Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Philippines

Poverty at $6.85 a day in the Philippines in 2023 — 58.7%. Ranked 54 in the world out of 57. Since 1985, the indicator has fallen by 30.3 pp.

2023 58.7% −3.6 pp vs 2021
World rank 54of 57
Period maximum 89%1985
Period minimum 58.7%2023

Trend over time

1985–2023 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Philippines, 1985–20235060708090198519891993199720012005200920132017202120231985: 89%1988: 87.1%1991: 85.4%1994: 84.7%1997: 78%2000: 73.4%2003: 73%2006: 72.5%2009: 71%2012: 69.9%2015: 65.8%2018: 60.2%2021: 62.3%2023: 58.7%
Change over the period: −30.3 pp Annual average: -0.8 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Philippines

Philippines 58.7%
World 47%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Philippines, by year Philippines All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 58.7
2021 62.3
2018 60.2
2015 65.8
2012 69.9
2009 71
2006 72.5
2003 73
2000 73.4
1997 78
1994 84.7
1991 85.4
1988 87.1
1985 89

South-Eastern Asia, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption falls below $6.85 a day at 2017 purchasing power parity — the highest of the three international lines of the World Bank. It is this line that shows how much more modest the fall in world poverty looks than the extreme line suggests: nearly half the population of the planet lives below this level, and over recent decades that share has been falling more slowly than the share of the destitute.

Important: It matches the typical national poverty lines of upper-middle-income countries. For rich countries even this line is low — there poverty is measured relative to median income rather than by an absolute amount.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.