Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Philippines
Philippines: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.352 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Philippines, 1985–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Philippines stood at 0.352. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 5.5% on the previous year and down 16.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Philippines peaked at 0.4596 in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0.352, in 2023.
That places Philippines 52nd out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.4089 | 0.4075 | 0.4104 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.4422 | 0.4289 | 0.4596 | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.4223 | 0.4149 | 0.4286 | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.4013 | 0.3781 | 0.4222 | 3 |
| 2020s | 0.3624 | 0.352 | 0.3727 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Philippines
More poverty & inequality data for Philippines
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 3 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.92 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,869 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 14.1% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.351 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 14.2% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1481 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1239 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1239 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2356 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Philippines?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Philippines was 0.352 in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Philippines?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4596 in 1997.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Philippines?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.352 in 2023.
- How does Philippines rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Philippines ranks 52nd out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Philippines?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Philippines data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.