2.7
(9.6)
(307,233)
                     
NCR
27,083
465,514
5.8
23.7
19,596
597,283
3.3
24.0
(2.5)
(7,488)
Region I
91,011
337,562
27.0
11.0
53,015
340,856
15.6
11.8
(11.4)
(37,996)
Region II
42,141
179,515
23.5
13.1
24,283
213,116
11.4
13.8
(12.1)
(17,858)
Region III
74,300
491,443
15.1
13.1
56,412
576,990
9.8
13.4
(5.3)
(17,888)
Region IVA
66,600
508,013
13.1
13.3
72,183
618,498
11.7
11.4
(1.4)
5,583
Region IVB
31,249
130,263
24.0
11.6
39,687
146,584
27.1
8.0
3.1
8,438
Region V
141,278
313,220
45.1
9.3
89,525
352,710
25.4
7.7
(19.7)
(51,754)
Region VI
163,320
473,156
34.5
8.7
109,185
509,065
21.4
8.9
(13.1)
(54,136)
Region VII
148,506
409,236
36.3
10.3
91,560
467,274
19.6
10.6
(16.7)
(56,946)
Region VIII
97,035
270,167
35.9
10.6
72,827
294,676
24.7
8.3
(11.2)
(24,208)
Region IX
62,935
143,342
43.9
14.9
72,103
186,393
38.7
9.2
(5.2)
9,168
Region X
76,443
189,730
40.3
8.8
61,389
219,453
28.0
8.6
(12.3)
(15,054)
Region XI
57,679
191,404
30.1
13.2
57,122
236,467
24.2
10.0
(6.0)
(557)
Region XII
60,483
153,422
39.4
16.1
43,014
173,574
24.8
10.4
(14.6)
(17,469)
CAR
34,765
86,603
40.1
12.1
23,591
99,974
23.6
9.7
(16.5)
(11,174)
ARMM
37,329
90,363
41.3
10.3
31,127
88,488
35.2
11.0
(6.1)
(6,202)
Caraga
64,981
124,181
52.3
10.8
53,290
145,109
36.7
8.3
(15.6)
(11,691)

 

Province Urban Poor
2000 2003 Inc/Dec
Poor Total Population Poverty Incidence Coeff of Variation Poor Total Population Poverty Incidence Coeff of Variation Poverty Incidence Poor
Philippines 6,784,016 39,145,194 17.3 2.5 6,360,978 39,885,020 15.9 2.7 (1.4) (423,038)
                     
NCR 856,045 11,666,778 7.3 8.3 746,022 11,092,799 6.7 8.9 (0.6) (110,023)
Region I 286,926 1,355,918 21.2 11.9 390,581 1,560,428 25.0 12.9 3.9 103,656
Region II 157,040 593,627 26.5 14.8 159,418 743,733 21.4 11.1 (5.0) 2,378
Region III 666,927 4,350,792 15.3 7.1 868,223 5,505,973 15.8 8.9 0.4 201,296
Region IVA 596,377 5,958,113 10.0 8.4 651,721 6,997,533 9.3 8.7 (0.7) 55,343
Region IVB 217,945 632,606 34.5 10.3 304,577 755,743 40.3 11.6 5.8 86,632
Region V 522,005 1,321,929 39.5 7.4 470,735 1,392,288 33.8 9.0 (5.7) (51,270)
Region VI 619,645 2,434,048 25.5 7.9 361,764 1,851,866 19.5 11.4 (5.9) (257,881)
Region VII 612,504 2,585,622 23.7 9.2 410,916 2,977,861 13.8 11.5 (9.9) (201,588)
Region VIII 241,592 1,056,802 22.9 8.9 224,396 784,371 28.6 14.2 5.7 (17,197)
Region IX 191,234 883,989 21.6 15.3 137,860 642,446 21.5 12.1 (0.2) (53,375)
Region X 405,347 1,486,950 27.3 7.7 392,058 1,437,093 27.3 11.1 0.0 (13,289)
Region XI 306,139 1,471,222 20.8 11.1 398,681 1,579,865 25.2 10.0 4.4 92,542
Region XII 400,484 1,336,214 30.0 8.2 334,207 1,035,770 32.3 7.3 2.3 (66,277)
CAR 48,819 508,588 9.6 16.0 30,871 399,082 7.7 18.7 (1.9) (17,948)
ARMM 373,470 736,496 50.7 5.7 187,150 426,265 43.9 12.3 (6.8) (186,320)
Caraga 281,518 765,500 36.8 8.9 291,800 701,905 41.6 6.0 4.8 10,282

