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Philippine Poverty Statistics

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
00-03 03-06 00-03 03-06
                           
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
00-03 03-06 00-03 03-06
                           
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
                           

 

 

 

 

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