Nine in 10 Filipinos are welcoming the new year with hope, a fourth quarter survey of the Social Weather Stations showed.
However, while the majority of the respondents of the survey said they were hopeful for 2025, the number was six points below the 96 percent logged in 2023.
This year’s percentage of hopeful Filipinos was also the lowest recorded in 15 years since the 89 percent in 2009.
The survey also showed 10 percent of respondents are fearful as they enter the New Year – the highest in 15 years since the 11 percent logged in 2009.
The percentage of Filipinos welcoming 2025 with fear was also higher year-on-year from the three percent in 2023.
The research institute also observed that hope for the coming New Year was highest in Balance Luzon at 92 percent, followed by those based in Metro Manila at 91 percent, Mindanao at 89 percent, and the Visayas at 87 percent.
Compared to last year, hope for the coming New Year fell in all geographic areas.
Respondents who said they were entering the New Year with hope were higher among those with higher levels of education, but fell across educational levels.
Hope for the coming New Year was highest among college graduates at 96 percent, followed by those with senior high school education at 93 percent, junior high school graduates at 91 percent, elementary graduates at 89 percent, and non-elementary graduates at 83 percent.
The non-commissioned survey had 2,160 adults nationwide who participated in face-to-face interviews.
The survey had a sampling error margin of ±2% for national results, ±3% for Balance Luzon, and ±5% for Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao.
Editor’s Note: This is an updated article. Originally posted with the headline: “90 percent of Filipinos hopeful for a better 2025—SWS”
