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Real GDP during each president's tenure

Every president since 1991, ranked by how real GDP changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

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1Lakas Gloria Macapagal Arroyo 20 Jan 2001 – 30 Jun 2010 +52.0% Q4 2000 → Q1 2010+4.6%/yr
2LP Benigno Aquino III 30 Jun 2010 – 30 Jun 2016 +43.5% Q1 2010 → Q1 2016+6.2%/yr
3Lakas Fidel Ramos 30 Jun 1992 – 30 Jun 1998 +24.7% Q1 1992 → Q1 1998+3.7%/yr
4PFP Bongbong Marcos 30 Jun 2022 – now +24.5% Q1 2022 → Q2 2026+5.3%/yr
5 Rodrigo Duterte 30 Jun 2016 – 30 Jun 2022 +24.0% Q1 2016 → Q1 2022+3.6%/yr
6LAMMP Joseph Estrada 30 Jun 1998 – 20 Jan 2001 +6.9% Q1 1998 → Q4 2000+2.4%/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last quarter complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. ₱ trillion, 2018 prices, last four quarters · Philippine Statistics Authority (OpenSTAT), quarterly national accounts at constant 2018 prices, not seasonally adjusted, summed over the trailing four quarters · Philippines data · as of Oct 2026.

Sources: Philippine Statistics Authority (OpenSTAT: national and provincial product accounts, Labour Force Survey, consumer prices, censuses), Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Residential Property Price Index), GISCO, World Bank (population; Worldwide Governance Indicators), V-Dem Institute, Transparency International, World Happiness Report, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons; mayors checked against the city lists and the election results. Every chart is indexed to the office-holder's first day. Correlation is not credit. CreditsPrivacy