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Topic 14 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Philippines: Poverty & Inequality
How is a country’s income shared, and how many live below a line?
Philippines is placed 105th of 159 countries on poverty & inequality in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 3 key statistics. Readings behind it: Gini Index 39.34 (2023); Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day 0.95 (2023).
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Poverty & Inequality
105th
of 159 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 3 key statistics
01The evidence
The 3 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Philippines on poverty & inequality — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 3
Gini Index
World Bank Group
Latest reading per country, 2013–2023 · Philippines’s is from 2023 · CC BY 4.0
39.34
Gini index (0 = perfect equality, 100 = perfect inequality)
Lower is better
Philippines: 39.34. Across the 159 countries at their latest reading, values run from 23 (India) to 59.07 (Namibia); the world median is 33.72.
- World median
- 33.72
- Best in South-eastern Asia
- 28.65 Timor-Leste
Key 2 of 3
Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day
World Bank Group
Latest reading per country, 2013–2023 · Philippines’s is from 2023 · CC BY 4.0
0.95
Poverty gap at $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP (%)
Lower is better
Philippines: 0.95. Across the 159 countries at their latest reading, values run from 0 (Czechia) to 48.69 (DR Congo); the world median is 0.345.
- World median
- 0.345
- Best in South-eastern Asia
- 0.001 Thailand
Key 3 of 3
Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 4.0
45
Share of the population unable to afford a healthy diet (%)
Lower is better
Philippines: 45. Across the 145 countries in this edition, values run from 0.6 (Belarus) to 93.9 (South Sudan); the world median is 26.4.
- World median
- 26.4
- Best in South-eastern Asia
- 1.4 Malaysia
02Over time
Which way Philippines is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Gini Index
Gini index (0 = perfect equality, 100 = perfect inequality) · lower is better
PhilippinesWorld median
Philippines fell from 46.58 in 2003 to 39.34 in 2023; the world median went from 35.46 to 33.72.
Every year’s figures
Year Philippines World median 2023 39.3 33.72 2022 — 33.91 2021 40.7 34.04 2020 — 34.18 2019 — 33.51 2018 42.3 35.25 2017 — 34.86 2016 — 34.47 2015 44.6 35.52 2014 — 34.79 2013 — 36.16 2012 46.5 35.40 2011 — 33.96 2010 — 33.71 2009 46.3 34.91 2008 — 34.60 2007 — 34.26 2006 47.2 35.63 2005 — 36.28 2004 — 34.29 2003 46.6 35.46 2002 — 37.14 Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day
Poverty gap at $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP (%) · lower is better
PhilippinesWorld median
Philippines fell from 6.9 in 2003 to 0.95 in 2023; the world median went from 1.65 to 0.345.
Every year’s figures
Year Philippines World median 2023 0.95 0.345 2022 — 0.420 2021 1.62 0.335 2020 — 0.280 2019 — 0.380 2018 1.64 0.460 2017 — 0.300 2016 — 0.440 2015 3.39 0.500 2014 — 0.635 2013 — 0.515 2012 5.57 0.640 2011 — 0.430 2010 — 0.530 2009 5.72 0.600 2008 — 0.350 2007 — 0.360 2006 7.50 0.465 2005 — 1.250 2004 — 0.790 2003 6.90 1.650 2002 — 3.010 Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet
Share of the population unable to afford a healthy diet (%) · lower is better
PhilippinesWorld median
Philippines fell from 49.4 in 2017 to 45 in 2025; the world median went from 32.4 to 26.4.
Every year’s figures
Year Philippines World median 2025 45.0 26.40 2024 47.4 27.10 2023 49.1 27.15 2022 50.2 27.90 2021 52.8 29.65 2020 53.3 31.80 2019 47.2 29.05 2018 48.4 29.85 2017 49.4 32.40
03In context
Philippines beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 159 countries on poverty & inequality, never a place within the region.
Philippines and South-eastern Asia
Philippines has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 159; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Gini IndexGini index (0 = perfect equality, 100 = perfect inequality) | Poverty Gap at $3.00 a DayPoverty gap at $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP (%) | Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy DietShare of the population unable to afford a healthy diet (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Thailand | 27th | 33.49 | 0.0006 | — |
 Malaysia | 41st | 40.67 | 0.0007 | 1.4 |
 Vietnamcompare | 62nd | 36.09 | 0.4000 | 7 |
 Myanmar | 66th | 30.7 | 1.7900 | — |
 Timor-Leste | 77th | 28.65 | 11.1700 | — |
| Philippines | 105th | 39.34 | 0.9500 | 45 |
 Indonesiacompare | 114th | 36.06 | 1.1200 | 68.6 |
 Laos | =119th | 38.8 | 3.2600 | 49.7 |
 Brunei | not placed | — | — | — |
 Cambodia | not placed | — | — | — |
 Singapore | not placed | — | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across South-eastern Asia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 159.
