Barangay Victory

Situated in Jiabong, Samar, Barangay Victory is one of 34 barangays that make up the municipality within Eastern Visayas.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Victory had a population of 478. This made it the 17th largest of 34 barangays in Jiabong by population, placing it in the middle tier of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Victory accounted for approximately 2.49% of the total population of Jiabong, which stood at 19,205 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Victory changed from 481 to 478, a shift of -0.6% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with broadly stable populations in Jiabong. Barangay Victory is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Jiabong is a municipality comprising 34 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Victory, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Samar, which contains 951 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Victory ranks 549th by 2020 population. Samar is classified as a 1st by the Bureau of Local Government Finance, a category that reflects the province's annual regular income.

The barangay's legislative and executive affairs are handled by a Punong Barangay and the Sangguniang Barangay, elected nationwide during the Barangay and SK Elections. The next BSKE is scheduled for Monday, November 2, 2026, following the synchronized election schedule set by COMELEC Resolution No. 11191.