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Pursuant to the commitment towards efficient delivery of products, the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) released the revised 2006 food and poverty thresholds, using the regional menus developed by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute and price data collected by the National Statistics Office (NSO) and Bureau of Agriculture Statistics (BAS).  In line with the thrust of providing relevant, timely and accurate poverty statistics, the preliminary 2006 food and poverty thresholds were earlier released by the NSCB on 2 March 2007 using a model-based estimation methodology for the estimation of the thresholds approved by the NSCB Executive Board on 14 February 2007.  This methodology allowed for the computation of advance estimates of food and poverty thresholds even before price data for the reference year are made available by the NSO and BAS.

Based on the prevailing prices in NCR for 2006, the poverty threshold posted a 5.4 percent increase from the figure posted in 2005. In other words, Filipino families living in NCR comprising of five members should have earned a monthly income of PhP 8,254 to be able to sustain their families’ minimum basic food and non-food needs. Of the PhP 8,254 monthly income, PhP 4,920 (60 percent of the poverty threshold) should have been allocated for basic food needs and PhP 3,334 (40 percent of the poverty threshold) to basic non-food needs of the family.  On the other hand, at the national level, a family of five needed PhP 204 daily to buy their minimum basic food and non-food needs.

Table 1. Monthly and Daily Poverty and Food threshold for a Family of Five, 2005-2006

		Monthly		Daily
		2005	2006	2005	2006
PHILIPPINES	Poverty Threshold	5,853	6,211	193	204
	Food Threshold	3,904	4,151	128	137
Urban	Poverty Threshold	6,680	7,098	220	233
	Food Threshold	4,280	4,558	141	150
Rural	Poverty Threshold	5,540	5,885	182	194
	Food Threshold	3,816	4,057	126	133
NCR	Poverty Threshold	7,829	8,254	258	272
	Food Threshold	4,667	4,920	154	162

Among provinces, excluding the four districts of NCR, annual per capita poverty threshold was highest in Batangas with PhP 18,404 followed by Cavite (PhP 17,876) and Abra (PhP 17,682).  Of the ten provinces with the highest annual per capita poverty threshold, nine are in Luzon and one in Mindanao.

Table 2.  Top Ten in Provincial Annual per Capita Poverty Threshold, 2006

Provinces	Poverty threshold		Rank
	2005	2006	2005	2006
NCR	18,788	19,808
Batangas	17,168	18,404	2	1
Cavite	17,155	17,876	3	2
Abra	17,682	17,682	1	3
Bulacan	16,506	17,305	4	4
Nueva Ecija	15,813	17,066	9	5
Rizal	16,114	16,971	8	6
Cotabato City	14,908	16,872	21	7
Pampanga	16,377	16,802	6	8
Benguet	15,711	16,597	11	9
Laguna	15,639	16,531	12	10

The poverty threshold, on the other hand, is lowest in Siquijor (PhP 12,016), Negros Oriental (PhP 12,120), and Zamboanga Sibugay (PhP 12,153).  Of the ten provinces with the lowest annual per capita poverty thresholds in 2006, two are in Luzon, five are in Visayas, and three are in Mindanao.

Table 3.  Bottom Ten in Provincial Annual per Capita Poverty Threshold, 2006

Provinces	Poverty threshold		Rank
	2005	2006	2005	2006
NCR	18,788	19,808
Siquijor	12,016	12,016	77	80
Negros Oriental	10,990	12,120	81	79
Zamboanga Sibugay	11,500	12,153	80	78
Biliran	12,293	12,341	73	77
Cagayan	11,863	12,501	79	76
Eastern Samar	12,575	13,029	69	75
North Cotabato	12,645	13,047	66	74
Romblon	12,137	13,138	75	73
Zamboanga Sur	12,725	13,202	65	72
Bohol	11,992	13,236	78	71

Looking at the urban-rural disparity, families residing in urban areas needed to earn 21 percent more than families living in rural areas. Among the regions, excluding NCR, Region 6 has the lowest urban-rural difference with only 1.7 percent while Region 5 has the highest urban-rural difference of 31.8 percent.

Table 4. Regional Annual per capita thresholds for urban and rural areas, 2006

Region	Urban	Rural	Urban - Rural Difference
			Level	%
PHILIPPINES	17,035	14,123	2,912	20.6
Region I	16,284	15,699	585	3.7
Region II	15,450	12,973	2,476	19.1
Region III	17,589	15,474	2,115	13.7
Region IV-A	17,779	16,771	1,008	6.0
Region IV-B	15,420	14,184	1,236	8.7
Region V	18,493	14,027	4,466	31.8
Region VI	14,759	14,515	245	1.7
Region VII	14,482	12,741	1,742	13.7
Region VIII	14,420	13,325	1,096	8.2
Region IX	16,160	12,898	3,262	25.3
Region X	15,805	13,687	2,118	15.5
Region XI	17,221	13,860	3,360	24.2
Region XII	16,783	12,878	3,905	30.3
CAR	17,316	15,895	1,420	8.9
ARMM	16,491	14,528	1,962	13.5
Caraga	17,270	14,059	3,211	22.8

For inquiries, please contact Ms. Jessamyn O. Encarnacion or Mr. Joseph M. Addawe at telephone numbered +632-8965390 or through e-mail addresses jo.encarnacion@nscb.gov.ph / jm.addawe@nscb.gov.ph

 

ROMULO A. VIROLA
Secretary General

 

 

 

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