NSCB - Annual Per Capita Poverty Thresholds by Province, 2004

Annual Per Capita Poverty Thresholds by Province, 2004 - 2005

Annual Per Capita Poverty Thresholds by Province, 2004 - 2005
(preliminary estimates as of 14 February 2007)

Region / Province	2004 Poverty Threshold (in PhP)			2005 Poverty Threshold (in PhP)			Growth Rate (in %) (2004-2005)
Region / Province	All areas	Urban	Rural	All areas	Urban	Rural	All areas	Urban	Rural

PHILIPPINES¹	13,113	15,001	12,431	14,196	15,992	13,241	8.3	6.6	6.5

NCR²	17,737	17,737		18,859	18,859		6.3	6.3
1st District²	18,082	18,082		19,226	19,226
2nd District²	17,675	17,675		18,793	18,793
3rd District²	17,198	17,198		18,286	18,286
4th District²	18,121	18,121		19,268	19,268

Region I	14,198	14,613	13,987	14,784	15,309	14,516	4.1	4.8	3.8
Ilocos Norte	13,471	15,301	13,341	14,093	16,372	13,930	4.6	7.0	4.4
Ilocos Sur	13,688	13,728	13,677	14,280	14,489	14,224	4.3	5.5	4.0
La Union	14,542	14,964	14,523	14,982	16,175	14,926	3.0	8.1	2.8
Pangasinan	14,328	14,667	14,009	14,944	15,336	14,576	4.3	4.6	4.1

Region II³	12,008	13,824	11,566	12,837	14,824	12,357	6.9	7.2	6.8
Batanes⁴	15,240			15,456			1.4
Cagayan	11,054	13,591	10,515	11,863	14,479	11,308	7.3	6.5	7.5
Isabela	12,245	13,508	11,938	13,115	14,559	12,764	7.1	7.8	6.9
Nueva Vizcaya	12,443	14,718	12,011	13,180	15,653	12,710	5.9	6.4	5.8
Quirino	13,679	15,862	12,836	14,370	16,915	13,388	5.1	6.6	4.3

Region III	14,847	15,651	13,888	15,801	16,835	14,567	6.4	7.6	4.9
Aurora	13,932	13,958	13,929	14,629	14,781	14,614	5.0	5.9	4.9
Bataan	14,338	15,023	13,255	15,276	16,113	13,954	6.5	7.3	5.3
Bulacan	16,079	16,252	15,037	16,506	16,717	15,233	2.7	2.9	1.3
Nueva Ecija	14,537	15,056	14,105	15,809	16,928	14,878	8.8	12.4	5.5
Pampanga	15,322	15,873	14,242	16,377	17,191	14,779	6.9	8.3	3.8
Tarlac	14,564	16,560	13,562	15,462	17,763	14,307	6.2	7.3	5.5
Zambales	13,370	14,267	12,519	14,195	15,305	13,142	6.2	7.3	5.0

Region IV-A	15,351	16,051	14,955	16,022	16,829	15,567	4.4	4.8	4.1
Batangas	16,836	17,362	16,615	17,165	17,872	16,867	2.0	2.9	1.5
Cavite	15,950	16,156	17,437	17,157	16,895	17,788	7.6	4.6	2.0
Laguna	14,743	15,312	13,811	15,639	16,149	14,801	6.1	5.5	7.2
Quezon	14,011	15,788	13,746	14,816	16,511	14,562	5.7	4.6	5.9
Rizal	14,825	14,824	14,832	16,114	16,151	15,789	8.7	9.0	6.5

Region IV-B³	13,032	13,971	12,794	13,502	14,644	13,256	3.6	4.8	3.6
Marinduque⁴	12,949			13,048			0.8
Occidental Mindoro	13,025	13,906	12,564	13,660	14,729	13,100	4.9	5.9	4.3
Oriental Mindoro	14,540	15,453	14,330	15,261	16,133	15,060	5.0	4.4	5.1
Palawan	12,115	13,028	11,912	12,524	13,601	12,285	3.4	4.4	3.1
Romblon	12,097	12,958	11,956	12,124	13,439	11,909	0.2	3.7	-0.4

