Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr’s net satisfaction rating has hit an all-time low, with observers citing deep-seated economic anxieties as the main driver behind the slump – even as expanded media exposure has helped boost awareness of his foreign policy initiatives.The latest Social Weather Stations survey put Marcos’ net satisfaction rating at minus 15 in March: a 12-point drop from minus 3 in November 2025 and the worst figure of his presidency, eclipsing the previous nadir of minus 12 recorded exactly a year earlier.The rating derives from the gap between the percentage of 1,500 adult Filipinos surveyed who were satisfied with his performance – 33 per cent in March – and the 49 per cent who were not, including a small variance due to rounded baseline percentages.A passenger approaches a jeepney minibus in Marikina City last month. Transport costs have surged in the Philippines amid the US-Israel war on Iran. Photo: EPALuzon outside Metro Manila remained his strongest area, though his rating there still collapsed from plus 13 to plus 2. The Visayas swung from plus 2 to minus 15, Metro Manila slid from minus 17 to minus 31, and Mindanao – Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio’s political heartland – hit minus 40.
Rising living costs push Philippine president’s ratings to all-time low
A net satisfaction rating of minus 15 marks the worst showing of Ferdinand Marcos Jnr’s presidency so far.
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