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

Table 2.

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

Region/Province	Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold (in Pesos)			Poverty Incidence Among the Population (%)						Magnitude of Poor Population
	Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold (in Pesos)			Estimate (%)			Coefficient of Variation			Estimate			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	33.0	30.0	32.9	1.5	1.3	1.2	25,472,782	23,836,104	27,616,888	1.6	1.4	1.4

NCR	15,722	16,737	20,566	7.8	6.9	10.4	8.1	9.1	7.0	860,934	742,549	1,156,313	8.9	10.2	8.7
1st District	16,218	17,223	20,868	7.3	5.5	11.0	20.5	25.7	19.6	120,663	90,446	198,391	21.3	27.6	22.7
2nd District	15,727	16,715	20,085	6.0	8.6	9.5	16.8	16.7	13.3	229,301	202,197	365,169	17.7	21.4	19.0
3rd District	15,090	16,298	20,908	12.1	6.9	12.8	13.5	17.2	11.9	304,583	261,328	325,964	14.6	18.1	12.6
4th District	16,359	17,137	20,582	6.7	6.5	9.2	15.9	15.0	13.8	206,387	188,578	266,789	19.1	16.9	15.1

Region I	12,687	13,281	15,956	35.3	30.2	32.7	5.5	5.8	4.8	1,452,222	1,262,799	1,464,245	6.9	6.2	5.9
Ilocos Norte*	13,143	12,893	16,024	22.8	24.6	21.2	18.9	19.0	26.7	115,116	120,945	112,835.2	24.0	21.3	30.6
Ilocos Sur	13,515	12,824	16,922	35.2	28.4	32.6	9.4	17.1	6.7	194,881	154,922	184,397.0	12.5	17.6	8.3
La Union	12,978	13,356	16,372	38.4	30.2	32.6	13.4	12.3	15.0	253,382	198,307	229,739.2	14.5	13.7	16.1
Pangasinan	12,363	13,412	15,656	37.0	31.7	35.0	7.4	7.5	5.7	888,844	788,625	937,273.8	9.6	8.0	7.2

Region II	11,128	11,417	13,791	30.4	24.5	25.5	7.8	5.6	6.5	821,294	659,666	721,036	8.7	6.1	6.9
Batanes	15,264	12,279	14,970	18.1	9.0	-	31.7	a	a	2,535	1,459	-	35.5	a	a
Cagayan	10,209	10,320	12,928	27.0	21.4	23.1	14.6	10.5	12.7	252,930	196,014	227,454	17.3	10.9	13.6
Isabela	11,616	11,808	14,124	34.6	30.1	30.7	10.9	6.8	7.9	424,580	372,429	396,608	11.5	7.9	8.5
Nueva Vizcaya*	11,611	11,880	14,325	22.2	12.1	16.7	28.9	27.5	25.9	81,696	44,502	61,153	32.0	29.3	26.3
Quirino*	10,713	12,463	14,665	38.2	29.2	22.4	16.2	28.6	29.1	59,555	45,262	35,821	17.0	23.8	33.0

Region III	13,760	14,378	17,298	21.4	17.5	20.7	5.7	6.2	4.7	1,695,227	1,535,784	1,914,590	6.6	6.7	5.4
Aurora*	11,405	12,898	16,275	33.6	39.0	36.8	9.5	47.1	42.4	59,985	66,417	66,701	9.6	52.2	50.3
Bataan*	12,434	13,607	15,538	12.1	13.9	10.5	15.8	22.4	31.2	68,659	79,841	62,022	17.3	24.7	32.9
Bulacan	13,882	15,027	17,768	7.5	12.3	13.4	16.4	14.4	10.7	147,812	307,762	358,012	17.5	15.1	12.8
Nueva Ecija	14,750	14,394	17,830	32.7	27.1	37.7	8.9	11.7	7.4	532,961	484,106	662,742	10.1	13.4	8.9
Pampanga	14,698	15,148	17,243	18.2	14.7	10.8	11.5	13.0	10.1	331,739	289,106	234,820	14.4	13.9	12.3
Tarlac	12,578	13,866	16,463	33.6	18.4	27.6	16.3	12.5	11.0	360,109	208,104	328,428	22.1	12.0	10.9
Zambales	12,733	12,754	16,685	28.2	15.5	28.9	10.3	15.3	14.5	193,962	100,447	201,864	11.5	16.9	19.7

