NSCB - 2006 Philippine Poverty Statistics - Annual Per Capita Poverty Thresholds, Poverty Incidence and Magnitude of Poor Families: 2000, 2003 and 2006

Table 1.

Annual Per Capita Poverty Thresholds, Poverty Incidence
and Magnitude of Poor Families: 2000, 2003 and 2006

Region/Province	Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold (in Pesos)			Poverty Incidence Among Families (%)						Magnitude of Poor Families
	Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold (in Pesos)			Estimates (%)			Coefficient of Variation			Estimates			Coefficient of Variation
	2000	2003	2006	2000	2003	2006	2000	2003	2006	2000	2003	2006	2000	2003	2006

PHILIPPINES	11,458	12,309	15,057	27.5	24.4	26.9	1.6	1.3	1.3	4,146,663	4,022,695	4,677,305	1.6	1.4	1.3

NCR	15,722	16,737	20,566	5.8	4.8	7.1	8.2	9.2	6.6	127,655	110,864	167,316	8.8	10.1	7.9
1st District	16,218	17,223	20,868	5.8	3.8	7.4	21.6	25.9	18.5	19,257	13,530	27,468	22.0	27.0	20.3
2nd District	15,727	16,715	20,085	4.1	5.8	6.3	16.5	16.9	12.3	30,701	29,282	52,673	17.3	21.4	17.1
3rd District	15,090	16,298	20,908	9.4	5.0	9.8	13.8	17.2	11.5	47,206	40,811	51,847	14.8	17.7	11.9
4th District	16,359	17,137	20,582	4.9	4.5	5.6	15.6	15.1	13.2	30,491	27,241	35,327	18.6	16.2	13.9

Region I	12,687	13,281	15,956	29.5	24.4	26.2	5.4	6.0	5.4	237,910	213,846	248,443	6.2	6.2	5.9
Ilocos Norte*	13,143	12,893	16,024	18.2	19.6	17.1	18.7	19.4	27.8	19,466	21,694	20,362	22.4	20.1	28.6
Ilocos Sur	13,515	12,824	16,922	30.4	22.8	27.2	9.4	19.0	6.4	35,189	28,302	35,779	11.5	19.1	7.1
La Union	12,978	13,356	16,372	33.2	24.6	27.6	14.0	12.7	17.6	42,654	33,163	40,641	14.3	13.4	18.1
Pangasinan	12,363	13,412	15,656	30.8	25.8	27.6	7.4	7.6	6.3	140,601	130,687	151,660	8.6	8.0	7.2

Region II	11,128	11,417	13,791	25.3	19.3	20.5	7.9	5.8	6.9	143,421	113,298	126,726	8.0	6.0	7.1
Batanes	15,264	12,279	14,970	10.4	6.3	-	36.5	a	a	348	225	-	35.7	a	a
Cagayan	10,209	10,320	12,928	21.5	16.5	19.3	14.6	11.1	13.8	42,062	33,437	41,175	16.2	10.8	14.9
Isabela	11,616	11,808	14,124	30.2	23.9	24.4	11.1	7.1	8.5	79,001	64,397	69,434	10.6	7.5	8.3
Nueva Vizcaya*	11,611	11,880	14,325	16.5	9.2	12.7	28.8	27.4	24.3	12,501	7,252	10,704	29.0	29.5	26.0
Quirino*	10,713	12,463	14,665	31.4	24.1	15.9	16.7	31.2	30.3	9,508	7,987	5,414	16.3	26.8	30.8

Region III	13,760	14,378	17,298	17.3	13.4	16.8	6.2	6.5	5.1	268,558	242,820	320,109	6.8	6.6	5.5
Aurora*	11,405	12,898	16,275	26.9	29.2	31.6	9.8	59.0	47.1	9,638	10,951	12,826	9.7	56.9	49.8
Bataan*	12,434	13,607	15,538	9.9	10.2	6.8	16.8	22.2	33.0	10,958	12,594	8,679	17.6	24.4	32.8
Bulacan	13,882	15,027	17,768	5.4	8.5	10.0	15.7	14.7	11.6	21,801	44,800	56,008	16.1	14.7	13.4
Nueva Ecija	14,750	14,394	17,830	27.6	22.2	32.0	9.3	12.1	7.6	90,754	81,038	121,010	11.0	12.9	8.5
Pampanga	14,698	15,148	17,243	14.4	10.5	8.3	13.2	13.8	12.2	48,461	40,661	34,405	15.2	14.2	13.6
Tarlac	12,578	13,866	16,463	27.6	14.8	22.1	18.5	11.9	11.5	56,095	34,102	53,338	22.5	11.4	11.5
Zambales	12,733	12,754	16,685	23.7	13.4	22.6	10.6	17.4	18.0	30,852	18,674	33,841	11.3	18.1	19.4

Region IV-A	13,670	14,720	17,761	15.2	14.5	16.7	7.3	5.8	4.3	272,484	316,911	374,952	7.6	5.8	4.2
Batangas	15,192	15,957	19,616	20.7	24.5	25.6	11.0	5.6	8.1	71,045	99,383	108,782	14.1	6.1	7.8
Cavite	14,742	16,150	18,718	10.2	8.6	7.8	16.0	15.8	14.1	38,084	44,707	42,077	15.8	16.4	13.8
Laguna	12,937	13,921	17,724	8.1	8.4	10.6	14.4	14.6	10.4	31,303	39,339	50,689	16.2	13.5	10.4
Quezon	12,501	13,349	16,125	32.9	32.8	38.4	14.0	11.9	7.6	112,630	118,941	146,188	14.1	12.3	6.6
Rizal	13,676	13,903	17,464	5.6	3.4	6.4	21.3	19.0	14.6	19,422	14,542	27,217	21.6	19.4	14.9

Region IV-B	12,013	12,402	14,800	36.4	39.9	43.7	7.4	4.7	5.0	162,668	199,485	238,489	7.0	5.5	6.6
Marinduque	11,553	11,781	14,041	42.7	38.3	40.8	8.2	11.6	13.2	18,311	17,669	20,587	10.2	13.1	11.8
Occidental Mindoro	11,745	12,522	14,219	38.1	40.9	46.5	11.5	14.8	15.6	28,248	34,557	42,660	11.8	18.8	24.7
Oriental Mindoro	13,510	13,813	16,723	39.8	37.0	47.1	18.9	7.8	7.0	52,623	53,094	74,307	17.1	11.3	9.2
Palawan	11,163	11,591	13,850	24.7	43.1	40.8	14.5	8.4	9.9	35,749	73,049	74,770	14.3	7.8	11.8
Romblon	10,758	11,769	13,832	52.2	37.5	41.9	10.5	10.6	7.8	27,737	21,116	26,165	10.6	11.0	10.5

Region V	11,375	12,379	15,015	45.3	40.6	41.8	4.2	3.6	3.5	407,176	383,625	422,278	4.7	4.3	4.3
Albay	12,144	12,915	16,128	40.3	34.4	37.8	11.5	8.1	8.4	83,398	76,200	88,676	11.2	8.5	10.1
Camarines Norte	11,505	12,727	14,854	52.7	46.1	38.4	10.9	14.4	18.8	50,670	44,874	39,421	11.8	14.0	22.6
Camarines Sur	11,054	11,873	14,634	40.8	40.1	41.2	9.3	7.0	5.6	120,762	121,936	134,599	11.8	7.7	6.6
Catanduanes*	11,587	11,815	13,654	43.9	31.8	37.3	10.9	10.3	22.1	18,541	13,604	16,999	10.4	29.3	33.3
Masbate	11,019	12,504	14,248	61.3	55.9	51.0	5.8	5.7	6.5	83,660	81,804	80,512	5.9	7.4	8.0
Sorsogon	11,146	12,452	15,687	41.4	33.7	43.5	7.3	10.3	5.4	50,146	45,207	62,071	7.6	14.5	5.6

Region VI	11,314	12,291	14,405	36.7	31.4	31.1	4.0	4.2	4.3	444,172	397,073	425,571	4.5	4.3	4.4
Aklan	11,527	11,980	15,150	36.3	33.5	42.6	15.2	10.8	4.0	31,386	31,068	42,271	18.8	11.2	6.8
Antique	10,938	11,377	14,650	35.1	43.4	43.0	8.1	10.6	14.8	32,393	42,389	46,005	7.8	11.8	16.3
Capiz	10,536	11,298	14,242	40.8	21.6	24.3	9.6	13.3	9.3	53,542	28,711	34,986	9.7	11.7	7.5
Guimaras	10,759	11,694	14,811	22.6	32.7	35.2	18.7	13.2	13.3	5,900	9,525	11,097	18.7	29.0	29.1
Iloilo	12,122	13,221	14,810	29.7	31.1	24.1	7.8	9.2	10.1	108,241	121,067	100,759	9.4	9.4	10.0
Negros Occidental	11,126	12,131	13,975	41.6	31.4	33.4	6.5	6.0	6.6	212,710	164,313	190,455	7.1	6.3	6.6

