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The Philippines' poverty rate dropped to 15.5% last year from 18.1% in 2021, with rising food prices limiting the reduction in the number of poor, the government's statistics agency said on Thursday.

The Philippine Poverty Reduction Summit 2025 (PPRS25) concluded on Tuesday with a strong call to action for deeper ...

Analyzing the major cause of poverty in the Philippines, it’s because we have failed to utilize to the max the best of Filipino talents and industries, supported by our rich natural resources ...

The Philippines' top economic official said Friday the government aims to sustain growth at a rate high enough to nearly halve poverty by 2016. Nearly 28 percent of the country's 97 million people ...

The percent of people living below the poverty line in the Philippines has narrowed only slightly, despite robust growth of the Philippine economy over the last few years, according to the latest ...

Poverty incidence in the Philippines rose to 23.7% in the first half of the year from 21.1% in the same period in 2018, economic officials said, ...

Recent data on poverty in the Philippines as of 2022, acknowledged by the government, placed the figure at 15.5% to 17.55% of the population, which translates to 17 million to 20 million Filipinos.