Quickstat Index
QUICKSTAT - May 2000
A Monthly Update of NSO's Most Requested Statistics
INDICATOR REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA
PRICE INDICES      
  Consumer Price Index (1994=100) Apr. 2000 Mar. 2000 Apr. 1999
        Philippines 149.7 149.4 144.4r
        Metro Manila (MM) 148.9 148.6 144.0r
        Areas Outside MM 150.0 149.7 144.5r
     Inflation rate 3.7 3.3 7.9r
     Purchasing power of the peso 0.67 0.67 0.69
  Jan. 2000 Dec. 1999 Jan. 1999
  Retail Price Index for Construction Materials
     in Metro Manila (1978=100)		 777.5 771.2 770.4
  Producer's Price Index for Manufacturing
     in Metro Manila (1992=100)		 143.8 142.4 133.1
  General Wholesale Price Index in
     Metro Manila (1985=100)		 - 257.0 260.6
  Wholesale Price Index for Construction 
     Materials in Metro Manila (1985=100)		 231.1 231.5 225.8
FOREIGN TRADE (FOB value in million US$) Mar. 2000 Feb. 2000 Mar. 1999
  Total trade 5,730 5,385 5,359
  Exports 2,988 2,902 2,702
  Imports 2,741 2,483 2,656
  Balance of trade 246 419 46
      Top traders: 1/      
     1. USA 1,363.81 1,360.20 1,417.36
     2. Japan 899.59 958.92 947.29
     3. Singapore 421.13 390.80 327.51
     Top exports: 1/      
     1. Electronics and components 1,522.77 1,480.61 1,433.45
     2. Input/output peripheral units 274.99 229.44 229.15
     3. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories 190.79 199.20 191.74
     Top imports: 1/      
     1. Electronics and components 607.05 668.74 616.71
     2. Mineral fuels, lubricants, and related materials  352.08 252.30 170.71
     3. Telecommunications equipment and electrical
         machinery		 243.80 204.86 201.73
DOMESTIC TRADE
(Quantity in thousand tons; value in million pesos)		      
  Coastwise trade 4th Qtr 1999p 3rd Qtr 1999 4th Qtr 1998
     Quantity 3,488.10 6,546.57 5,982.30
     Value 52,274.52 73,689.82 80,509.56
  Rail trade 3rd Qtr 1999p 2nd Qtr 1999 3rd Qtr 1998
     Quantity 0.72 0.78 0.92
     Value 16.36 18.00 22.51
  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. 1999  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 (with 10 or more workers) 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)		 4th Qtr 1999 3rd Qtr 1999 4th Qtr 1998
  Total  16,903 18,086 16,371
     Floor area 2,984,009 2,701,223 2,467,309
     Value 21,145,331 15,854,386 14,246,587
  Residential 10,857 11,704 11,118
     Floor area 1,206,581 1,387,306 1,166,088
     Value 5,769,424 6,279,652 5,022,578
  Nonresidential 2,043 2,197 1,807
     Floor area 1,581,997 1,139,366 1,178,037
     Value 13,983,528 7,431,524 7,526,862
  Additions 1,031 1,077 1,040
     Floor area 105,431 174,551 123,184
     Value 448,254 953,111 436,652
  Alterations, repairs, and others 2,972 3,108 2,406
     Value 944,125 1,190,099 1,260,495
(MISSI) MONTHLY INTEGRATED SURVEY
ON SELECTED INDUSTRIES  (1985=100)		 Feb. 2000 Jan. 2000 Feb. 1999
  Value of production index 525.6 486.6 450.2
      Gainers over last year 1/      
       Petroleum refineries 50.4% 55.9%r (8.4%)
       Electrical machinery 35.6% 34.4%r (11.0%)
       Transport equipment 31.2% 33.1%r (5.6%)
      Losers over last year1/      
       Basic metals (29.6%) (14.7%)r (38.4%)
       Wearing apparel (29.4%) 5.3%r (20.1%)
       Chemicals (15.2%) (3.1%)r 13.1%
  Volume of production index 139.8 139.4r 130.9
      Gainers over last year 1/      
       Electrical machinery 33.4% 31.6%r (14.0%)
       Other manufacturing industries 33.1% 35.0%r (3.4%)
       Transport equipment 23.7% 24.9%r (13.6%)
      Losers over last year 1/      
       Basic metals (36.5%) (23.9%)r (23.5%)
       Wearing apparel (29.3%) 5.9%r (15.3%)
       Chemicals (19.9%) (8.0%)r 6.4%
  Value of net sales      
      Gainers over last year 1/      
       Petroleum products 79.2% 70.6% (26.9%)
       Paper and paper products  60.8% 57.7% (22.7%)
       Electrical machinery 33.1% 24.5% (8.8%)
      Losers over last year1/      
       Transport equipment (67.2%) (58.6%) (21.2%)
       Textile (18.2%) 2.3% (15.7%)
       Miscellaneous manufactures (18.0%) 18.7% 7.2%
  Volume of net sales      
      Gainers over last year 1/      
       Paper and paper products 57.6% 55.1% (27.8%)
       Non-metallic mineral products 31.4% 54.9% (37.1%)
       Electrical machinery 57.6% 55.1%r (11.7%)
      Losers over last year 1/      
       Transport equipment (69.1%) (59.8%) (29.1%)
       Textile (26.9%) 35.1%r (22.7%)
       Rubber products (13.5%) (37.1%) 10.8%
  Capacity utilization      
       Below 70% 43.5% 38.8% 41.8%
       90% - 100% 19.1% 18.1% 13.5%
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
HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS       
  1997 1996 1995
  Registered births 3/ 1,651,851 1,608,453 1,645,041
    Male 859,104 835,963 864,425
    Female 792,747 772,490 780,616
  Registered marriages 3/ 562,724 538,553 503,671
  Registered deaths 3/ 339,177 344,363 324,737
    Male 201,536 204,363 193,048
    Female 137,641 140,000 131,689
  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 March 2000 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 women 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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