Region VII	9,659	9,805	13,390	31.5	23.6	30.3	5.9	5.5	4.2	348,154	286,478	391,484	6.9	5.6	4.7
Bohol	9,762	10,032	13,610	50.2	29.2	38.8	9.4	12.8	9.0	105,470	65,953	92,354	11.9	13.0	10.9
Cebu	9,914	10,222	13,960	26.2	17.1	23.5	8.7	8.3	5.3	170,929	125,346	184,207	10.5	8.3	5.4
Negros Oriental	8,981	9,017	12,159	29.7	37.1	43.7	14.7	9.2	8.4	66,788	89,654	110,724	14.5	9.8	10.5
Siquijor*	8,892	9,767	12,733	28.6	30.9	22.3	15.9	13.3	24.9	4,967	5,525	4,199	15.8	13.2	27.7

Region VIII	9,530	10,804	13,974	37.6	35.3	40.7	5.8	4.7	5.3	276,878	266,423	331,426	6.8	5.5	6.0
Biliran*	9,858	11,144	12,028	33.3	46.5	31.4	18.3	13.4	23.7	9,531	13,709	10,077	18.2	43.2	48.8
Eastern Samar	9,108	11,025	13,873	45.9	33.9	42.7	7.1	19.3	18.3	34,037	25,754	35,403	7.1	16.5	16.9
Leyte	9,447	10,600	13,919	34.9	34.6	40.5	11.9	6.4	7.3	118,200	117,288	147,900	14.3	6.9	8.7
Northern Samar	8,898	9,945	14,275	39.8	33.8	52.2	12.3	17.7	16.0	37,591	34,696	56,901	12.7	21.6	20.4
Southern Leyte	9,459	10,668	13,998	26.3	31.9	29.0	12.1	11.7	13.7	19,277	24,064	23,634	12.4	16.3	12.2
Western Samar	10,338	11,675	13,869	45.5	38.7	40.2	9.5	9.2	11.3	58,242	50,913	57,510	10.1	10.2	10.2

Region IXb	9,128	10,407	13,219	38.6	44.0	40.2	7.0	4.6	5.5	209,842	258,497	250,696	8.2	5.2	6.0
Zamboanga del Norte	9,417	10,871	13,947	47.0	64.6	63.0	12.0	6.5	8.1	78,059	110,831	115,560	10.3	7.1	9.1
Zamboanga del Surc	8,975	10,310	12,741	34.9	34.4	29.0	9.1	7.1	8.9	131,783	103,323	91,614	11.6	7.4	9.2
Zamboanga Sibugay	d	9,580	12,188	d	40.7	34.0	d	13.9	14.8	d	40,712	36,868	d	18.6	16.8
Isabela City*	e	10,429	14,115	e	24.7	43.0	e	45.1	22.1	e	3,630	6,655	e	51.1	37.0

Region X	10,509	11,605	14,199	38.0	37.7	36.1	4.5	5.3	5.0	261,501	278,538	285,054	5.0	4.6	5.1
Bukidnon	9,201	11,083	12,186	33.4	36.9	29.6	11.3	13.9	11.2	67,599	79,985	68,973	12.3	9.1	10.3
Camiguin	12,155	12,109	16,145	54.2	34.5	39.3	10.5	21.7	8.2	7,826	5,356	6,619	10.5	40.4	13.3
Lanao del Norte	11,296	12,103	15,225	49.3	46.5	44.1	6.7	7.9	11.5	75,376	73,114	72,484	8.8	7.8	12.2
Misamis Occidental	10,184	11,711	14,555	46.8	48.1	48.8	7.8	11.7	9.6	45,954	50,189	54,247	10.0	13.2	11.3
Misamis Oriental	11,176	11,594	14,787	29.3	28.5	31.5	9.3	6.7	7.0	64,745	69,895	82,730	9.3	7.7	8.1

Region XI	10,278	11,399	14,942	27.9	28.5	30.6	8.5	5.8	5.0	202,121	231,068	257,554	9.4	5.8	5.5
Davao del Nortef	10,566	11,833	15,753	39.5	30.3	37.7	12.2	7.8	10.4	105,169	49,251	62,669	15.7	9.8	11.9
Davao del Sur	9,987	11,470	14,452	18.3	24.2	23.0	13.3	8.2	8.3	68,084	103,963	101,644	12.3	8.4	9.1
Davao Oriental	9,906	10,580	13,741	33.7	37.2	40.8	13.8	18.2	12.6	28,868	33,443	39,088	14.5	17.9	14.6
Compostela Valley	g	11,422	15,822	g	34.4	39.8	g	17.1	9.7	g	44,410	54,153	g	14.6	9.6

