Siayan, Zamboanga del Norte

Siayan was consistently the country's poorest municipality from 2003 to 2009,^[14][20] with almost the entire population (97.5% in 2006 and 2009) living below the poverty threshold based on data from the National Statistical Coordination Board.^[14][21] Education was also the problem, particularly to Subanens. Due to efforts by the local government to reduce the poverty incidence which was reduced by 50% by 2016, with households affected by food shortage decreased significantly from 25.22% to 1.17% within eight years until that year, the municipality reportedly ranked 36th as of 2017.^[14]

Pange, a village inhabited by mainly Subanens, is said being the farthest—about 23 kilometers away from Poblacion—where it would take almost a day for travel; and at the same time the municipality was the country's poorest, was the poorest as well. Since 2012, all barangays reportedly had already been lifted out of the below poverty line.^[20]

GMA 7 reporter Kara David did a documentary on the economic situation of Siayan. Poverty incidence in the town is 97.5% since 3 out of 4 earn an annual income of more than a dollar a month or 5,000.^{[citation needed]}

Poverty incidence of Siayan

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority^{[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]}

• Siayan Profile at PhilAtlas.com
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information