Philippine Statistics Authority(PSA)

Dear eFOI user,

Thank you for your request dated August 29, 2025, made under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You have requested the Number of visually impaired in the Philippines.

We are pleased to inform you that your FOI request has been approved.

In reference to your data request, our data on this are limited to the following:

Census of Population and Housing Report: https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing

Functional Difficulty in the Philippines: For Household Population Five Years Old and Over (2020 Census of Population and Housing): https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/node/168274

National Disability Prevalence Survey (NDPS): https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/national-disability-prevalence-survey

NDPS Publication: 2.1.2 Household Population by Highest Educational Attainment and 2.4 Work Status of Respondents

Gender and Development: https://psa.gov.ph/gender-statistics

Social Welfare and Development: https://psa.gov.ph/gender-statistics/wmf/social_welfare_and_development

Population:

https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__1A__PO/?tablelist=true

Philippine Statistical Yearbook - Chapters 1 Population and Housing

https://psa.gov.ph/philippine-statistical-yearbook

You may also refer to the National Council on Disability Affairs: https://www.ncda.gov.ph/disability-data/

For other sources, you may also visit the following websites:

(For Time series Data) OpenStat: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/

(For Microdata/PUF) PSADA: https://psada.psa.gov.ph/

(For Online Publication) Digital Library: https://library.psa.gov.ph/

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Thank you.

Respectfully,

Rene C. Mendoza

Assistant National Statistician

Information Technology and Dissemination Service