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.
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Philippines, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 0.4104 | — |
| 1988 | 0.4075 | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 0.4382 | +7.6% |
| 1994 | 0.4289 | -2.1% |
| 1997 | 0.4596 | +7.2% |
| 2000 | 0.428 | -6.9% |
| 2003 | 0.4149 | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 0.4286 | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 0.4176 | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 0.4222 | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 0.4035 | -4.4% |
| 2018 | 0.3781 | -6.3% |
| 2021 | 0.3727 | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 0.352 | -5.5% |
Philippines compared with similar countries
- Philippines's 0.352 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.3588, 98% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Philippines's 0.352 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.3443, 1.0× the median. (11 countries reporting)
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)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (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)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 1.25 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 14.1 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 14.1% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (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.