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| QUICKSTAT - July 2000 A Monthly Update of NSO's Most Requested Statistics |
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| INDICATOR | REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA | ||
| PRICE INDICES | |||
| Consumer Price Index (1994=100) | June 2000 | May 2000 | June 1999 |
| Philippines | 151.4 | 150.3 | 145.7r |
| Metro Manila (MM) | 150.4 | 150.3 | 145.0 |
| Areas Outside MM | 151.7 | 150.3 | 146.0r |
| Inflation rate | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.7 |
| Purchasing power of the peso | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| May 2000 | Apr. 1999 | May 1999 | |
| Retail Price Index for Construction Materials in Metro Manila (1978=100) |
786.4 | 782.2 | 774.1 |
| Apr. 2000 | Mar. 2000 | Apr. 1999 | |
| Producer's Price Index for Manufacturing in Metro Manila (1992=100) |
146.6 | 145.5r | 135.8 |
| General Wholesale Price Index in Metro Manila (1985=100) |
254.1 | 257.8 | 255.7 |
| May 2000 | Apr. 2000 | May 1999 | |
| Wholesale Price Index for Construction Materials in Metro Manila (1985=100) |
232.9 | 232.6 | 228.3 |
| FOREIGN TRADE (FOB value in million US$) | May 2000 | Apr. 2000 | May 1999 |
| Total trade | 5,368 | 5,196 | 5,280 |
| Exports | 2,931 | 2,668 | 2,747 |
| Imports | 2,437 | 2,528 | 2,533 |
| Balance of trade | 494 | 140 | 213 |
| Top traders: 1/ | |||
| 1. USA | 1,242 | 1,271 | 1,453 |
| 2. Japan | 825 | 901 | 841 |
| 3. Singapore | 386 | 366 | 363 |
| Top exports: 1/ | |||
| 1. Electronics and components | 1,417 | 1,266r | 1,517 |
| 2. Input/output peripheral units | 284 | 244 | 165 |
| 3. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories | 200 | 170r | 209 |
| Top imports: 1/ | |||
| 1. Electronics and components | 492 | 572r | 549 |
| 2. Mineral fuels, lubricants, and related materials | 293 | 304r | 193 |
| 3. Telecommunications equipment and electrical machinery |
275 | 200r | 156 |
| DOMESTIC TRADE (Quantity in thousand tons; value in million pesos) |
4th Qtr 1999p | 3rd Qtr 1999p | 4th Qtr 1998 |
| Coastwise trade | |||
| Quantity | 4,177.50r | 6,724.25r | 5,982.30 |
| Value | 65,348r | 75,850r | 80,510 |
| Rail trade | |||
| Quantity | 0.70 | 0.72 | 3.20 |
| Value | 18 | 18 | 79 |
| Air trade | |||
| Quantity | 15.03 | 13.26 | 13.56 |
| Value | 643 | 713 | 1,034 |
| LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (Source: LFS) | Apr. 2000p | Jan. 2000 | Apr. 1999 |
| Total labor force (million) | 31.6 | 30.6 | 33.4 |
| Labor force participation rate | 66.7% | 65.1% | 69.6% |
| Employment rate | 86.1% | 90.7% | 88.2% |
| Unemployment rate | 13.9% | 9.3% | 11.8% |
| Underemployment rate | 25.1% | 21.2% | 22.7% |
| 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 | 1,743 | 1,464 | 1,698 |
| 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) |
1st Qtr 2000 | 4th Qtr 1999 | 1st Qtr 1999 |
| Total | 19,146 | 16,903 | 19,326 |
| Floor area | 2,869,890 | 2,984,009 | 2,701,728 |
| Value | 14,943,319 | 21,145,331 | 15,341,166 |
| Residential | 12,948 | 10,857 | 13,162 |
| Floor area | 1,374,657 | 1,206,581 | 1,415,126 |
| Value | 7,062,962 | 5,769,424 | 6,694,130 |
| Nonresidential | 2,166 | 2,043 | 2,196 |
| Floor area | 1,349,879 | 1,581,997 | 1,132,099 |
| Value | 6,065,813 | 13,983,528 | 7,031,430 |
| Additions | 956 | 1,031 | 1,202 |
| Floor area | 145,354 | 105,431 | 154,503 |
| Value | 714,629 | 448,254 | 682,515 |
| Alterations, repairs, and others | 3,076 | 2,972 | 2,766 |
| Value | 1,099,915 | 944,125 | 933,091 |
| (MISSI) MONTHLY INTEGRATED SURVEY ON SELECTED INDUSTRIES (1985=100) |
Apr. 2000 | Mar. 2000 | Apr. 1999 |
| Value of production index | 482.0 | 586.9r | 465.2r |
| Gainers over last year 1/ | |||
| Petroleum refineries | 62.2% | 41.9% | (1.4%) |
| Paper and paper products | 53.0% | 12.8%r | (11.5%) |
| Wearing apparel | 26.1% | 9.6%r | (26.1%) |
| Losers over last year1/ | |||
| Chemicals | (18.6%) | (6.0%)r | 6.9% |
| Basic metals | (15.9%) | (25.5%)r | (0.1%) |
| Electrical machinery | (10.2%) | 37.2%r | 5.4% |
| Volume of production index | 128.1 | 157.1r | 133.4r |
| Gainers over last year 1/ | |||
| Paper and paper products | 50.0% | 14.4%r | (26.1%) |
| Wearing apparel | 24.5% | 9.9%r | (28.3%) |
| Tobacco | 14.9% | 3.9%r | (1.7%) |
| Losers over last year 1/ | |||
| Chemicals | (22.7%) | (10.4%)r | 1.3% |
| Basic metals | (19.5%) | (30.5%)r | 19.8% |
| Textile | (11.3%) | (21.3%) | 6.3% |
| Value of net sales | |||
| Gainers over last year 1/ | |||
| Wearing apparel | 83.7% | 26.1% | (10.8%) |
| Electrical machinery | 82.3% | 16.5% | 9.2% |
| Petroleum products | 73.4% | 82.3% | (12.0%) |
| Losers over last year1/ | |||
| Rubber products | (46.7%) | 7.0% | 67.6% |
| Transport equipment | (37.1%) | 7.5% | 1.2% |
| Furniture and fixtures | (25.9%) | 22.1% | (4.4%) |
| Volume of net sales | |||
| Gainers over last year 1/ | |||
| Wearing apparel | 81.5% | 26.5% | (3.3%) |
| Electrical machinery | 80.1% | 15.8% | 7.2% |
| Micellaneous manufactures | 49.7% | 32.5% | (18.0%) |
| Losers over last year1/ | |||
| Rubber products | (46.1%) | 7.6% | 42.4% |
| Transport equipment | (41.0%) | 0.7% | (6.6%) |
| Furniture and fixtures | (25.9%) | 22.1% | (24.6%) |
| Capacity utilization | |||
| Below 70% | 37.4% | 38.5% | 38.9%r |
| 90% - 100% | 18.8% | 21.9% | 15.7%r |
| 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 | 38.4% | 39.6% | 42.0% |
| 15-64 years | 58.1% | 57.0% | 54.6% |
| 65 years and over | 3.5% | 3.4% | 3.4% |
| 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 | 1,608,468 | 1,645,041 |
| Male | 859,104 | 835,970 | 864,425 |
| Female | 792,747 | 772,498 | 780,616 |
| Registered marriages 3/ | 562,724 | 525,555 | 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 |
| Total fertility rate (number of children per woman)2/ | 3.23 | 3.30 | 3.38 |
| Life expectancy at birth (in years; medium assumption)2/ |
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| 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% | |
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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