Libarios 10:55 AM, Jul 10, 2023
Hi, I will be writing a feature story for PIA and would like to request for information regarding:
1. The poverty rate in the Philippines
2. The number of out-of-school children and youth in the country
3. The top 10 regions in the Philippines with the highest poverty rate
4. The top 10 regions in the Philippines with the most number of out-of-school children and youth
Thank you and God bless!
Nisperos 06:37 PM, Aug 29, 2023
August 29, 2023
Dear Valerie Cole Libarios,
Greetings!
Thank you for your request dated Jul 10, 2023 10:55:46 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.
You asked for The poverty rate and number of out-of school youth in the Philippines.
Your FOI request is approved.
Our apologies for the delayed response.
In reference to your data request, please be informed that our data on poverty are limited to the following:
a) Family Income and Expenditure Survey: https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/income-expenditure/fies/node/1684059678
b) Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS): https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/income-expenditure/apis/stat-tables
c) Official Poverty Statistics: https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/poverty
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/poverty/stat-tables
d) PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates: https://psa.gov.ph/content/psa-releases-2018-municipal-and-city-level-poverty-estimates
2018 Small Area Estimates (SAE) Tables: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/phdsd/3-1_2018%20SAE%20tables.xlsx
e) 2022 Philippine Statistical Yearbook (PSY) Chapter 2. Income and Prices: https://psa.gov.ph/philippine-statistical-yearbook
Table 2.8b Income Gap, Poverty Gap, and Severity of Poverty by Province: 2015 and 2018: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/2022_T2_8b.xlsx
Table 2.9 Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold and Poverty Incidence Among Families and Population: 2015 and 2018: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/2022_T2_9.xlsx
f) Data on OpenSTAT portal
Poverty Statistics: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__1E__FY/?tablelist=true
Poverty Statistics Among the Basic Sectors: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__1E__BS/?tablelist=true
Table 1. Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold and Poverty Incidence Among Families with Measures of Precision, by Region and Province: 2015, 2018, and 2021p: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__1E__FY/0011E3DF010.px/table/tableViewLayout1/?rxid=3ee1a25d-8cb1-457b-8ddf-b7cebc01f4f3
Table 2. Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold and Poverty Incidence Among Population with Measures of Precision, by Region and Province: 2015, 2018, and 2021p: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__1E__FY/0031E3DF020.px/?rxid=75e38535-af2c-46a7-a3e9-72d7e407b621
For data on OSY and youth, you may check the links below:
Annual Poverty Indicators Survey: https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/income-expenditure/apis/stat-tables
https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=se,phr:%22APIS%20-%20Annual%20Poverty%20Indicators%20Survey%22
Figure 5.3a Proportion of Population Aged 6 to 24 Years Who Were Not Attending School by Reason for Not Attending: Philippines, 2020 APIS: https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=15553&query_desc=se%2Cphr%3A%22APIS%20-%20Annual%20Poverty%20Indicators%20Survey%22
Figure 5.3b Proportion of Population Aged 6 to 24 Years Who Were Not Attending School by Reason for Not Attending by Region: Philippines, 2020 APIS: https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=15553&query_desc=se%2Cphr%3A%22APIS%20-%20Annual%20Poverty%20Indicators%20Survey%22
Table 5.4 Population Aged 6 to 24 Years Who Were Not Attending School by Reason for Not Attending School by Region, Residence, and Sex: Philippines, 2020: https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=15553&query_desc=se%2Cphr%3A%22APIS%20-%20Annual%20Poverty%20Indicators%20Survey%22
Table 3.4. Percentage of population 3 to 30 years old who are not attending school by reason for not attending by age group, Philippines: 2019: https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=15553&query_desc=se%2Cphr%3A%22APIS%20-%20Annual%20Poverty%20Indicators%20Survey%22
You may check our OpenSTAT portal:
Working Children, Not Currently Attending School by Sex and Age Group: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3K__E6/0553K3E6020.px/table/tableViewLayout1/?rxid=17d5972b-bc24-45f0-a1d9-b9787dc80678
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Thank you.
Respectfully,
Rene C. Mendoza
(Assistant National Statistician)
Officer-in-Charge
Information Technology and Dissemination Service
