debt per capita

National government outstanding debt as of May 2023

July 7, 2023

The national government outstanding debt has reached Php14 trillion and the Marcos Jr administration has the highest monthly average increase in outstanding debt compared to the past administrations.

National government outstanding debt as of May 2022

July 18, 2022

The country’s outstanding debt has hit record-levels. Did the pandemic really cause this or was this due to government’s policy missteps?

National outstanding debt under the Duterte administration and one year after the pandemic onset

April 6, 2021

Duterte’s Borrowing Binge

December 22, 2020

Php92,190 DEBT PER FILIPINO. Government’s outstanding has reached a whopping Php10 trillion so far under the Duterte administration as of October. With a 108.8 million population and 24.7 million families, each Filipino in effect owes Php92,190 and each Filipino family owes Php405,636. Half of families earn Php22,000 or less monthly – which means that the […]