Nearly 6% of Filipinos considered’ multidimensionally’ poor READ:
This was unchanged from 2019. People are considered “multidimensionally” poor if they “suffer from multiple disadvantages” aside from lack of income using 10 indicators* of health, education, and standard of living.
The country’s multidimensional poverty incidence was higher than the 2.7% incidence of monetary poverty . This implies that people living above the poverty line could still suffer deprivations in health, education, and standard of living.
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