Region V	13,366	16,151	12,661	13,996	16,836	13,278	4.7	4.2	4.9
Albay	13,992	16,371	13,055	14,517	16,945	13,560	3.7	3.5	3.9
Camarines Norte	13,646	16,236	12,493	14,353	16,780	13,272	5.2	3.4	6.2
Camarines Sur	12,848	15,876	12,190	13,344	16,428	12,675	3.9	3.5	4.0
Catanduanes	12,892	18,762	12,360	13,986	21,019	13,349	8.5	12.0	8.0
Masbate	13,498	15,018	13,292	14,284	15,707	14,091	5.8	4.6	6.0
Sorsogon	13,418	16,990	12,564	14,130	18,312	13,130	5.3	7.8	4.5

Region VI	13,063	13,108	13,055	13,811	13,811	13,811	5.7	5.4	5.8
Aklan	12,922	15,643	12,379	13,785	16,558	13,231	6.7	5.8	6.9
Antique	11,839	12,236	11,798	12,406	13,199	12,324	4.8	7.9	4.5
Capiz	12,131	12,940	12,010	12,636	13,846	12,454	4.2	7.0	3.7
Guimaras	12,923	12,622	12,938	14,126	13,622	14,152	9.3	7.9	9.4
Iloilo	13,920	14,033	13,899	14,966	14,661	15,023	7.5	4.5	8.1
Negros Occidental	12,966	12,214	13,112	13,550	12,861	13,684	4.5	5.3	4.4

Region VII³	10,861	12,241	10,440	11,688	13,118	11,269	7.6	7.2	7.9
Bohol	11,164	12,216	10,989	11,986	13,207	11,783	7.4	8.1	7.2
Cebu	11,083	12,451	10,233	12,052	13,405	11,212	8.7	7.7	9.6
Negros Oriental	10,324	10,997	10,256	10,990	11,268	10,962	6.4	2.5	6.9
Siquijor⁴	10,616			10,774			1.5

Region VIII³	11,551	12,697	11,371	12,685	13,844	12,542	9.8	9.0	10.3
Biliran	10,965	12,100	10,700	12,293	12,966	12,137	12.1	7.2	13.4
Eastern Samar	11,546	10,443	11,638	12,575	11,566	12,659	8.9	10.8	8.8
Leyte	11,466	12,285	11,312	12,483	13,212	12,346	8.9	7.5	9.1
Northern Samar	11,044	11,488	10,990	13,138	13,991	13,033	19.0	21.8	18.6
Southern Leyte⁴	11,644			12,448			6.9
Western Samar	12,145	16,454	11,729	13,084	17,543	12,654	7.7	6.6	7.9

Region IX	11,213	13,003	10,996	12,519	15,083	12,208	11.6	16.0	11.0
Zamboanga Norte	11,527	12,607	11,420	12,794	14,574	12,618	11.0	15.6	10.5
Zamboanga Sur	11,323	13,433	10,956	12,725	15,617	12,221	12.4	16.3	11.5
Zamboanga Sibugay	10,338	11,942	10,234	11,500	13,852	11,347	11.2	16.0	10.9
Isabela City	10,600	13,593	10,259	12,142	15,584	11,751	14.6	14.6	14.5

Region X	12,269	13,806	11,801	13,333	14,842	12,874	8.7	7.5	9.1
Bukidnon	11,538	12,829	11,363	12,812	14,166	12,629	11.0	10.4	11.1
Camiguin	13,071	12,430	13,710	14,088	13,526	14,649	7.8	8.8	6.8
Lanao del Norte	12,882	14,692	12,414	13,946	15,706	13,491	8.3	6.9	8.7
Misamis Occidental	12,530	14,453	11,796	13,427	15,243	12,733	7.2	5.5	7.9
Misamis Oriental	12,242	13,457	11,588	13,173	14,507	12,454	7.6	7.8	7.5