Region IV-A	13,670	14,720	17,761	19.1	18.4	20.9	6.7	5.2	4.3	1,697,033	1,899,827	2,210,756	7.1	5.5	4.4
Batangas	15,192	15,957	19,616	25.8	30.4	30.7	9.8	5.8	7.5	440,603	602,557	618,297	12.9	6.7	7.4
Cavite	14,742	16,150	18,718	13.0	12.5	11.2	16.1	14.4	13.3	244,712	300,636	287,292	16.0	15.3	13.8
Laguna	12,937	13,921	17,724	10.8	10.6	13.2	14.9	15.3	11.6	207,184	236,460	297,648	17.1	15.1	12.3
Quezon	12,501	13,349	16,125	39.3	39.8	47.7	12.7	10.1	7.9	668,237	660,224	829,802	13.0	11.3	7.2
Rizal	13,676	13,903	17,464	8.1	4.9	8.9	20.4	19.2	16.0	136,296	99,950	177,718	21.2	20.3	17.0

Region IV-B	12,013	12,402	14,800	45.3	48.1	52.7	6.6	4.3	4.3	1,032,123	1,163,867	1,400,417	7.5	5.6	6.5
Marinduque	11,553	11,781	14,041	52.7	47.4	50.6	7.3	10.4	12.1	113,553	101,271	118,365	10.7	14.1	12.7
Occidental Mindoro	11,745	12,522	14,219	46.2	50.5	57.0	10.7	11.6	12.4	176,790	203,741	263,965	11.5	17.2	23.6
Oriental Mindoro	13,510	13,813	16,723	48.9	44.3	55.1	16.4	7.8	6.5	340,690	321,441	422,103	18.4	11.8	9.3
Palawan	11,163	11,591	13,850	31.9	52.0	49.3	13.0	7.6	8.2	230,174	419,389	445,097	14.4	8.1	11.0
Romblon	10,758	11,769	13,832	64.4	43.6	51.7	8.7	11.6	6.4	170,917	118,026	150,889	12.5	11.7	11.9

Region V	11,375	12,379	15,015	52.6	48.5	51.1	4.0	3.3	3.2	2,540,660	2,332,719	2,643,799	4.8	4.4	4.3
Albay	12,144	12,915	16,128	48.4	42.7	46.2	10.5	7.3	8.3	553,629	464,510	552,881	11.8	9.7	10.1
Camarines Norte	11,505	12,727	14,854	57.3	55.5	49.3	10.6	12.5	17.8	301,147	269,604	256,708	11.0	14.7	22.5
Camarines Sur	11,054	11,873	14,634	47.2	47.1	49.9	8.9	6.2	4.9	765,373	750,674	846,030	11.5	7.2	6.5
Catanduanes	11,587	11,815	13,654	51.9	36.8	46.8	11.0	11.2	19.9	117,740	76,609	105,075	9.9	27.2	36.8
Masbate	11,019	12,504	14,248	70.2	63.4	59.5	4.7	5.0	5.7	482,818	470,670	487,672	6.4	8.3	7.9
Sorsogon	11,146	12,452	15,687	51.4	43.5	55.3	6.6	9.3	4.8	319,952	300,652	395,434	7.6	14.3	6.4

Region VI	11,314	12,291	14,405	44.5	39.2	38.6	3.6	4.0	3.9	2,773,352	2,374,772	2,491,535	4.3	4.5	4.4
Aklan	11,527	11,980	15,150	42.9	41.8	52.0	13.3	9.0	5.9	190,470	173,340	242,249	16.6	10.2	6.2
Antique	10,938	11,377	14,650	45.9	48.9	51.6	8.5	12.5	14.4	208,169	232,602	255,321	8.5	15.2	18.4
Capiz	10,536	11,298	14,242	47.2	29.2	30.2	9.2	10.9	8.2	328,635	194,558	205,168	9.8	10.7	6.1
Guimaras	10,759	11,694	14,811	28.3	49.5	39.6	19.2	9.2	11.2	37,838	66,944	59,001	20.8	22.0	29.2
Iloilo	12,122	13,221	14,810	36.9	38.6	30.4	7.5	8.5	9.3	695,280	708,899	609,625	9.1	9.5	10.0
Negros Occidental	11,126	12,131	13,975	50.2	39.5	42.0	5.5	5.9	5.9	1,312,961	998,429	1,120,171	6.7	6.7	6.4

