PSA: PH poverty hit lowest, single-digit level in 2025

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines recorded its lowest poverty incidence on record at 9.7 percent in 2025, bringing the share of Filipinos living below the official poverty threshold into single-digit territory for the first time in history, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The historic rate, however, may not tell the whole story, with

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