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Happiness during each president's tenure

Every president since 1991, ranked by how the happiness 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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1PFP Bongbong Marcos 30 Jun 2022 – now +0.68 steps 2021 → 2024+0.23 steps/yr
2LP Benigno Aquino III 30 Jun 2010 – 30 Jun 2016 from 2011+0.44 steps 2011 → 2015+0.11 steps/yr
3 Rodrigo Duterte 30 Jun 2016 – 30 Jun 2022 +0.09 steps 2015 → 2021+0.02 steps/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in steps; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. steps, 0 to 10 on the life ladder · World Happiness Report, Figure 2.1 data (Gallup World Poll): life evaluation, the national average answer to Gallup's question of where on a ladder from 0 (the worst possible life) to 10 (the best) people stand today; each point the average of three years of surveys, dated at the middle one, with the WHR's 95 % interval from 2019; 2013 is not published · 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