Placed either side on poverty & inequality
The countries immediately above and below Philippines in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Philippines is ahead of the world, and behind
31 more statistics filed under poverty & inequality, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median9
Statistics on which Philippines does better than the middle country measured.
Intergenerational Persistence in EducationWorld Bank Group · 2017 · world median 0.4460.1650.446No earlier reading
Philippines: 0.165 · world median 0.446 · Correlation between own and parents' years of schooling, born 1980–89 (0–1). World Bank Group, 2017 edition, data for 2017.
Published values in that edition run from 0.123 to 0.66; lower is better.
Position 152nd of 153 · derived, 1st = worst.
Gini Index of Monthly EarningsILO · 2024 · world median 0.3370.3010.337▲ Improved since 2014
Philippines: 0.301 · world median 0.337 · Gini index of employees’ monthly earnings (0 = all paid the same, 1 = maximum inequality). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.182 to 0.643; lower is better.
Position 53rd of 75 · derived, 1st = worst.
Working Poverty RateILO · 2025 · world median 4.8850.4684.885▲ Improved since 2015
Philippines: 0.468 · world median 4.885 · Employed people living in extreme poverty (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.007 to 86.02; lower is better.
Global Multidimensional Poverty IndexOPHI · 2025 · world median 0.0390.0160.039▲ Improved since 2018
Philippines: 0.016 · world median 0.039 · MPI (0–1). Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 0.517; lower is better.
Position 75th of 109 · derived, 1st = worst.
Income Growth of the Poorest 40%World Bank Group · 2024 · world median 1.8412.9831.841▲ Improved since 2014
Philippines: 2.983 · world median 1.841 · Annualized growth in real income or consumption per person of the bottom 40% (%). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from -4.185 to 14.51; higher is better.
Low Pay RateILO · 2024 · world median 17.8917.317.89▲ Improved since 2014
Philippines: 17.3 · world median 17.89 · Employees paid less than two-thirds of the median hourly earnings (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 3.395 to 41.69; lower is better.
Position 41st of 71 · derived, 1st = worst.
Severe Child Food Poverty, Children Aged 6–23 MonthsUNICEF · 2024 · world median 21.2618.121.26No earlier reading
Philippines: 18.1 · world median 21.26 · Children aged 6-23 months fed from at most 2 of 8 food groups (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.169 to 63.08; lower is better.
Position 63rd of 113 · derived, 1st = worst.
Wealth Parity Index, Lower Secondary CompletionUIS · 2024 · world median 0.5290.6340.529No earlier reading
Philippines: 0.634 · world median 0.529 · Adjusted wealth parity index, lower secondary completion (poorest vs richest fifth; 1 = parity). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.032 to 1.022; higher is better.
Coefficient of Human InequalityUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 17.0516.8517.05No real change since 2013
Philippines: 16.85 · world median 17.05 · Coefficient of Human Inequality (%). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 4.865 to 43.08; lower is better.
Position 87th of 169 · derived, 1st = worst.
Behind the world median18
Statistics on which Philippines does worse than the middle country measured.
Inequality-adjusted Human Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.6090.5970.609No real change since 2013
Philippines: 0.597 · world median 0.609 · IHDI (0–1). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.226 to 0.923; higher is better.
Position 92nd of 169 · derived.
Adequacy of Social Protection and Labour BenefitsWorld Bank Group · 2023 · world median 18.6516.9418.65No earlier reading
Philippines: 16.94 · world median 18.65 · Benefits received as a share of beneficiaries' total income or consumption (%). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.455 to 90.86; higher is better.
Multidimensional Poverty MeasureWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 4.2526.194.252No earlier reading
Philippines: 6.19 · world median 4.252 · Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (%). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 87.96; lower is better.
Position 69th of 157 · derived, 1st = worst.