Region VII	9,659	9,805	13,390	36.2	28.3	35.4	5.5	5.3	4.2	2,016,910	1,652,316	2,213,167	6.6	5.6	4.9
Bohol	9,762	10,032	13,610	56.7	34.9	46.9	9.2	11.9	9.8	590,926	375,277	532,711	11.1	11.6	12.9
Cebu	9,914	10,222	13,960	29.5	21.1	28.2	8.1	7.7	5.3	973,490	746,100	1,077,492	10.3	8.0	6.0
Negros Oriental	8,981	9,017	12,159	37.1	43.4	48.1	12.8	9.3	7.4	427,509	502,825	584,695	14.0	10.9	9.2
Siquijor*	8,892	9,767	12,733	32.7	37.4	21.5	17.7	9.2	22.9	24,984	28,114	18,269	21.1	6.3	27.2

Region VIII	9,530	10,804	13,974	45.1	43.0	48.5	5.8	4.3	4.9	1,649,582	1,619,731	1,947,323	7.5	5.7	6.2
Biliran	9,858	11,144	12,028	43.4	55.6	42.2	16.2	9.3	19.4	58,135	77,193	66,781	21.1	41.0	43.9
Eastern Samar	9,108	11,025	13,873	55.6	41.1	51.9	5.6	16.8	15.7	203,104	159,184	224,755	8.1	15.2	16.7
Leyte	9,447	10,600	13,919	40.8	42.3	47.3	12.7	6.3	6.7	680,536	692,391	846,526	16.6	7.7	9.1
Northern Samar	8,898	9,945	14,275	49.5	40.8	61.1	10.8	14.5	13.9	240,228	215,859	339,232	13.0	21.2	20.0
Southern Leyte	9,459	10,668	13,998	35.1	41.2	36.0	11.4	11.0	11.6	116,738	147,484	131,172	12.5	15.0	13.3
Western Samar	10,338	11,675	13,869	52.4	45.9	47.6	8.4	8.7	11.2	350,841	327,620	338,857	9.6	11.5	11.0

Region IXb	9,128	10,407	13,219	44.8	49.2	45.3	6.4	4.2	5.2	1,257,210	1,427,722	1,404,098	8.2	5.1	6.4
Zamboanga del Norte	9,417	10,871	13,947	53.3	68.5	67.5	10.1	6.3	7.5	433,091	573,506	614,876	10.2	6.7	10.3
Zamboanga del Surc	8,975	10,310	12,741	41.4	38.8	33.8	8.5	6.3	8.5	824,119	571,833	527,005	11.3	6.8	9.1
Zamboanga Sibugay	d	9,580	12,188	d	50.3	40.5	d	11.0	12.8	d	256,705	223,429	d	18.2	16.6
Isabela City*	e	10,429	14,115	e	33.5	51.9	e	44.6	23.0	e	25,677	38,788	e	54.6	41.4

Region X	10,509	11,605	14,199	43.8	44.0	43.1	4.2	4.7	4.8	1,582,225	1,567,963	1,663,283	5.1	4.7	5.2
Bukidnon	9,201	11,083	12,186	41.0	42.9	37.2	10.5	11.9	10.8	449,647	460,292	438,293	12.7	8.8	10.4
Camiguin	12,155	12,109	16,145	57.0	39.7	42.1	10.2	17.3	9.7	41,465	29,420	35,265	11.3	44.5	18.9
Lanao del Norte	11,296	12,103	15,225	54.2	54.0	52.2	6.1	7.2	10.5	426,347	404,674	416,532	8.8	8.0	11.7
Misamis Occidental	10,184	11,711	14,555	53.0	54.3	56.3	6.7	9.7	7.9	260,764	263,398	294,806	9.3	13.6	11.8
Misamis Oriental	11,176	11,594	14,787	34.8	34.8	37.5	8.5	7.2	7.1	404,002	410,180	478,387	9.2	8.6	8.9

Region XI	10,278	11,399	14,942	33.3	34.7	36.6	8.1	5.4	4.6	1,231,277	1,346,269	1,450,542	9.3	5.7	5.2
Davao del Nortef	10,566	11,833	15,753	46.5	36.8	44.8	11.4	6.9	9.0	642,900	287,572	353,366	15.7	9.4	10.9
Davao del Sur	9,987	11,470	14,452	21.9	28.9	27.4	13.2	8.0	7.8	412,442	591,886	568,808	12.2	8.5	9.0
Davao Oriental	9,906	10,580	13,741	40.8	47.9	48.8	10.4	14.0	11.2	175,934	210,903	227,287	11.1	16.6	13.7
Compostela Valley	g	11,422	15,822	g	41.9	47.1	g	16.9	9.2	g	255,909	301,081	g	14.1	8.1

