FAO: Almost 5 in 10 Filipinos experience moderate or severe food insecurity
According to The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024 by the Food and Agriculture Organization, about 51 million Filipinos experienced...
Philippines ranks 30th most charitable country in the world
The Philippines climbed 68 notches to 30th out of 142 countries in the 2024 edition of the World Giving Index (WGI) by Charities Aid...
FAO: Nearly 6 in 100 Filipinos are undernourished
There are 6.9 million undernourished Filipinos between 2021 and 2023, according to The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024 by...
Real GDP per person employed in the Philippines (as of Q2 2024)
The country’s labor productivity — as measured by gross domestic product (GDP) per person employed — picked up by 4.6% year on year to...
How does the Philippines compare in the region in terms of military expenditure as...
The Philippines’ military expenditure as share of gross domestic product (GDP) reached 1.4% in 2023, the ninth highest in the region, according to the...
Philippines: Balance of Payments (BoP) Position
THE COUNTRY’S balance of payments (BoP) position swung to a surplus in July, data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed. Read the full...
Knight Frank: Manila third highest in first-half logistics rental growth in Asia-Pacific
Manila logged the third-highest year-on-year logistics rental growth at 9.1% in the Asia-Pacific region in the first semester, and a half-year rental growth of...
Overseas Filipinos’ Cash Remittances
CASH REMITTANCES from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) rose to a six-month high in June, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said late on Thursday....
How did average income and spending of a Filipino family fare between 2021 and...
THE AVERAGE annual income of Filipino families increased by 15% in 2023, as wages and quality of jobs improved, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)...
How income inequality compared across regions in 2023
The 2023 Annual Family Income and Expenditure Survey showed that income inequality in the Philippines -- as measured by the Gini coefficient -- narrowed...
Snapshots of Philippine Poverty Statistics: 2021 and 2023
ABOUT 17.54 million Filipinos were living in poverty in 2023, significantly lower from than the nearly 20 million in 2021, the Philippine Statistics Authority...
Surfshark: Philippines 28th most breached country in Q2 2024
The Philippines placed 28th out of 250 countries and territories with a total of 385,019 breached accounts in the second quarter of the year,...