Philippines Poverty and Inequality Indicators from World Bank Analysis

World Bank poverty and inequality measures for the Philippines, generated from analytical reports, national monitoring programs, and the Bank's Development Research Group. The data includes internationally comparable global poverty estimates and lines produced since 1990. It is provided by the World Bank Group under a CC-BY-4.0 license and was last updated on 2026-04-28.

Use Cases

• Assessing the extent and causes of poverty based on poverty measures from analytical reports.
• Examining the impact of economic growth and public policy based on inequality measures.
• Reviewing household survey data and measurement methods based on data from national poverty monitoring programs.
• Conducting international comparisons of poverty based on the World Bank's globally comparable estimates.

Strengths

• Data is produced by the World Bank's Development Research Group, a leading institution in poverty measurement.
• Includes internationally comparable poverty estimates and lines with a methodology dating back to 1990.
• Derived from multiple sources including analytical reports and national poverty monitoring programs.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

World Bank Group

Collection Method

Analytical work conducted in collaboration with national institutions, development agencies, and civil society, using household survey data.

Time Range

Data production includes estimates since 1990, but specific temporal coverage for this file is unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 10:21:21.746174; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Philippines