 

Province Migrant and Formal Sector Workers
2000 2003 Inc/Dec
Poor Total Population Poverty Incidence Coeff of Variation Poor Total Population Poverty Incidence Coeff of Variation Poverty Incidence Poor
Philippines 2,622,324 14,012,846 18.7 2.2 2,886,445 15,645,632 18.4 2.0 (0.3) 264,122
                     
NCR 97,909 2,784,945 3.5 10.4 90,497 2,782,218 3.3 11.6 (0.3) (7,412)
Region I 131,664 661,678 19.9 8.6 138,188 742,496 18.6 7.4 (1.3) 6,524
Region II 134,769 540,525 24.9 9.8 138,969 608,397 22.8 7.1 (2.1) 4,200
Region III 258,658 1,743,153 14.8 7.8 264,420 2,034,328 13.0 8.2 (1.8) 5,762
Region IVA 207,677 2,145,167 9.7 8.1 294,420 2,426,920 12.1 7.4 2.5 86,742
Region IVB 110,240 336,262 32.8 10.3 131,259 365,191 35.9 6.7 3.2 21,019
Region V 266,018 678,160 39.2 6.4 255,725 729,445 35.1 5.9 (4.2) (10,293)
Region VI 426,515 1,149,826 37.1 4.7 405,377 1,295,889 31.3 5.4 (5.8) (21,138)
Region VII 116,244 794,535 14.6 10.3 134,152 1,023,181 13.1 8.1 (1.5) 17,909
Region VIII 107,609 415,782 25.9 10.3 171,086 528,256 32.4 7.0 6.5 63,477
Region IX 88,694 348,705 25.4 10.7 107,754 382,397 28.2 8.8 2.7 19,060
Region X 196,636 606,627 32.4 6.5 193,488 646,297 29.9 7.4 (2.5) (3,148)
Region XI 137,667 690,011 20.0 11.4 167,645 741,589 22.6 8.0 2.7 29,978
Region XII 175,822 505,412 34.8 7.7 201,439 655,508 30.7 8.0 (4.1) 25,617
CAR 32,467 201,989 16.1 12.5 31,329 210,624 14.9 10.1 (1.2) (1,138)
ARMM 42,337 150,046 28.2 9.3 37,235 139,176 26.8 14.4 (1.5) (5,102)
Caraga 91,396 260,025 35.1 7.3 123,463 333,722 37.0 6.7 1.8 32,067

 

Province Farmers
2000 2003 Inc/Dec
Poor Total Population Poverty Incidence Coeff of Variation Poor Total Population Poverty Incidence Coeff of Variation Poverty Incidence Poor
Philippines 2,431,995 5,213,968 46.6 1.9 2,027,689 4,784,728 42.4 1.7 (4.3) (404,306)
                     
