Manila, Philippines — While poverty remains as one of the societal problems faced by some Filipinos, hunger issue is also associated with it.
And during the first three months of the year 2025, the number of Filipino families that experience hunger issues continues to rise monthly.
Based on a Stratbase-Social Weather Stations survey released for the month of March, 27.2% of Filipino families have experienced involuntary hunger.
This represents the number of Filipino Families that experience hunger or did not have anything to eat at least once during the last three months.
6.2% of this data are those who experienced extreme hunger, which often or always experiences having nothing to eat for the past three months.
21.0% experienced moderate hunger, or having once or at least a few times of experiencing hunger.
Hunger in March is significantly higher compared to the 15.9% recorded in January and to the 21.2% in February.
This month’s tally is also the highest since the record high 30.7% in September 2020, which was amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.
The highest number of Filipino families that experienced involuntary hunger in March were from Visayas with 33.7%, followed by Metro Manila with 28.3%, Mindanao at 27.3%, and Balance Luzon with 24.0%.
All the areas have increased since last month’s survey, except Metro Manila.
The survey was conducted from March 15 to 20, through face to face interviews with 1800 Filipino adults nationwide.