The first semester 2023 poverty incidence among population or the proportion of poor Filipinos in Bicol whose per capita income is not sufficient to meet their basic food and non-food needs was estimated at 32.9 percent or 2.07 million Filipinos. On…

This Press Release presents the preliminary estimates of the 2021 poverty statistics for 9 of the 14 basic sectors identified in Republic Act No. 8425 or the Social Reform and Poverty Alleviation Act. It also includes poverty statistics for…