NCR         967 14,480 6.7 107.2    
Region I 168,348 416,327 40.4 8.0 109,835 329,050 33.4 7.1 (7.1) (58,513)
Region II 82,111 300,304 27.3 9.5 54,316 282,045 19.3 8.9 (8.1) (27,795)
Region III 96,798 366,463 26.4 11.1 52,598 334,092 15.7 12.0 (10.7) (44,200)
Region IVA 118,731 348,600 34.1 11.7 113,173 345,089 32.8 8.2 (1.3) (5,558)
Region IVB 75,766 197,429 38.4 10.5 110,452 221,314 49.9 5.8 11.5 34,686
Region V 176,081 347,649 50.6 5.3 174,607 353,401 49.4 3.9 (1.2) (1,473)
Region VI 172,629 387,975 44.5 6.7 149,935 358,684 41.8 7.0 (2.7) (22,694)
Region VII 256,131 484,837 52.8 6.6 188,089 426,154 44.1 7.4 (8.7) (68,042)
Region VIII 213,221 394,836 54.0 5.9 130,456 308,097 42.3 5.7 (11.7) (82,765)
Region IX 147,250 269,126 54.7 7.4 180,783 275,135 65.7 4.2 11.0 33,533
Region X 173,281 333,523 52.0 5.1 173,638 322,132 53.9 5.5 1.9 357
Region XI 124,447 266,939 46.6 8.8 123,988 283,050 43.8 7.1 (2.8) (459)
Region XII 180,106 349,045 51.6 7.8 110,534 278,586 39.7 7.1 (11.9) (69,572)
CAR 105,914 196,912 53.8 5.8 65,572 159,336 41.2 6.3 (12.6) (40,342)
ARMM 207,890 323,588 64.2 4.8 186,494 322,534 57.8 5.3 (6.4) (21,397)
Caraga 132,321 220,937 59.9 5.5 102,252 171,550 59.6 4.9 (0.3) (30,069)

*The poverty incidence estimate (2000) for farmers in NCR was excluded due to the very low level of precision (with CV > 50 percent)

Province Fishermen
2000 2003 Inc/Dec
Poor Total Population Poverty Incidence Coeff of Variation Poor Total Population Poverty Incidence Coeff of Variation Poverty Incidence Poor
Philippines
450,020
885,272
50.8
3.6
440,579
1,009,808
43.6
3.7
(7.2)
(9,440)
 
NCR
4,076
14,597
27.9
28.3
3,674
20,552
17.9
39.7
(10.0)
(402)
Region I
25,664
44,723
57.4
17.4
11,326
37,464
30.2
23.7
(27.2)
(14,338)
Region II
2,772
11,458
24.2
48.1
1,970
6,672
29.5
51.9
5.3
(802)
Region III
11,492
42,581
27.0
30.5
11,546
45,620
25.3
22.5
(1.7)
55
Region IVA
18,111
54,224
33.4
18.5
45,397
119,533
38.0
9.0
4.6
27,286
Region IVB
34,810
63,513
54.8
9.6
40,484
71,813
56.4
9.2
1.6
5,674
Region V
60,382
105,754
57.1
7.4
46,069
78,899
58.4
5.7
1.3
(14,313)
Region VI
51,501
84,533
60.9
10.1
27,716
68,913
40.2
12.9
(20.7)
(23,785)
Region VII
35,868
81,660
43.9
12.0
36,187
100,260
36.1
20.4
(7.8)
319
Region VIII
24,792
68,661
36.1
14.4
35,537
92,647
38.4
12.9
2.3
10,745
Region IX
13,719
25,671
53.4
16.6
32,019
64,718
49.5
11.8
(4.0)
18,300
Region X
19,464
36,285
53.6
10.2
23,551
38,560
61.1
11.0
7.4
4,088
Region XI
21,995
50,393
43.6
16.3
14,559
38,088
38.2
13.1
(5.4)
(7,436)
Region XII
14,061
29,643
47.4
20.9
22,828
45,481
50.2
13.8
2.8
8,767
CAR
326
649
50.1
0.0
ARMM
87,269
131,060
66.6
8.7
62,480
145,775
42.9
15.1
(23.7)
(24,789)
Caraga
23,391
39,443
59.3
12.7
24,912
34,164
72.9
4.6
13.6
1,521

*The poverty incidence estimate (2000) for fishermen in CAR was excluded due to the very low level of precision (with CV > 50 percent)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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