T h e P h i l i p p i n e s '
National Profile of the Poor
WHO THE
POOR ARE
POOR ARE
42.9% strong materials
2.4 million of the poor households nationwide had strong
roofing materials. Strong materials for the roof refer
to the construction materials made of galvanized iron,
aluminum, tile, concrete, brick, stone or asbestos.
47.7% light materials
2.7 million have outer walls made of light materials
such as bamboo, sawali, cogo, nipa, and anahaw.
1.5 million poor households are vulnerable to natural or
human-induced disasters because the roof and walls of
housing units are made entirely of light materials.
out of
individuals are living in poverty.
Out of the 67,011,704 individuals assessed during the
third nationwide household assessment,
45% or 30,397,224 are residing in a poor household.
More than one million have no
access to electricity.
access to electricity.
908,002 or 16.2% of poor households use
kerosene as their source of lighting.
Poor households that use fuelwood for
cooking comprise 86.4% or 4.9 million
of the total poor household population.
Assets owned by
most poor
households:
In terms of sex-distribution, proportion of male poor
individuals is higher (15,698,419) compared to females
with 14,698,805.
A huge percentage of poor women in working-age group are
unemployed.
Four in every ten assessed women are poor. Of the 14.7
million women identified as poor nationwide, 8,027,574 are
in economically productive age group. Ironically, 78.6% of
them have no reported occupation.
54.8%
of the total poor
individuals are in
working-age and are
supporting the other
half (45.2%) who are
either young or old
dependents.
Out of the 30.4 million individuals
identified as poor nationwide, majority
or 16.7 million belonged in economically
productive age or working age group
(15 to 64 years old).
45.2% are poor individuals in dependent age group (under
age 15 and over age 64):
94.8%
young age group (0 to 14 years old)
5.2%
old age group (65 years old and above)
Despite a high case of poverty among children,
69.7%
of the total poor children are attending school.
More than half of the total school aged children (3 to 17
years old) identified as poor are attending school with
10,564,167.
Almost half of the total poor senior citizens in the country
are in employment.
Senior Citizens are considered particularly vulnerable since
they are physically more frail. Despite this, 41.4% or two out
of five poor individuals belonging in this sector have
reported occupation.
36 in every
100 poor youth
are not in employment and education (NEE).
The youth sector has the highest share to the 16.7 million
economically productive age poor individuals with 50.7%.
However, 35.6% of the total poor youth are both not in
employment and not attending school or NEE.
POVERTY AMONG OTHER SECTORS
FARMERS
Mixed crop and livestock farm laborers, crop farm laborers,
and corn farmers constitute the biggest portion of poor
farmers in the Philippines.
Farmers’ (aged 15 years old and above) share to the total poor
individuals (aged 15 years and above) is 16.3% or 2,826,062.
Most farmers work for private households (32.1%), while 26.6%
are self-employed without any paid employees.
FISHERMAN
55.6% of poor individuals belonging to this sector are
self-employed fishermen without any paid employees.
The fishing industry provides employment to 3 out of 100 poor
individuals aged 15 years old and above. This is equivalent to
604,639 or 3.48% of the total poor individuals in both working
age and old age groups.
PERSONS WITH DISABILITY (PWDs)
19.1% or 36,761 PWDs who are aged 15 years old and above have
reported occupations.
Almost one percent of the total poor individuals or 271,672
are considered PWDs nationwide. PWDs are also beneficiaries of
different social protection programs and services. Out of
242,425 households with at least one member with disability,
89.2% declare to be recipients of grants or services from
Philippine Health Insurance (PhilHealth) and Pantawid
Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), among others.
SOLO PARENTS
64.3% or 346,494 households are headed by solo parents.
There are 583,769 poor individuals (aged 18 years old and
above) declare that they are solo parents. At the household
level, 538,686 poor households have at least one member who is
a solo parent.
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (IPs)
Highest magnitude of poor IP households is in the Autonomous
Region of Muslim Mindanao with 102,412.
There are 4,056,240 IP individuals that are residing in a poor
household. Unemployment among poor IP individuals aged 15
years old and above is higher in number (1,238,541) than the
recorded 1,064,084 poor IP individuals with reported
occupation in the same age group.
OTHERS
82 in every 100 poor households have received assistance from
social protection programs.
81.98% of the total poor households or 4,589,964 declared to
be recipients of social protection (SP) services or
beneficiaries of SP programs, to include Philippine Health
Insurance (PhilHealth), Day Care Services, Supplementary
Feeding, Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) and
Subsidized Rice, among others.
WHERE THE
POOR ARE
The Listahanan 3 project was implemented in 81 provinces,
145 cities, and 1,489 municipalities, covering a total of
42,045 barangays nationwide.
Despite the many challenges faced during its implementation, including the declaration of national public emergency brought by the pandemic, natural calamities, among many others, the project has successfully assessed a total of 15,487,655 households through house-to-house interviews. Of this figure, 36% or 5,599,091 households were identified as poor.
Despite the many challenges faced during its implementation, including the declaration of national public emergency brought by the pandemic, natural calamities, among many others, the project has successfully assessed a total of 15,487,655 households through house-to-house interviews. Of this figure, 36% or 5,599,091 households were identified as poor.
Poor Households
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Majority of the poor households are found in rural
areas.
The results of Listahanan 3 proved the disparity
between living in urban and in rural settings.
Percentage of poor to assessed households in rural
barangays is slightly higher (38.3%) than in urban
with 31.9%.
Nearly two million poor households still live in
areas where clean water is physically scarce.
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