Quickstat Index
QUICKSTAT - March 2000
A Monthly Update of NSO's Most Requested Statistics
INDICATOR REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA
PRICE INDICES      
  Consumer Price Index (1994=100) Feb. 2000 Jan. 2000 Feb. 1999
        Philippines 149.3 148.8 144.9r
        Metro Manila (MM) 148.3 147.8 144.3r
        Areas Outside MM 149.7 149.2 145.2r
     Inflation rate 3.0 2.6 9.9r
     Purchasing power of the peso 0.67 0.67 0.69
  Dec. 1999 Nov. 1999 Dec. 1998
  Retail Price Index for Construction Materials
     in Metro Manila (1978=100)		 771.2 771.2 772.1
  Producer's Price Index for Manufacturing
     in Metro Manila (1992=100)		 142.4 142.4 132.0
  General Wholesale Price Index in
     Metro Manila (1985=100)		 257.0 254.0 257.8
  Wholesale Price Index for Construction 
     Materials in Metro Manila (1985=100)		 231.5 231.4 226.9
FOREIGN TRADE (FOB value in million US$) Dec. 1999 Nov. 1999 Dec. 1998
  Total trade 5,596 5,424 4,585
  Exports 2,943 3,073 2,523
  Imports 2,653 2,351 2,062
  Balance of trade 290 722 461
      Top traders: 1/      
     1. USA 1,361.26 1,295.92 1,257.48
     2. Japan 912.66 868.44 721.59
     3. Singapore 402.28 383.38 264.34
     Top exports: 1/      
     1. Electronics and components 1,532.37 1,590.65r 1,371.85
     2. Input/output peripheral units 256.10 275.70r 192.76
     3. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories 220.23 163.66r 198.56
     Top imports: 1/      
     1. Electronics and components 718.40 579.59r 408.38
     2. Mineral fuels, lubricants, and related materials  332.23 207.58r 124.63
     3. Telecommunications equipment and electrical
         machinery		 196.58 179.86r 200.49
DOMESTIC TRADE
(Quantity in thousand tons; value in million pesos)		      
  Coastwise trade 4th Qtr 1999p 3rd Qtr 1999 4th Qtr 1998
     Quantity 2,263.64 5,567.98 5,982.30
     Value 31,362.28 71,193.24 80,509.56
  Rail trade 2nd Qtr 1999p 1st Qtr 1999 2nd Qtr 1998
     Quantity 0.78 0.55 0.84
     Value 18.00 13.51 21.52
  Air trade 3rd Qtr 1999p 2nd Qtr 1999 3rd Qtr 1998
     Quantity 12.66 11.58 9.36
     Value 674.64 909.44 1,275.30
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT  (Source: LFS) Jan. 2000p Oct. 2000  Jan. 1999
  Total labor force (million) 31.8 32.0 31.2
     Labor force participation rate 65.1% 65.8% 65.3%
      Employment rate 90.7% 90.6% 91.0%
      Unemployment rate 9.3% 9.4% 9.0%
      Underemployment rate 21.2% 22.1% 22.1%
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY (Sources: ASE/CE)      
  Number of establishments 1997p 1996p 1995p
     Financing, real estate, and business services 10,830 10,455 6,555
     Transportation, communication, and storage 3,105 3,064 1,855
     Wholesale and retail trade 20,462 20,165 9,448
  1995 1994 1993
     Agriculture and forestry 1,111 1,099 1,157
     Community, social, and personal services 11,589 10,902 10,476
     Construction 1,760 1,479 1,720
     Electricity, gas, and water 889 790 834
     Fishery 286 421 511
     Manufacturing 10,219 10,726 11,005
     Mining and quarrying 157 290 308
PRIVATE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
(Floor area in square meters; value in P1,000)		 3rd Qtr 1999 2nd Qtr 1999 3rd Qtr 1998
  Total  18,356 24,838 20,438
     Floor area 2,701,223 3,213,460 2,721,116
     Value 15,899,859 17,397,078 17,098,382
  Residential 11,704 17,731 13,847
     Floor area 1,387,306 1,805,029 1,369,688
     Value 6,279,652 8,136,909 6,097,877
  Nonresidential 2,197 2,292 2,222
     Floor area 1,139,366 1,268,123 1,168,896
     Value 7,431,524 7,417,036 9,440,014
  Additions 1,077 1,288 1,779
     Floor area 174,551 140,308 182,532
     Value 953,111 617,604 571,770
  Alterations, repairs, and others 3,378 3,527 2,590
     Value 1,235,572 1,225,529 988,721
(MISSI) MONTHLY INTEGRATED SURVEY
ON SELECTED INDUSTRIES  (1985=100)		 Dec. 1999 Nov. 1999 Dec. 1998
  Value of production index 532.7 446.0r 427.1
      Gainers over last year 1/      