Income Share Held by Lowest 20%World Bank Group · 2023 · world median 7.126.927.12▲ Improved since 2015
Philippines: 6.92 · world median 7.12 · Share of national income held by the poorest fifth (%). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 3.24 to 11.07; higher is better.
Position 36th of 60 · derived.
Poverty Severity (Squared Poverty Gap) at $3.00 a DayWorld Bank Group · 2023 · world median 0.1850.280.185▲ Improved since 2015
Philippines: 0.28 · world median 0.185 · Squared poverty gap at $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP (0–100). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 9.74; lower is better.
Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food InsecurityFAO · 2024 · world median 20.932.720.9▲ Improved since 2018
Philippines: 32.7 · world median 20.9 · Population in moderate or severe food insecurity (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 88.8; lower is better.
Position 45th of 135 · derived, 1st = worst.
Actual Individual Consumption per Capita (PPP)World Bank Group · 2021 · world median 12,8007,38112,800No real change since 2017
Philippines: 7,381 · world median 12,800 · Actual individual consumption per capita (PPP, current international $). World Bank Group, 2021 edition, data for 2021.
Published values in that edition run from 688.7 to 52,654; higher is better.
Position 117th of 173 · derived.
Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID)Frederick Solt, University of Iowa · 2023 · world median 3337.333▼ Worsened since 2013
Philippines: 37.3 · world median 33 · Gini index of disposable household income (0–100), SWIID estimate. Frederick Solt, University of Iowa, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 22.3 to 51.2; lower is better.
Position 25th of 79 · derived, 1st = worst.
Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up EstimatesWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 2.110.242.1▲ Improved since 2014
Philippines: 10.24 · world median 2.1 · Population below $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP, World Bank line-up estimate (%). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 89.54; lower is better.
Palma RatioWorld Bank Group · 2023 · world median 1.3321.7961.332▲ Improved since 2015
Philippines: 1.796 · world median 1.332 · Palma ratio (income share of the richest 10% ÷ share of the poorest 40%). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.771 to 4.193; lower is better.
Position 18th of 60 · derived, 1st = worst.
Income Share Held by Richest 10%World Bank Group · 2023 · world median 26.1831.6126.18▲ Improved since 2015
Philippines: 31.61 · world median 26.18 · Share of national income or consumption held by the richest tenth (%). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 18.79 to 43.08; lower is better.
Position 11th of 60 · derived, 1st = worst.
Societal Poverty RateWorld Bank Group · 2023 · world median 17.225.3417.2▲ Improved since 2015
Philippines: 25.34 · world median 17.2 · Population below the societal poverty line, 2021 PPP (%). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 7 to 54.36; lower is better.
Position 11th of 60 · derived, 1st = worst.
Exclusion by Socio-Economic GroupV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2023 · world median 0.4130.7110.413▼ Worsened since 2013
Philippines: 0.711 · world median 0.413 · Exclusion by socio-economic group index (0–1; higher = more exclusion). V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.014 to 0.969; lower is better.
Position 29th of 174 · derived, 1st = worst.
Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.00 a DayWorld Bank Group · 2023 · world median 0.935.320.93No real change since 2015
Philippines: 5.32 · world median 0.93 · Population below $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP (%). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 54.36; lower is better.
Position 10th of 58 · derived, 1st = worst.
Prosperity GapWorld Bank Group · 2023 · world median 1.7544.4151.754▼ Worsened since 2015
Philippines: 4.415 · world median 1.754 · Average factor incomes must rise by to reach $28 a day. World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.406 to 12.06; lower is better.
Position 10th of 60 · derived, 1st = worst.
Poverty Headcount Ratio at $4.20 a DayWorld Bank Group · 2023 · world median 1.3416.871.34▼ Worsened since 2015
Philippines: 16.87 · world median 1.34 · Population below $4.20 a day, 2021 PPP (%). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.02 to 72.3; lower is better.
Position 7th of 59 · derived, 1st = worst.
Median Daily Income or Consumption per PersonWorld Bank Group · 2023 · world median 22.767.20722.76▼ Worsened since 2015
Philippines: 7.207 · world median 22.76 · Median income or consumption per person, 2021 PPP dollars a day. World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2.803 to 89.49; higher is better.
Position 55th of 60 · derived.
Poverty Headcount Ratio at $8.30 a DayWorld Bank Group · 2023 · world median 7.8258.747.82▼ Worsened since 2015
Philippines: 58.74 · world median 7.82 · Population below $8.30 a day, 2021 PPP (%). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.07 to 93.58; lower is better.
