The share of “multidimensionally poor” in the Philippines reached 3.9% or 4.43 million Filipinos, according to the latest estimates from the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI). This was better than the 18.3% share in developing countries and the 5% in the East Asia and the Pacific region. The report added that around 3% of Filipinos are living below the income poverty line of $2.15 a day.
UNDP: About 4 in 100 Filipinos are considered ‘multidimensionally poor’
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