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| QUICKSTAT - August 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) | July 2000 | June 2000 | July 1999 |
| Philippines | 152.1 | 151.4 | 146.0 |
| Metro Manila (MM) | 151.3 | 150.4 | 144.8r |
| Areas Outside MM | 152.4 | 151.8r | 146.4r |
| Inflation rate | 4.2 | 3.9 | 5.7 |
| Purchasing power of the peso | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| July 2000 | June 2000 | July 1999 | |
| Retail Price Index for Construction Materials in Metro Manila (1978=100) |
785.9 | 787.5 | 773.8 |
| May 2000 | Apr. 2000 | May 1999 | |
| Producer's Price Index for Manufacturing in Metro Manila (1992=100) |
146.2 | 145.0r | 136.2 |
| June 2000 | May 2000 | June 1999 | |
| General Wholesale Price Index in Metro Manila (1985=100) |
253.5 | 256.0 | 252.1 |
| Wholesale Price Index for Construction Materials in Metro Manila (1985=100) |
233.1 | 232.9 | 228.6 |
| FOREIGN TRADE (FOB value in million US$) | June 2000 | May 2000 | June 1999 |
| Total trade | 5,905 | 5,368 | 5,528 |
| Exports | 3,410 | 2,931 | 2,857 |
| Imports | 2,494 | 2,437 | 2,671 |
| Balance of trade | 916 | 494 | 186 |
| Top traders: | |||
| 1. USA | 1,331 | 1,242 | 1,501 |
| 2. Japan | 961 | 825 | 951 |
| 3. Singapore | 448 | 386 | 380 |
| Top exports: | |||
| 1. Electronics and components | 2,228 | 1,703r | 1,779 |
| 2. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories | 227 | 200 | 213 |
| 3. Coconut oil | 48 | 31r | 15 |
| Top imports: | |||
| 1. Electronics and components | 512 | 492 | 671 |
| 2. Mineral fuels, lubricants, and related materials | 306 | 293 | 169 |
| 3. Telecommunications equipment and electrical machinery |
251 | 275 | 189 |
| 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) |
May 2000 | Apr. 2000 | May 1999 |
| Value of production index | 588.8 | 497.0r | 488.3 |
| Gainers over last year | |||
| Furniture and fixtures | 132.9% | (0.2%)r | (38.1%) |
| Electrical machinery | 55.6% | (6.7%)r | (3.5%) |
| Petroleum refineries | 42.7% | 62.2% | 25.5% |
| Losers over last year | |||
| Textile | (27.1%) | (9.0%)r | 32.1% |
| Food manufacturing | (21.3%) | (1.3%)r | 33.2% |
| Wood and wood products | (15.1%) | (3.3%)r | 9.6% |
| Volume of production index | 156.8 | 133.5r | 139.6 |
| Gainers over last year | |||
| Furniture and fixtures | 132.9% | (0.2%)r | (39.5%) |
| Other manufacturing | 48.3% | 8.0%r | (7.0%) |
| Electrical machinery | 46.2% | (6.7%)r | (4.2%) |
| Losers over last year | |||
| Textile | (41.8%) | (24.2%)r | 11.0% |
| Food manufacturing | (17.6%) | 3.6%r | 29.1% |
| Basic metals | (16.2%) | (19.3%)r | 12.7% |
| Value of net sales | |||
| Gainers over last year | |||
| Electrical machinery | 128.2% | 82.3% | (10.7%) |
| Furniture and fixtures | 60.0% | (25.9%) | (3.3%) |
| Petroleum products | 53.8% | 73.4% | (12.0%) |
| Losers over last year | |||
| Wood and wood products | (21.5%) | (14.8%) | (2.9%) |
| Textile | (11.4%) | (4.8%) | (14.7%) |
| Rubber products | (4.1%) | (46.7%) | (18.5%) |
| Volume of net sales | |||
| Gainers over last year | |||
| Electrical machinery | 114.4% | 80.1% | (11.4%) |
| Furniture and fixtures | 60.0% | (25.9%) | (24.6%) |
| Basic metals | 43.7% | (15.2%) | (9.2%) |
| Losers over last year | |||
| Textile | (29.2%) | (20.7%) | (17.4%) |
| Wood and wood products | (21.5%) | (14.8%) | (1.3%) |
| Rubber products | (2.0%) | (46.1%) | 0.6% |
| Capacity utilization | |||
| Below 70% | 40.1% | 37.4% | 37.6%r |
| 90% - 100% | 24.1% | 18.8% | 17.1%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) 1/ | 79,503,675 | 77,925,894 | 76,348,114 |
| HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | |
| Registered births 2/ | 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 2/ | 562,724 | 525,555 | 503,671 |
| Registered deaths 2/ | 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) 1/ | 25.70 | 26.24 | 26.78 |
| Crude death rate (per thousand population) 1/ | 5.77 | 5.83 | 5.89 |
| Crude rate of natural increase(per thousand population) 1/ | 19.93 | 20.41 | 20.89 |
| Total fertility rate (number of children per woman)1/ | 3.23 | 3.30 | 3.38 |
| Life expectancy at birth (in years; medium assumption)1/ |
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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 3/ | 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) 4/ | 93.9% | 89.8% | |
| Functional literacy rate (10 to 64 years old) 5/ | 83.8% | 75.4% | |
2/ - Based on civil registration. Not adjusted for underregistration. 3/ - Based on currently married women aged 15-49 years. 4/ - Basic reading and writing skills. 5/ - Basic reading, writing, and computational skills. r - Revised P - Preliminary |
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