𝗠𝗚𝗔 𝗣𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗬𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗜𝗛𝗜𝗥𝗔𝗣 𝗦𝗔 𝗜𝗦𝗔𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗔 𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗕𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗕𝗔 𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗠𝗨𝗟𝗔 𝟱𝟯.𝟭% 𝗡𝗚 𝗣𝗢𝗣𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗬𝗢𝗡 𝗡𝗢𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟴 𝗦𝗔 𝟮𝟯.𝟳% 𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗨𝗡𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗡𝗚 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭

𝟮𝟵.𝟰% 𝗡𝗚 𝗠𝗚𝗔 𝗧𝗔𝗚𝗔-𝗜𝗦𝗔𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗔 𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗡𝗔𝗜𝗔𝗛𝗢𝗡 𝗦𝗔 𝗟𝗨𝗚𝗠𝗢𝗞 𝗡𝗔 𝗞𝗔𝗛𝗜𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗔𝗡 𝗦𝗔 𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗕 𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗔𝗢𝗡

Ano ang poverty incidence? Ang poverty incidence ay tumutukoy sa bahagi ng kabuuang populasyon o kabuuang bilang ng pamilya na kumikita nang mas mababa pa sa poverty threshold na P12,030 na kita

Comparative Figures (2018 to 2021):

Zamboanga Peninsula: 32.4% 30.9%

BARMM: 55.9% 39.4%

Zamboanga del Norte: 41.5% 53.6%

Zamboanga del Sur: 35.8% 29.7%

Zamboanga City: 12.3% 7.9%

Zamboanga Sibugay: 36.1% 29.7%

Isabela City: 53.1% 23.7%

Basilan: 65.5% 46.7% (excl. Isabela City)

Lanao del Sur: 68% 11.4%

Maguindanao: 48.6% 37.1%

Sulu: 66.7% 71.9%

Tawi-Tawi: 17.7% 39.5%

For ISABELA CITY:

Poverty Incidence among Families:

2018 – 53.1%

2021 – 23.7%

29.4 percentage points

Magnitude of Poor Families:

2018 – 12.4%

2021 – 6.2%

6.2 percentage points

Income Gap:

2018 – 34.9%

2021 – 24.4%

10.5 percentage points

Poverty Gap:

2018 – 18.6%

2021 – 5.8%

12.8 percentage points

Severity of Poverty:

2018 – 9.1%

2021 – 2.1%

7 percentage points

Food gap:

2018 – 29.3%

2021 – 7%

22.3 percentage points

Highlights:

Isabela City went from the highest poverty incidence in 2018 to 2nd lowest poverty incidence in 2021 in Region 9 (Note: figures for Dapitan, Dipolog, Lamitan and Pagadian cities are included in their respective provinces’ data sets)

Isabela City numbers improved across the board between 2018 and 2021, showing that it has weathered the worst effects of the pandemic which started in early 2020.

Among poverty clusters (provinces with similar levels of poverty incidence, magnitude, etc.), Isabela City* is grouped with Cluster 3, which includes:

LUZON:

Abra

Ifugao

Isabela

Zambales

Aurora

Quezon

Camarines Norte

Occidental Mindoro

Masbate

Sorsogon

VISAYAS:

Cebu

Bohol

Negros Occidental

Antique

Southern Leyte

Northern Samar

Biliran

MINDANAO:

Isabela City*

Misamis Occidental

Sultan Kudarat

South Cotabato

Davao de Oro (Compostela Valley)

Davao Oriental

(Note: * Isabela City is a component city of Basilan Province, however, it is under the administrative jurisdiction of Region 9 Zamboanga Peninsula, thus excluding its data from the provincial data sets, and is reported separately to regional offices of executive departments in Region 9.)