Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Philippines
Philippines: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 99.0% in 2023. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Philippines, 1985–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Philippines recorded 99.0% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Philippines peaked at 99.5% in 1988 and was at its lowest, 98.5%, in 1997.
That places Philippines 29th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 99.4% | 99.3% | 99.5% | 2 |
| 1990s | 98.8% | 98.5% | 99.0% | 3 |
| 2000s | 98.7% | 98.5% | 98.8% | 4 |
| 2010s | 98.6% | 98.5% | 98.6% | 3 |
| 2020s | 99.0% | 98.9% | 99.0% | 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 women 0.1239 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1239 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1481 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2356 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Philippines?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Philippines was 99.0% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Philippines?
- The highest recorded value was 99.5% in 1988.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Philippines?
- The lowest recorded value was 98.5% in 1997.
- How does Philippines rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Philippines ranks 29th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Philippines?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.