Region XI¹	12,732	14,604	11,963	13,695	16,012	12,762	7.6	9.6	6.7
Davao del Norte	13,540	15,400	13,099	14,593	16,779	14,074	7.8	9.0	7.4
Davao del Sur	12,680	15,218	11,293	13,741	16,771	12,086	8.4	10.2	7.0
Davao Oriental	11,616	13,097	10,874	12,779	14,469	11,933	10.0	10.5	9.7
Compostela Valley¹	12,870	13,554	12,666	13,334	14,513	13,015	3.6	7.1	2.7


Region XII	12,251	14,155	11,512	13,193	15,436	12,322	7.7	9.1	7.0
North Cotabato	11,981	13,960	11,638	12,645	14,596	12,307	5.5	4.6	5.7
Saranggani	11,568	14,302	11,110	12,511	15,298	12,044	8.2	7.0	8.4
South Cotabato	12,446	13,963	11,463	14,059	16,372	12,561	13.0	17.3	9.6
Sultan Kudarat	12,105	13,546	11,753	12,781	14,563	12,345	5.6	7.5	5.0
Cotabato City²	15,016	15,016		14,908	14,908		-0.7	-0.7

CAR³	15,164	16,077	14,910	15,587	16,582	15,227	2.8	3.1	2.1
Abra⁴	15,563			16,294			4.7
Apayao	14,163	16,204	14,048	15,143	17,479	15,011	6.9	7.9	6.9
Benguet	15,474	16,122	15,201	15,653	16,505	15,293	1.2	2.4	0.6
Ifugao	14,326	23,329	14,006	15,034	24,596	14,695	4.9	5.4	4.9
Kalinga	14,595	15,100	14,553	14,787	15,788	14,705	1.3	4.6	1.0
Mt. Province	15,929	13,801	16,066	16,169	14,249	16,292	1.5	3.2	1.4

ARMM	13,111	14,674	12,681	14,163	15,405	13,822	8.0	5.0	9.0
Basilan	11,299	13,213	11,034	12,944	15,149	12,638	14.6	14.6	14.5
Lanao del Sur	14,208	15,103	13,821	15,078	15,928	14,711	6.1	5.5	6.4
Maguindanao	13,139	13,825	12,982	14,287	14,529	14,232	8.7	5.1	9.6
Sulu	12,698	15,478	11,826	13,648	15,890	12,945	7.5	2.7	9.5
Tawi-tawi	12,583	14,960	12,227	13,451	15,924	13,080	6.9	6.4	7.0

Caraga	13,172	15,356	12,581	13,822	16,255	13,163	4.9	5.9	4.6
Agusan del Norte	12,367	13,979	11,981	12,992	14,450	12,642	5.0	3.4	5.5
Agusan del Sur	13,260	15,788	12,544	14,007	16,459	13,314	5.6	4.3	6.1
Surigao Del Norte	14,097	16,371	13,477	14,533	17,391	13,753	3.1	6.2	2.0
Surigao Del Sur	12,797	14,770	12,249	13,542	16,151	12,817	5.8	9.4	4.6

Source: National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB)

Notes:

f - final
1 - The estimates for 2003 were revised following the recomputation of the food thresholds of Compostela Valley using food prices in Davao del Norte, its mother province.
2 - Completely urban areas; no thresholds for rural areas
3 - The provinces of Batanes, Marinduque, Siquijor, Southern Leyte and Abra were not considered in the computation of the urban and rural food thresholds of their respective regions (Regions II, IV-B, VII, VIII, and CAR).
4 - Urban and rural food thresholds were not computed for the provinces of Batanes, Marinduque, Siquijor, Southern Leyte, and Abra. The 2003 Family Income and Expenditure Survey does not include any sample urban barangays from these provinces.


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