Philippine Poverty Statistics
Table 23.
Ten Provinces with Least Magnitude of Poor in 2000, 2003 and 2006
| Region/Province | Region | Magnitude of Poor Families | |||||||
| Estimates | Coefficient of Variation | ||||||||
| 2000 | 2003 | 2006 | 00-03 Inc/Dec (%) | 03-06 Inc/Dec (%) | 2000 | 2003 | 2006 | ||
| Batanes | II | 348 | 225 | - | (35.5) | - | 35.7 | a | - |
| Siquijor* | VII | 4,967 | 5,525 | 4,199 | 11.2 | (24.0) | 15.8 | 13.2 | 27.7 |
| Quirino* | II | 9,508 | 7,987 | 5,414 | (16.0) | (32.2) | 16.3 | 26.8 | 30.8 |
| Camiguin | X | 7,826 | 5,356 | 6,619 | (31.6) | 23.6 | 10.5 | 40.4 | 13.3 |
| Bataan* | III | 10,958 | 12,594 | 8,679 | 14.9 | (31.1) | 17.6 | 24.4 | 32.8 |
| Biliran* | VIII | 9,531 | 13,709 | 10,077 | 43.8 | (26.5) | 18.2 | 43.2 | 48.8 |
| Nueva Vizcaya* | II | 12,501 | 7,252 | 10,704 | (42.0) | 47.6 | 29.0 | 29.5 | 26.0 |
| Benguet | CAR | 17,620 | 13,472 | 10,990 | (23.5) | (18.4) | 15.5 | 22.2 | 17.6 |
| Ifugao | CAR | 18,140 | 9,069 | 11,082 | (50.0) | 22.2 | 8.5 | 21.2 | 18.5 |
| Guimaras | VI | 5,900 | 9,525 | 11,097 | 61.5 | 16.5 | 18.7 | 29.0 | 29.1 |
| Apayao | CAR | 4,543 | 3,313 | 12,128 | (27.1) | 266.1 | 14.5 | 29.4 | 14.6 |
| Aurora* | III | 9,638 | 10,951 | 12,826 | 13.6 | 17.1 | 9.7 | 56.9 | 49.8 |
| Kalinga | CAR | 12,140 | 15,151 | 16,113 | 24.8 | 6.3 | 15.2 | 8.8 | 9.4 |
* Coefficient of Variation (CV) of 2006 poverty incidence among families is greater than 20%
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