Table 10. Poverty Gap Ratios By Region, Urban-Rural, 1997 & 2000
          (In percent)

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       Region          Total       |       Urban      |        Rural
                  1997      2000   |  1997      2000  |   1997      2000
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Philippines       10.0      11.0       5.0       5.8      15.2      15.9

    NCR            1.2       2.2       1.2       2.2        -         -
    CAR           15.8      12.9       4.3       3.4      21.0      18.3
    Region I      12.0      11.7       7.7       7.7      14.0      13.6
    Region II      8.6       8.7       8.5       9.8       8.6       8.4
    Region III     3.7       4.2       2.9       3.9       4.6       4.6
    Region IV      7.5       7.9       4.0       4.7      11.5      12.1
    Region V      16.7      19.9      10.1      15.3      19.1      21.5
    Region VI     12.5      14.0       7.1       7.7      15.6      17.9
    Region VII    11.1      13.5       5.7       6.9      15.3      18.6
    Region VIII   13.1      13.3       9.6       8.2      14.4      15.3
    Region IX     13.6      16.7       7.4       8.3      16.3      20.5
    Region X      16.5      15.9      11.4      10.2      20.1      19.8
    Region XI     12.8      13.6       8.4       8.6      15.6      17.1
    Region XII    19.2      17.0      12.8      13.5      21.9      18.6
    ARMM          16.8      24.4      18.3      22.1      16.4      25.1

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Source of Basic Data: National Statistics Office, 2000 FIES Preliminary Results
Source of Poverty Statistics: TWG on Income Statistics