NSCB - 2000 and 2003 Regional Poverty Estimates - Annual Per Capita Food Thresholds, Subsistence Incidence of Families and Population by Region: 2000 and 2003

2000 and 2003 Regional Poverty Estimates

Annual Per Capita Food Thresholds, Subsistence Incidence of Families
and Population by Region: 2000 and 2003
(preliminary estimates as of 24 January 2005)

Region	Annual Per Capita Food Threshold (in Pesos)			Subsistence Incidence of Families (%)			Subsistence Incidence of Population (%)
Region	2000 Revised	2003	Inc/Dec (%)	2000 Revised	2003	Diff	2000 Revised	2003	Diff

PHILIPPINES	7,707	8,134	5.5	12.3	10.4	(1.9)	15.8	13.8	(2.0)
NCR	9,570	9,974	4.2	0.7	0.4	(0.4)	1.0	0.6	(0.4)
Region I	8,552	8,903	4.1	11.4	8.1	(3.3)	15.2	11.2	(4.0)
Region II	7,560	8,026	6.2	9.3	5.6	(3.8)	11.8	7.6	(4.1)
Region III	8,764	9,338	6.5	4.2	2.9	(1.3)	5.5	4.2	(1.3)
Region IV-A (CALABARZON)	8,783	9,189	4.6	5.1	3.7	(1.4)	6.5	4.9	(1.7)
Region IV-B (MIMAROPA)	8,078	8,339	3.2	17.4	17.7	0.3	24.1	22.9	(1.1)
Region V	8,047	8,372	4.0	23.3	20.3	(3.0)	29.3	26.6	(2.8)
Region VI	7,983	8,386	5.1	17.4	12.9	(4.5)	23.1	17.7	(5.4)
Region VII	6,759	7,016	3.8	16.9	11.2	(5.7)	20.7	14.6	(6.0)
Region VIII	7,080	7,696	8.7	19.1	15.5	(3.6)	24.8	21.0	(3.8)
Region IX	6,574	7,245	10.2	21.0	27.9	6.9	25.8	32.8	7.0
Region X	7,296	7,999	9.6	19.2	19.7	0.4	23.8	25.4	1.6
Region XI	7,087	7,751	9.4	12.8	13.5	0.7	16.7	17.6	0.9
Region XII	7,235	7,804	7.9	17.9	14.0	(3.9)	22.6	18.4	(4.1)
CAR	8,744	9,117	4.3	13.7	9.8	(3.9)	17.9	13.4	(4.5)
ARMM	8,313	8,737	5.1	23.9	18.6	(5.4)	28.5	24.1	(4.5)
Caraga	7,667	8,353	9.0	24.4	24.5	0.1	30.7	31.0	0.3

Source: National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB).