BARMM Poverty Statistics

29.9%

Poverty Incidence
(As of 2021)

0.23 million

Poverty Magnitude
(As of 2021)

p11,957 per month

Poverty Threshold
(As of 2021)

9.0%

Subsistence Incidence
(As of 2021)

0.07 million

Subsistence Magnitude
(As of 2021)

p8,413 per month

Food Threshold
(As of 2021)

Releases

2021 Full Year Official Poverty Statistics
Thursday, October 13, 2022 • Press Release

Poverty incidence among the population is defined as the proportion of families or individuals whose per capita income cannot sufficiently meet the individual basic food and non-food needs.

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

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Publications

 041 2021 Poverty Statistics in BARMM
October 13, 2022 • Infographic
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

PDF icon Preliminary 2021 Full Year Poverty Statistics Publication
File ARMM Poverty Incidence among Families (2006, 2009, 2012, 2015)
File ARMM Poverty Incidence among Population (2006, 2009, 2012, 2015)
File ARMM Subsistence Incidence among Families (2006, 2009, 2012, 2015)
File ARMM Subsistence Incidence among Population (2006, 2009, 2012, 2015)

Summary

Poverty Threshold and Food Threshold per Family per Month by Province/HUC: BARMM, 2018 and 2021P

AREA Poverty Threshold
(in PhP)		 Food Threshold
(in PhP)
2018 2021 2018 2021
BARMM 11,602 11,957 8,172 8,413
Basilan 11,229 11,137 7,841 7,770
Lanao del Sur 12,177 12,118 8,498 8,491
Maguindanao 10,570 10,571 7,391 7,379
Sulu 12,146 13,243 8,475 9,260
Tawi-Tawi 8,860 10,973 6,262 7,666
Cotabato City 12,646 14,121 8,813 9,860

Annual per Capita Poverty Incidence among Families by Province/HUC (in percent): BARMM, 2018 and 2021P

AREA Poverty Incidence Coefficient of Variation
2018 2021 2018 2021
BARMM 52.6 29.9 2.5 3.7
Basilan 66.3 42.5 3.4 6.3
Lanao del Sur 64.2 7.4 3.7 11.2
Maguindanao 40.6 29.8 7.4 8.3
Sulu 75.3 51.0 2.5 5.5
Tawi-Tawi 15.1 28.1 9.0 10.5
Cotabato City 35.2 31.3 6.8 8.2

Annual per Capita Poverty Incidence among Population by Province/HUC (in percent): BARMM, 2018 and 2021P

AREA Poverty Incidence Coefficient of Variation
2018 2021 2018 2021
BARMM 60.4 37.4 2.5 3.7
Basilan 73.5 53.5 3.0 5.3
Lanao del Sur 71.2 10.9 3.0 9.8
Maguindanao 48.5 38.0 6.9 7.8
Sulu 82.5 62.5 1.9 4.1
Tawi-Tawi 22.2 36.5 7.8 8.5
Cotabato City 42.0 39.7 6.4 7.2

Annual per Capita Subsistence Incidence among Families by Province/HUC (in percent): BARMM, 2018 and 2021P

AREA Subsistence Incidence Coefficient of Variation
2018 2021 2018 2021
BARMM 22.2 9.0 4.3 6.9
Basilan 34.1 16.3 7.3 11.5
Lanao del Sur 31.0 0.3 7.6 41.4
Maguindanao 15.1 8.3 12.1 16.0
Sulu 31.5 17.1 5.9 12.3
Tawi-Tawi 2.0 6.4 19.1 15.7
Cotabato City 10.3 11.4 13.2 12.3

Annual per Capita Subsistence Incidence among Population by Province/HUC (in percent): BARMM, 2018 and 2021P

AREA Subsistence Incidence Coefficient of Variation
2018 2021 2018 2021
BARMM 29.1 12.8 4.0 6.5
Basilan 42.4 23.9 6.7 10.5
Lanao del Sur 38.3 0.4 6.6 43.0
Maguindanao 20.2 12.4 11.9 15.6
Sulu 41.6 24.2 5.1 10.5
Tawi-Tawi 3.4 10.1 18.4 14.6
Cotabato City 14.1 16.5 12.6 10.9

P - This is based on the preliminary results of the 2021 Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES)