NSCB - Philippine Poverty Statistics - Poverty Incidence, Magnitude of Poor and Share to the Total Poor in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, 2000, 2003, and 2006

Table 12.

Poverty Incidence, Magnitude of Poor and Share to the Total Poor
in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, 2000, 2003, and 2006

Island	Poverty Incidence Among Families (%)					Magnitude of Poor Families					Share to the Total Poor (%)
	2000	2003	2006	Inc/Dec		2000	2003	2006	Inc/Dec		2000	2003	2006
	2000	2003	2006	00-03	03-06	2000	2003	2006	00-03	03-06	2000	2003	2006

PHILIPPINES	27.5	24.4	26.9	(3.1)	2.5	4,146,663	4,022,695	4,677,305	(3.0)	16.3	100.0	100.0	100.0

Luzon	20.0	17.4	20.0	(2.5)	2.5	1,704,589	1,652,932	1,985,362	(3.0)	20.1	41.1	41.1	42.4
Visayas	35.0	29.4	33.0	(5.7)	3.7	1,069,204	949,975	1,148,481	(11.2)	20.9	25.8	23.6	24.6
Mindanao	39.3	37.7	38.8	(1.6)	1.1	1,372,870	1,419,788	1,543,462	3.4	8.7	33.1	35.3	33.0

Island	Poverty Incidence Among the Population (%)					Magnitude of Poor Population					Share to the Total Poor (%)
	2000	2003	2006	Inc/Dec		2000	2003	2006	Inc/Dec		2000	2003	2006
	2000	2003	2006	00-03	03-06	2000	2003	2006	00-03	03-06	2000	2003	2006

PHILIPPINES	33.0	30.0	32.9	(3.0)	2.9	25,472,782	23,836,104	27,616,888	(6.4)	15.9	100.0	100.0	100.0
Luzon	24.6	22.2	25.3	(2.4)	3.1	10,637,468	10,042,248	12,017,979	(5.6)	19.7	41.8	42.1	43.5
Visayas	41.7	36.1	39.8	(5.6)	3.7	6,439,844	5,646,819	6,652,025	(12.3)	17.8	25.3	23.7	24.1
Mindanao	45.7	44.2	45.5	(1.5)	1.3	8,395,470	8,147,038	8,946,884	(3.0)	9.8	33.0	34.2	32.4