Poll: Self-rated poverty down, hunger rises

Fewer Filipinos considered themselves poor even as the hunger rate increased in the last quarter of 2025, an OCTA Research group survey showed.

- By JANVIC MATEO

The Dec. 3 to 11 survey showed that only 37 percent of respondents considered their families poor during the polling period.

It was down by a record 17 points from 54 percent obtained in a similar OCTA survey in September 2025.

Those who considered their families as “not poor” increased from 13 percent to 22 percent, while those who could not say if they are poor or not increased from 33 percent to 41 percent.

Except in Mindanao, where it increased from 63 percent to 67 percent, selfrated poverty went down across areas nationwide.