MANILA, Philippines — Fewer Filipinos reported experiencing involuntary hunger over the past three months, according to the Second Quarter 2025 Social Weather Stations (SWS) released on
Fewer Filipinos reported experiencing involuntary hunger over the past three months, according to the Second Quarter 2025 Social Weather Stations (SWS) released on Friday.
The national survey, conducted from June 25 to June 29, 2025, found that 16.1 percent of Filipinos experienced involuntary hunger, which SWS defines as being hungry and having nothing to eat at least once in the past three months.
This marks a 3.9-point decrease from the 20 percent recorded in the April 23 to April 28 survey, continuing a decline from a record-high 27.2 percent in March to 19.1 percent from the April 11 to April 15 poll.
According to SWS, the 16.1 percent hunger rate was the sum of 12.8 percent who experienced “Moderate Hunger,” or those who went hungry “only once” or “a few times” in the last three months, and 3.3 percent who experienced “Severe Hunger,” or those who went hungry “often” or “always” during the same period.
Compared to the April 23 to April 28 survey, Moderate Hunger dropped from 16.4 percent to 12.
