Filipino family of 5 needs P12,082 to cover basic needs in first half of 2021: PSA
This is 14.7 percent higher compared to the monthly average amount of P10,532 in the first semester of 2018, according to the First Semester 2021 Official Poverty Statistics of the Philippine Statistics Authority.
“Pag mababa ‘yung income sa poverty threshold ang classification nila ay poor siya, pag tumaas naman non-poor…Nacover niya ang food and non food needs pero baka meron pang ibang kailangan," Mapa told reporters. A Filipino family of 5 needs P12,082 per month to cover basic food and non-food needs in the first semester of 2021, PSA data showed.
— Jessica Fenol December 17, 2021 Poverty incidence among Filipinos, or based on individual population, reached 23.7 percent in the first half of the year, equivalent to 26.14 million poor Filipinos.
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