About 49 percent of Filipino families rated themselves poor, according to a nationwide survey conducted by Social Weather Stations (SWS) from 25 to 29 June 2025.
This translates to nearly 13.7 million families who felt poor during the survey period — slightly fewer than the 14.1 million families who said the same in April 2025, when the poverty rate was 50 percent.
In the latest results, 49 percent of Filipino families considered themselves poor, 10 percent placed themselves on the borderline (neither poor nor not poor), and 41 percent considered themselves not poor.
Borderline:
The 10 percent of families who identified as borderline represents a two-point increase from the record low of 8 percent recorded in the 23 to 28 April 2025 survey.
Not Poor:
The 41 percent of families who considered themselves not poor is only one point below the record-high 42 percent from the same April 2025 survey.
By Region:
As of June 2025, self-rated poverty was highest in Mindanao at 69 percent, followed by the Visayas at 60 percent, Balance Luzon at 38 percent, and Metro Manila at 36 percent.
The Self-Rated Poverty (SRP) survey has been conducted 151 times since April 1983. The first SRP figure was 55 percent, based on a Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) survey. It peaked at 74 percent in the July 1985 survey by the Bishops-Businessmen’s Conference (BBC).
The second quarter 2025 Social Weather Survey was conducted through face-to-face interviews with 1,200 adult respondents (aged 18 and above) nationwide. The sample included 300 respondents each from Metro Manila, Balance Luzon (areas in Luzon outside Metro Manila), the Visayas, and Mindanao.