Position 6th of 59 · derived, 1st = worst.
Level with the median, or no median to compare1
Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric ConsumptionFAO · 2024 · world median 0.250.250.25▲ Improved since 2014
Philippines: 0.25 · world median 0.25 · Coefficient of variation of habitual calorie consumption across the population (standard deviation ÷ mean). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.17 to 0.4; lower is better.
No better end3
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health SpendingWorld Bank Group · 2019 · world median 6.886.316.88No earlier reading
Philippines: 6.31 · world median 6.88 · Population in households spending more than 10% of their budget on health out of pocket (%). World Bank Group, 2019 edition, data for 2019.
Published values in that edition run from 0.133 to 31.21.
Cost of a Healthy DietFAO · 2025 · world median 4.554.484.55Moved since 2017
Philippines: 4.48 · world median 4.55 · Cost of the cheapest locally available healthy diet, PPP dollars per person per day. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.66 to 8.27.
Poverty Headcount at National Poverty LinesWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 21.815.521.8No earlier reading
Philippines: 15.5 · world median 21.8 · Population below the national poverty line (%). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 82.3.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Poverty & Inequality among Philippines’s 16 topics
Poverty & Inequality is Philippines’s 12th best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Mobility & Tradejoint 42nd of 1774/4 keys
- Work & Labourjoint 58th of 1824/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture66th of 1844/4 keys
- Digital & Technology71st of 1984/4 keys
- Governance & Institutionsjoint 79th of 1944/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainability81st of 1864/4 keys
- Gender & Equality84th of 1834/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Libertiesjoint 119th of 1984/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation107th of 1764/4 keys
- Peace & Securityjoint 112th of 1774/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital124th of 1963/3 keys
- Poverty & Inequality105th of 1593/3 keys
- Health & Wellbeing134th of 2004/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge135th of 1984/4 keys
- Energy125th of 1653/3 keys
- Risk & Resiliencejoint 174th of 1934/4 keys
06The top of the list
Who leads on poverty & inequality
The three countries placed highest of 159, and the leaders Philippines can most readily be measured against.
1
BelarusEastern Europe
1st of 159 · 3 of 3 keys
Photo: zedlik , cropped by Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
SloveniaSouthern Europe
2nd of 159 · 3 of 3 keys
Photo: Z.K. derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY 3.0, greyscale
=3
UkraineEastern Europe
Joint 3rd of 159 · 2 of 3 keys
Photo: uploaded by Chern038 · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Asia
United Arab Emirates=3rd3/3 keysHighest in South-eastern Asia
Thailand27th2/3 keysThis page
Philippines105th3/3 keys
Positions out of 159 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Philippines on poverty & inequality: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Philippines rank on poverty & inequality?
Philippines is placed 105th of 159 countries on Poverty & Inequality in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 3 key statistics (Gini Index, Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day and Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Gini Index figure for Philippines?
39.34 in 2023 (gini index (0 = perfect equality, 100 = perfect inequality)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 33.72.
What is the latest Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day figure for Philippines?
0.95 in 2023 (poverty gap at $3.00 a day, 2021 PPP (%)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 0.345.
How have Philippines’s poverty & inequality figures changed?
Gini Index fell from 46.58 in 2003 to 39.34 in 2023; Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day fell from 6.9 in 2003 to 0.95 in 2023; Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet fell from 49.4 in 2017 to 45 in 2025.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
These figures come from household surveys, which most countries run every few years rather than every year. So the subject's standing is read from each country's most recent survey of the last decade, with the year of every reading shown, rather than from one year in which only a minority of countries were surveyed. Two readings decide it — how unequally income is shared and how deep extreme poverty runs — because the other poverty and inequality measures here largely repeat one of those two or repeat average income, which already counts under Economy and Development. Countries with no survey in the last decade have no standing here. What work pays is under Work & Labour; wealth, as opposed to income, has no global source this site is permitted to republish.
How the Poverty & Inequality standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 3 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 3 keys to be placed.
The poverty & inequality method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Gini Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
The other 31 statistics on this page come from 9 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Philippines’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Philippines (banner) — Matthias Hiltner, CC BY 2.0
- Belarus — zedlik , cropped by Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Slovenia — Z.K. derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY 3.0
- Ukraine — uploaded by Chern038, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Philippines: Poverty & Inequality — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/philippines/poverty