00:00Around 44% of Filipinos believe their quality of life will improve in 2026, signaling cautious hope for the new year.
00:10A social weather station survey conducted from November 24 to 30 shows optimism among Filipinos remains very high.
00:17This despite a year filled with massive government corruption scandals and devastating typhoons.
00:22The survey asked participants whether they thought their quality of life over the next 12 months would improve, stay the same, or worsen.
00:29Optimism among Filipinos improved by 1 point to plus 36 following slight increases in scores from Luzon and Mindanao.
00:36The lowest optimism was registered in the Visayas with a score of plus 29 or considered just high.
00:42In the history of the survey, optimism only ever turned negative 11 times, hitting a record low of minus 19 in May 2020 during the COVID-19 lockdowns.
