The Philippines placed 64th out of 87 countries and territories in the 2025 edition of the Illicit Trade Environment Indexdeveloped by the Economist Impact. The index assesses the abilities of each country and territory to combat illicit trade but instead of the scale of illegal activity, it looks at four categories — governance and cooperation; surveillance and enforcement; customs and border management; and economic management and regulatory environment — to evaluate their capacity to disrupt illicit markets. On a scale of 0–100, where 100 means best performance, the Philippines scored 55.4, below the Asia and the Pacific average score of 59.5.
