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Poverty incidence in 2021 higher compared to 2018, but lower to figures in 2015 (Eagle News) – At least 19.99 million Filipinos lived below the poverty line in 2021, the Philippine Statistics Authority said. The PSA said that the poverty incidence among the Filipino population has risen to 18.1 percent last year compared to the 2021 figure of 16.7 percent. It was however lower compared to the 23.5 percent poverty incidence in 2015. “This translates […]
(Eagle News)—-Poverty incidence among Filipino families in the first semester of 2018 went down, the Philippine Statistics Authority said. According to the PSA, the 16.1 percent of families whose family income is below the poverty line was lower than the 22.2 percent in the same period in 2015. The PSA said the same can be said of poverty incidence among Filipino individuals in the first semester of 2018, which was at 21.0 percent. According to […]
