The approval rating of President Rodrigo Duterte as of December 2019 was tagged at 87% per Pulse Asia study. His economic team attributed the increasing confidence of Filipinos on the Chief Executive to the decreasing poverty rate in the Philippines and the country’s auspices on the 2019 Southeast Asian Games. The Malacañan was pleased with the findings of said study and mentioned that President Duterte has the highest approval rating among all Filipino head of states in history.
