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 10.7 5.0 5.6 15.2 15.6
NCR 1.2 1.9 1.2 1.9 - -
CAR 15.8 12.8 4.3 3.3 21.0 18.1
REGION I 12.0 11.5 7.7 7.7 14.0 13.3
REGION II 8.6 8.2 8.5 9.1 8.6 8.0
REGION III 3.7 4.2 2.9 3.9 4.6 4.6
REGION IV 7.5 7.5 4.0 4.4 11.5 11.8
REGION V 16.7 19.4 10.1 13.7 19.1 21.4
REGION VI 12.5 13.7 7.1 7.6 15.6 17.5
REGION VII 11.1 13.3 5.7 6.9 15.3 18.3
REGION VIII 13.1 13.4 9.6 8.2 14.4 15.4
REGION IX 13.6 16.8 7.4 8.5 16.3 20.5
REGION X 16.5 15.9 11.4 10.1 20.1 20.0
REGION XI 12.8 13.2 8.4 8.2 15.6 16.6
REGION XII 19.2 17.2 12.8 14.0 21.9 18.7
ARMM 16.8 22.2 18.3 20.0 16.4 22.9
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Source of Basic Data: National Statistics Office, 2000 FIES Final Results
Source of Poverty Statistics: TWG on Income Statistics
Related textual analysis | Family Income and Expenditures statistics index