Region XII	10,458	11,328	14,225	40.7	32.1	33.8	6.1	5.4	4.8	264,301	227,093	253,009	7.1	5.6	5.1
North Cotabato	9,990	10,972	13,315	41.6	26.1	27.7	9.5	11.9	12.3	79,750	52,759	59,940	10.4	11.3	12.7
Saranggani	10,419	10,846	13,746	48.4	44.4	44.8	22.1	8.7	10.0	39,997	41,346	43,750	22.2	6.9	10.6
South Cotabato	10,686	11,741	15,431	34.7	26.4	30.7	12.2	7.4	6.6	78,688	66,792	82,129	15.0	8.2	8.1
Sultan Kudarat	10,544	10,870	13,036	48.8	41.5	40.7	10.3	14.5	10.4	57,817	52,064	53,776	13.7	17.4	9.2
Cotabato City*	12,670	13,805	17,335	26.4	41.2	38.0	17.3	13.5	24.5	8,049	14,132	13,414	17.5	20.1	32.9

CAR	13,071	14,033	16,810	30.8	25.8	28.8	5.2	6.6	5.7	84,717	72,084	87,050	5.7	7.2	5.6
Abra	13,426	14,654	17,900	47.6	41.0	50.1	6.2	13.0	8.0	18,798	17,339	22,484	13.1	14.9	10.0
Apayao	11,368	12,256	17,837	26.5	16.8	57.5	15.9	30.3	16.6	4,543	3,313	12,128	14.5	29.4	14.6
Benguet	14,014	14,447	17,483	13.9	11.0	8.2	15.5	19.9	16.3	17,620	13,472	10,990	15.5	22.2	17.6
Ifugao	11,809	13,148	15,556	55.7	28.1	30.9	8.0	21.9	19.0	18,140	9,069	11,082	8.5	21.2	18.5
Kalinga	11,652	13,284	15,031	39.3	46.1	45.8	15.0	11.7	7.8	12,140	15,151	16,113	15.2	8.8	9.4
Mt. Province	15,122	14,855	16,785	48.4	46.7	45.0	13.3	13.0	16.4	13,476	13,740	14,254	13.3	15.5	16.1

ARMMh	12,199	12,733	15,533	53.8	45.4	55.3	4.2	5.4	5.0	255,879	228,970	295,220	5.7	6.1	5.8
Basilan*h	9,509	10,987	13,255	31.5	33.5	31.7	13.1	5.8	30.7	19,110	17,958	17,477	12.8	26.3	32.4
Lanao del Sur	13,892	13,702	16,567	54.7	37.6	52.5	8.3	13.9	12.6	66,146	48,351	70,544	11.2	13.9	15.2
Maguindanao	11,906	12,322	15,556	59.3	60.4	62.0	7.0	7.0	6.1	86,539	93,501	107,074	10.4	9.7	7.6
Sulu	11,672	13,473	15,651	58.9	45.1	46.5	9.8	11.3	10.7	58,522	48,195	50,701	12.0	11.4	12.0
Tawi-tawi	12,003	11,707	14,765	52.4	34.6	78.9	10.2	20.0	9.0	25,562	20,964	49,423	12.8	17.2	13.8

Caraga	10,903	11,996	15,249	43.8	47.1	45.5	4.9	4.2	3.8	179,226	195,622	201,929	5.6	4.8	4.6
Agusan del Norte	10,933	11,460	13,986	40.9	33.2	35.2	7.0	7.9	8.5	42,992	36,198	40,668	7.4	7.3	7.7
Agusan del Sur	11,017	12,150	14,544	52.3	52.8	48.7	10.4	8.8	6.0	59,948	59,815	58,161	10.3	12.0	9.5
Surigao Del Norte	11,160	12,998	16,961	42.6	54.5	53.2	11.0	8.1	6.8	38,936	52,417	55,510	16.7	8.3	7.7
Surigao Del Sur	10,421	11,227	15,264	38.4	48.6	45.4	8.7	7.2	8.9	37,350	47,192	47,591	9.2	7.4	11.3

a - No CVs were computed since only one sample household was classified as poor in 2003 and none in 2006.
b - 2000 estimates do not include Isabela City.
c - 2000 estimates still include Zamboanga Sibugay
d - No separate estimate yet; still included in Zamboanga del Sur.
e - No separate estimate yet; still included in Basilan
f - 2000 estimates include Compostela Valley
g - No separate estimate yet; still included in Davao del Norte
h - 2000 estimates include Isabela City

Notes:

1. Zamboanga Sibugay (Region IX) and Compostela Valley (Region XI) are new provinces created under EO 36 and EO 103.
2. Isabela City (Region IX) and Cotabato City (Region XII) have been separated from their respective mother provinces - Basilan and Maguindanao (both ARMM) under the present
regional configuration.

* Coefficient of Variation (CV) of 2006 poverty incidence is greater than 20%


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