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BARMM Poverty Statistics

61.8^%

Poverty Incidence
^{(As of 2018)}

356.2

Poverty Magnitude
^{(As of 2018)}

^p27,715 ^{per month}

Poverty Threshold
^{(As of 2018)}

30.2^%

Subsistence Incidence
^{(As of 2018)}

1,213

Subsistence Magnitude
^{(As of 2018)}

^p19,557 ^{per month}

Food Threshold
^{(As of 2018)}

Releases

2018 Full-Year Poverty Statistics among Senior Citizens in BARMM

Thursday, June 18, 2020 • Special Release

About 44.9 percent or a total of 75.4 thousand senior citizens in BARMM are poor in 2018. The poverty incidence in this sector during this period is 3.2 percentage points higher than the estimate in 2015.

2018 Full-Year Poverty Statistics among Youth in BARMM

Thursday, June 11, 2020 • Special Release

About 58.9 percent of youth in BARMM belong to poor families

2018 Full-Year Poverty Statistics among Children in BARMM

Wednesday, June 10, 2020 • Special Release

About 68.2 percent of the children or individuals below 18 years old in BARMM belong to poor families in 2018. This translates to 1,293.4 thousand children who belong to a family with per capita income that is less than the per capita poverty threshold of PhP27,556 during this period.... read more

2018 First Semester Poverty Statistics among Families in ARMM

Wednesday, April 17, 2019 • Special Release

In the first semester of 2018, ARMM recorded a per capita poverty threshold of PhP13,578 and per capita food threshold of PhP9,565. This means that a person in ARMM needed at least PhP13,578, on the average, to buy his or her basic food and non-food needs for one semester or six months... read more

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Publications

	2018 Poverty Statistics in ARMM February 4, 2020 • Infographic
	2018 Poverty Statistics in Basilan February 4, 2020 • Infographic
	2018 Poverty Statistics in Lanao del Sur February 4, 2020 • Infographic
	2018 Poverty Statistics in Maguindanao February 4, 2020 • Infographic
	2018 Poverty Statistics in Sulu February 4, 2020 • Infographic
	2018 Poverty Statistics in Tawi-Tawi February 4, 2020 • Infographic
	Poverty Statistics in ARMM (1st Semester of 2018) April 17, 2019 • Infographic
	ARMM Poverty Statistics in 2015 - Factsheet March 6, 2017 • Factsheet
	ARMM Poverty Statistics in 2015 - Infographic January 9, 2017 • Infographic

Downloadables

ARMM Poverty Incidence among Families (2006, 2009, 2012, 2015)

ARMM Poverty Incidence among Population (2006, 2009, 2012, 2015)

ARMM Subsistence Incidence among Families (2006, 2009, 2012, 2015)

ARMM Subsistence Incidence among Population (2006, 2009, 2012, 2015)

Summary

First Semester Per Capita Poverty Threshold and Food Threshold by Province: ARMM, 2015 and 2018

AREA	Poverty Threshold (in PhP)		Food Threshold (in PhP)
AREA	2015*	2018	2015*	2018
ARMM	11,183	13,578	7,947	9,565
Basilan	9,856	12,671	6,857	8,846
Lanao del Sur	12,021	14,769	8,392	10,312
Maguindanao	9,979	12,653	6,972	8,838
Sulu	11,494	13,830	8,026	9,663
Tawi-Tawi ^b/	8,895	9,817	6,126	6,847

First Semester Poverty Incidence among Families by Province: ARMM, 2015 and 2018

AREA	Poverty Incidence		Coefficient of Variation
AREA	2015*	2018	2015*	2018
ARMM	56.2	55.4	5.8	2.4
Basilan	28.8	65.3	12.8	3.4
Lanao del Sur	73.8	68.0	4.9	3.2
Maguindanao	47.4	47.9	8.2	6.6
Sulu	71.8	65.8	8.5	3.4
Tawi-Tawi ^b/	10.9	17.2	32.8	9.1

First Semester Poverty Incidence among Population by Province: ARMM, 2015 and 2018

AREA	Poverty Incidence		Coefficient of Variation
AREA	2015*	2018	2015*	2018
ARMM	61.6	63.0	5.2	2.1
Basilan	38.7	72.1	9.1	3.0
Lanao del Sur	77.2	73.7	4.0	2.7
Maguindanao	56.6	55.1	7.3	6.1
Sulu	74.8	74.3	7.3	2.7
Tawi-Tawi ^b/	13.9	23.4	33.2	8.0

First Semester Subsistence Incidence among Families by Province: ARMM, 2015 and 2018

AREA	Subsistence Incidence		Coefficient of Variation
AREA	2015*	2018	2015*	2018
ARMM	28.8	29.1	9.4	3.7
Basilan	8.0	38.5	15.6	5.7
Lanao del Sur	50.6	41.6	9.1	5.8
Maguindanao	19.4	23.8	19.3	9.4
Sulu	32.3	29.0	17.4	23.4
Tawi-Tawi ^b/	2.8	5.8	54.0	15.8

First Semester Subsistence Incidence among Population by Province: ARMM, 2015 and 2018

AREA	Subsistence Incidence		Coefficient of Variation
AREA	2015*	2018	2015*	2018
ARMM	34.0	36.0	8.4	3.4
Basilan	11.8	45.9	14.9	5.6
Lanao del Sur	57.3	48.5	7.6	5.2
Maguindanao	25.2	29.5	18.5	8.9
Sulu	36.4	37.2	16.1	5.5
Tawi-Tawi ^b/	3.1	8.0	54.0	14.8

b/ Coefficient of variation of first semester 2015 provincial poverty and subsistence incidence is greater than 20%.

* Poverty and Food Thresholds are estimated using actual prices collected by PSA for the estimation of the Consumer Price Index (CPI). In consonance with the updating of the market basket for the collection of prices for CPI, First Semester 2015 Poverty Statistics were revised accordingly.

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