Hunger among Filipino families up in Q3 - SWS

About 22 percent of Filipino families experienced involuntary hunger, going hungry with nothing to eat, at least once in the past three months, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released on Wednesday, Nov. 5, said.

- By ELLALYN V. RUIZ

The national survey, conducted from Sept. 24 to 30, showed an increase of 5.9 points from 16.1 percent in June, interrupting the previous downward trend from 27.2 percent in March to 19.1 percent in mid-April and 20 percent in late April.

The Third Quarter 2025 Social Weather Survey was based on face-to-face interviews with 1,500 adults, 18-years-old and above, nationwide.

Hunger was highest in Metro Manila at 25.7 percent, followed by Balance Luzon at 23.8 percent, Mindanao at 19.7 percent, and the Visayas at 17.7 percent.