Public approval of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s administration saw a recovery during the second quarter of 2026, bouncing back from a historical low recorded earlier in the year.
According to the Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted from June 20 to 29, 42% of adult Filipinos expressed satisfaction with the national government’s performance, while 40% expressed dissatisfaction and 17% remained undecided. This resulted in a net satisfaction score of +1, which SWS classifies as “neutral.”
The result marks a recovery from the -13 score logged in March 2026—the lowest point of the Marcos presidency and the worst national rating recorded since March 2010.
Despite the upward trend, the score remains below the +14 net satisfaction rating recorded in November 2025.
Governance Performance Breakdown
The survey evaluated 17 specific subject areas, reflecting mixed feedback across key policy fronts:
- Very Good: Basic education (+68), quality of children’s education (+58), assistance for the poor (+52), and job creation policies (+51).
- Good: Science and technology development (+49), public housing programs (+48), food security (+41), defending West Philippine Sea sovereignty (+35), and public transportation efficiency (+33).
- Moderate: Mitigating hunger (+26), climate change preparedness (+24), and protecting overseas Filipinos in war-affected Middle Eastern regions (+15).
- Neutral: Addressing rising oil prices (0), monitoring oil company pricing (-6), and fighting general crime (-8).
- Poor: Curbing inflation (-12) and eradicating government graft and corruption (-14).
Key Shifts and Demographic Spans
Performance ratings improved in 12 subject areas compared to March 2026. The most significant gain occurred in hunger mitigation, which jumped 14 points to +26. Notable gains were also registered in science and technology, job creation, public transport, food security, sovereign defense, and poverty alleviation.
Conversely, ratings fell for anti-corruption efforts (-14) and protecting overseas workers (-6). Climate change readiness registered the sharpest overall decline, dropping 14 points since its last assessment in December 2024.
Geographically, net satisfaction rose across all regions, led by a 28-point surge in the Visayas (-23 to +5). Balance Luzon posted the highest overall score at +13, followed by the Visayas (+5), Metro Manila (-11), and Mindanao (-17).
Demographically, approval improved among both urban and rural respondents, across all gender divisions, and across every age bracket.
Young adults aged 18 to 24 demonstrated the largest increase, jumping 30 points to reach a net rating of +13.
The nationwide face-to-face survey interviewed 1,200 adults (300 per geographic area) with a margin of error of ±3% nationally and ±6% for regional breakdowns.