Number of Filipinos who see themselves as poor decreases – survey

MANILA, Philippines — Around 4.5 million Filipino families no longer consider themselves poor in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to Octa research’s Tugon ng Masa (TNM) survey. Based on its findings, 37 percent of Filipinos no longer see themselves as poor, in the final quarter of last year. This is 17 percentage points lower than