Inflation and corruption remain the foremost concerns of Filipinos in September 2025, with wages and crimes belonging in the list, a survey conducted by Pulse Asia showed.
In the latest Ulat ng Bayan poll, results showed that over half of Filipino adults (54%) still see inflation as the leading concern, while 51% cite the need of the current administration to fight graft and corruption immediately.
This was followed in distant third place by increasing the pay of workers (37%), which is followed by a set of issues that includes fighting criminality (23%).
The call to end corruption was more pronounced in Balance Luzon (56%) and Visayas (55%), followed by NCR (50%), while Mindanao being the lowest at (39%).
The survey also revealed that many adults are critical of the current administration’s performance on four key issues: reducing poverty (57%), combating illegal drugs (61%), controlling inflation (64%), and addressing government corruption (69%).
Meanwhile, a small majority of Filipino adults (58%) view the government’s efforts to protect the welfare of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) positively.
The administration received more mixed opinions on its response to calamity-affected areas (46%), national territorial integrity (43%), and support for farmers (39%).
The face-to-face survey was conducted from September 27 to 30 with 1,200 respondents aged 18 and above. The sampling error margin is ± 2.8% error margin at the 95% confidence level.
Subnational estimates for the geographic areas covered in the survey have the following error margins at 95% confidence level: ± 5.7% for Metro Manila, the rest of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
