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Filipinos' self-rated well-being hits record-low in November 2025 — SWS

Published Mar 31, 2026 09:48 am
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A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted from Nov. 24 to 30, 2025 showed that adult Filipinos posted a record-low self-rated well-being score, reflecting a decline in their assessment of their recent quality of life.
The results, released on March 30, showed the average score on the Anamnestic Comparative Self-Assessment (ACSA)—a measure of personal well-being—dropped to +1.72 on a scale of -5 to +5, lower than the previous record-low of +1.97 recorded in May 2021 at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The ACSA score measures how people rate their recent life compared to the best and worst periods they have personally experienced.
SWS said the latest figure also marks a decline from +2.10 in December 2024 and +2.76 in December 2023.
The highest recorded score was +2.82 in December 2017.
In the November 2025 survey, 73 percent of adult Filipinos rated their current life positively, or between +1 and +5.
Three percent gave a neutral rating of zero, while 25 percent rated their lives negatively, or between -1 and -5.
Compared to December 2024, the share of those with positive ratings fell from 79 percent, while neutral responses increased from 1 percent and negative ratings rose from 20 percent.
The survey also found that Filipinos who experienced hunger reported lower well-being scores.
Among those who did not experience involuntary hunger in the past three months, the average ACSA score was +2.01. This was significantly higher than +0.58 among those who experienced moderate hunger and +0.70 among those who experienced severe hunger.
SWS earlier reported that 20.1 percent of Filipino families experienced involuntary hunger, defined as being hungry and having nothing to eat, at least once in the past three months.
The survey also showed that well-being scores varied slightly across regions.
Balance Luzon recorded the highest average at +2.08, followed by Metro Manila at +1.63, the Visayas at +1.47, and Mindanao at +1.29.
Scores were also generally higher among those with more education, reaching +2.40 among college graduates.
Meanwhile, the ACSA results were consistent with other measures of well-being tracked by SWS.
The Fourth Quarter 2025 Social Weather Survey was conducted through face-to-face interviews with 1,200 adults nationwide.
The survey has a margin of error of ±3 percent for national results and ±6 percent for Metro Manila, Balance Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.

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