Region XII	10,458	11,328	14,225	46.8	38.4	40.8	5.2	5.1	4.2	1,595,474	1,319,563	1,482,130	6.5	5.1	5.0
North Cotabato	9,990	10,972	13,315	50.1	32.1	34.6	8.2	12.9	11.0	511,353	317,424	350,178	10.6	10.8	12.6
Saranggani	10,419	10,846	13,746	52.3	51.0	52.0	20.6	8.8	8.2	220,079	241,641	271,713	22.1	6.8	11.6
South Cotabato	10,686	11,741	15,431	39.1	31.8	37.3	10.0	6.8	5.8	469,874	380,204	469,717	12.7	7.6	8.0
Sultan Kudarat	10,544	10,870	13,036	56.4	49.4	47.4	7.7	11.8	9.1	344,172	296,215	309,887	12.2	15.5	7.9
Cotabato City*	12,670	13,805	17,335	31.3	48.3	44.1		10.4	21.1	49,997	84,079	80,636	17.8	15.6	30.3

CAR	13,071	14,033	16,810	37.7	32.2	34.5	5.0	6.1	5.2	537,975	445,036	506,823	5.7	7.0	5.1
Abra	13,426	14,654	17,900	57.6	50.2	60.7	5.5	13.2	7.0	113,326	100,013	128,614	12.9	16.7	9.4
Apayao	11,368	12,256	17,837	34.1	23.2	63.1	14.4	28.7	12.8	28,770	22,815	67,907	14.8	27.0	10.9
Benguet	14,014	14,447	17,483	18.8	15.0	11.1	15.5	15.4	14.9	122,178	89,132	71,190	16.1	17.7	16.7
Ifugao	11,809	13,148	15,556	64.1	35.5	40.3	7.1	19.7	15.4	113,719	60,226	69,605	7.7	21.9	16.9
Kalinga	11,652	13,284	15,031	45.7	52.0	51.9	13.9	10.5	9.8	83,844	93,693	94,995	14.5	8.1	10.4
Mt. Province	15,122	14,855	16,785	57.1	57.0	50.4	11.5	10.5	15.0	76,137	79,157	74,512	13.0	16.6	13.3

ARMMh	12,199	12,733	15,533	60.0	52.8	61.8	3.7	5.2	4.5	1,652,890	1,373,620	1,778,262	5.6	6.1	6.1
Basilan*h	9,509	10,987	13,255	39.1	42.0	43.7	11.5	6.9	24.7	123,825	101,504	118,183	12.5	20.2	32.9
Lanao del Sur	13,892	13,702	16,567	61.6	44.6	58.5	6.8	14.4	11.4	432,307	301,215	442,338	10.5	15.0	15.4
Maguindanao	11,906	12,322	15,556	65.1	68.1	69.3	6.0	6.2	5.3	536,479	527,225	596,464	10.4	10.2	8.0
Sulu	11,672	13,473	15,651	63.3	53.5	52.2	8.9	10.1	9.8	397,119	315,635	310,140	12.5	11.6	12.3
Tawi-tawi	12,003	11,707	14,765	57.2	40.2	78.2	9.5	17.7	9.8	163,160	128,041	311,137	11.6	15.9	14.0

Caraga	10,903	11,996	15,249	51.2	54.0	52.6	4.6	3.9	3.6	1,076,395	1,111,901	1,168,569	6.0	4.9	4.9
Agusan del Norte	10,933	11,460	13,986	46.3	40.0	40.0	7.2	7.3	8.3	259,475	219,514	236,297	7.7	7.2	7.6
Agusan del Sur	11,017	12,150	14,544	60.1	60.3	56.2	9.4	8.8	5.9	359,215	337,889	334,069	11.5	13.2	10.1
Surigao Del Norte	11,160	12,998	16,961	51.3	59.8	60.2	10.0	6.4	6.8	232,065	277,763	309,540	17.4	6.2	8.4
Surigao Del Sur	10,421	11,227	15,264	45.8	57.1	55.1	8.2	6.9	7.6	225,640	276,735	288,664	9.9	7.2	11.9

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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