       Transport equipment 49.9% 49.9%r (15.5%)
       Rubber products 45.4% 34.7%r (44.7%)
       Tobacco 44.1% 32.7%r 7.8%
      Losers over last year1/      
       Basic metals (45.0%) (52.8%)r (6.0%)
       Wearing apparel (31.9%) (18.4%)r 9.7%
       Textile (10.1%) (20.3%)r 4.3%
  Volume of production index 145.7 122.0r 126.0r
      Gainers over last year 1/      
       Other manufacturing industries 54.3% 23.3% (2.9%)
       Tobacco 47.2% 35.7%r 2.4%
       Transport equipment 44.8% 44.2% (17.1%)
      Losers over last year 1/      
       Basic metals (46.2%) (53.1%)r (0.4%)
       Wood and wood products (30.7%) (17.1%)r 9.7%
       Textile (23.0%) (33.6%)r (15.2%)
  Value of net sales      
      Gainers over last year 1/      
       Miscellaneous manufactures 73.1% 37.1% (8.1%)
       Petroleum products  67.1% 47.4% (34.8%)
       Beverages 31.8% 37.1% 33.8%
      Losers over last year1/      
       Basic metals (21.7%) (29.3%) (27.4%)
       Textile (10.6%) (9.1%) 0.7%
       Wearing apparel (9.3%) 5.4% (2.6%)
  Volume of net sales      
      Gainers over last year 1/      
       Miscellaneous manufactures 88.2% 48.3% (15.5%)
       Petroleum products 26.6% 14.5% (0.4%)
       Food manufacturing 25.8% 20.8% (11.2%)
      Losers over last year 1/      
       Textile (23.5%) (24.4%) (10.8%)
       Basic metals (20.9%) (26.6%) (16.3%)
       Wearing apparel (15.3%) (2.6%) (27.5%)
  Capacity utilization      
       Below 70% 42.0% 43.1% 40.9%
       90% - 100% 16.1% 16.5% 15.4%
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE  (Source: FIES)
(At current prices)		 1997 1994 1991
  Annual average family income  P123,168 P83,161 P65,186
  Annual average family expenditure P99,537 P67,661 P51,991
  Annual average family saving P23,631 P15,500 P13,195
POPULATION 1995 1990 1980
  Total 68,616,536 60,703,206 48,098,460
     Male 34,584,170 30,538,285 24,128,755
     Female 34,032,366 30,164,921 23,969,705
     0-14 years 42.0% 39.6% 38.3%
     15-64 years 54.6% 57.0% 58.2%
     65 years and over 3.4% 3.4% 3.5%
  Density (persons per square kilometer) 229  202 160
  Growth rate 2.32% 2.35% 2.71%
  Average household size 5.1 5.3 5.6
  2002 2001 2000
  Population projection (medium assumption) 2/ 79,503,675 77,925,894 76,348,114
VITAL STATISTICS       
  1996 1995 1994
  Registered births 3/ 1,608,453 1,645,041 1,645,011
    Male 835,963 864,425 859,760
    Female 772,490 780,616 785,251
  Registered marriages 3/ 538,553 503,671 490,144
  1995 1994 1993
  Registered deaths 3/ 324,737 320,911 318,546
    Male 193,048 191,507 189,322
    Female 131,689 129,404 129,224
  2002 2001 2000
  Crude birth rate (per thousand population) 2/ 25.70 26.24 26.78
  Crude death rate (per thousand population) 2/ 5.77 5.83 5.89
  Crude rate of natural increase 
    (per thousand population) 2/		 19.93 20.41 20.89
  Infant mortality rate (per thousand live births) 35.10 36.30 37.60
  Total fertility rate (number of children per woman) 2/ 3.42 3.50 3.58
  Life expectancy at birth
    (in years; medium assumption) 2/		      
      Male 66.93 66.63 66.33
      Female 72.18 71.88 71.58
FAMILY PLANNING (Source: FPS) 1999 1998 1997
   Contraceptive prevalence rate 4/ 49.3% 46.5% 47.0%
      Modern method 32.4% 28.2% 30.9%
      Traditional method 16.9% 18.3% 16.1%
LITERACY RATE (Source: FLEMMS ) 1994 1989  
   Simple literacy rate (10 years old and over) 5/ 93.9% 89.8%  
   Functional literacy rate (10 to 64 years old) 6/ 83.8% 75.4%  
    1/   - Based on December 1999 ranking.
    2/   - Source: 1995 Census-Based National, Regional, and Provincial Population Projections.
    3/   - Based on civil registration. Not adjusted for underregistration.
    4/   - Based on currently married woman aged 15-49 years.
    5/   - Basic reading and writing skills.
    6/   - Basic reading, writing, and computational skills.
    r    - Revised
    P    - Preliminary
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