Quickstat Index
QUICKSTAT - March 2001
A Monthly Update of NSO's Most Requested Statistics
INDICATOR REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA
PRICE INDICES      
  Consumer Price Index (1994=100) Feb. 2001 Jan. 2001 Feb. 2000
       Philippines 159.3 159.0 149.3
       Metro Manila (MM) 159.5 159.1r 148.1
       Areas Outside MM 159.2 158.1 149.7
    Inflation rate 6.7 6.9 3.0
    Purchasing power of the peso 0.63 0.62 0.67
  Jan. 2001 Dec. 2000 Jan. 2000
  Retail Price Index for Construction Materials
    in Metro Manila (1978=100)
809.6 809.2 771.5
  Producer's Price Index for Manufacturing
    in Metro Manila (1992=100)
159.5 156.3r 144.5
  General Wholesale Price Index in
    Metro Manila (1985=100)
265.0 264.7 259.8r
  Wholesale Price Index for Construction 
    Materials in Metro Manila (1985=100)
240.3 237.7 231.3r
FOREIGN TRADE (FOB value in million US$) Jan. 2001 Dec. 2000 Jan. 2000
  Total trade 5,361 5,733 5,368
  Exports 2,889 3,496 2,717
  Imports 2,472 2,237 2,651
  Balance of trade 417 1,259 65
    Top traders:      
    1. USA 1,252 1,506 1,355
    2. Japan 1,002 1,029 858
    3. Singapore 411 455 381
    Top exports:      
    1. Electronics and components 1,675 2,075 1,647
    2. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories 211 264 180
    3. Woodcrafts and furniture 46 75 45
    Top imports:      
    1. Electronics and components 463 427 717
    2. Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials 299 241 249
    3. Telecommunications equipment and electrical machinery 252 252 209
DOMESTIC TRADE
(Quantity in thousand tons; value in million pesos)
3rd Qtr 2000p 2nd Qtr 2000p 3rd Qtr 1999
  Coastwise trade      
    Quantity 2,060.11 2,580.01 6,724.25
    Value 33,445.50 37,590.94 75,850.14
  Rail trade      
    Quantity 0.33 0.25 0.72
    Value 8.39 8.47 17.93
  Air trade      
    Quantity 6.65 5.93 13.26
    Value 202.99 258.52 713.09
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT  (Source: LFS) Jan. 2001 Oct. 2000 Jan. 2000
  Total labor force (million) 31.7 30.9 30.6
    Labor force participation rate 65.5% 64.3% 64.9%
     Employment rate 88.6% 89.9% 90.5%
     Unemployment rate 11.4% 10.1% 9.5%
     Underemployment rate 16.9% 19.9% 21.0%
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY (Sources: ASE/CE)      
  Number of establishments (with 10 or more workers) 1997 1996 1995
    Agriculture and forestry 1,196 1,095 1,111
    Fishing 501 439 286
    Mining and quarrying 193 188 157
    Manufacturing 14,734 13,526 10,219
    Electricity, gas, and water 588 582 889
    Construction 1,457 1,501 1,743
    Wholesale and retail trade 15,237 13,336 9,448
    Hotels and restaurants 6,686 6,275 a
    Transportation, communication, and storage 2,734 2,581 1,855
    Financing, intermediation establishments 5,452 5,229 6,555
    Real estate, renting and other business activities 3,804 3,613 b
    Private education services 3,718 3,490 a
    Health and social work 1,135 1,087 a
    Other community, social, and personal services 1,935 1,812 10,476
PRIVATE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
(Floor area in square meters; value in P1,000)
3rd Qtr 2000 2nd Qtr 2000 3rd Qtr 1999
  Total (number) 13,741* 21,558* 18,086*
    Floor area 2,683,315 2,762,046 2,701,223
    Value 25,436,625 15,844,960 15,854,386
  Residential (number) 8,516 15,876 11,704
    Floor area 994,726 1,458,381 1,387,306
    Value 4,650,390 7,296,558 6,279,652
  Nonresidential (number) 1,878 1,764 2,197
    Floor area 1,576,668 1,167,171 1,139,366
    Value 18,401,964 6,244,594 7,431,524
  Additions (number) 619 934 1,077
    Floor area 111,921 136,494 174,551
    Value 714,255 640,048 953,111
  Alterations/repairs (number) 2,728 2,984 3,108
    Value 1,670,016 1,663,760 1,190,099
(MISSI) MONTHLY INTEGRATED SURVEY
ON SELECTED INDUSTRIES  (1985=100)
Jan. 2001 Dec. 2000 Jan. 2000
  Value of production index 576.2 664.3r 534.7r
     Gainers over last year      
      Miscellaneous manufactures 69.1% 0.9% 22.0%
      Petroleum refineries 41.4% 66.1% 55.9%
      Tobacco 31.9% (4.9%) (8.8%)
     Losers over last year      
      Textile (8.7%) (1.0%) 14.6%
      Food manufacturing (7.7%) (10.6%) (11.4%)
      Wood and wood products (6.7%) 6.1% 1.8%
  Volume of production index 140.6 165.5r 144.1r
     Gainers over last year      
      Miscellaneous manufactures 66.2% 8.1% 41.4%
      Furniture and fixtures 23.5% 16.0% 28.2%
      Tobacco 17.5% (4.0%) (7.9%)
     Losers over last year      
      Food manufacturing (13.1%) (12.0%) (7.9%)
      Electrical machinery (11.2%) 22.5% 25.8%
      Textile (6.6%) (20.7%) (6.4%)
  Value of net sales      
     Gainers over last year      
      Wood and wood products 66.5% 12.7% (30.5%)
      Miscellaneous manufactures 45.6% (25.4%) 18.7%
      Petroleum products 36.3% 35.3% 70.6%
     Losers over last year      
      Tobacco (29.6%) 7.7% 117.7%
      Transport equipment (18.1%) (13.5%) (58.6%)
      Basic metals (14.7%) 39.0% 77.1%
  Volume of net sales      
     Gainers over last year      
      Wood and wood products 68.0% 12.7% (30.5%)
      Miscellaneous manufactures 43.0% (20.0%) 38.7%
      Textile 14.4% (2.3%) 35.1%
     Losers over last year      
      Tobacco (37.2%) 8.7% 117.4%
      Wearing apparel (26.2%) 41.8% (5.7%)
      Transport equipment (22.4%) (15.6%) (59.8%)
  Capacity utilization      
      Below 70% 42.0% 35.5%r 35.3%
      90% - 100% 23.8% 26.1%r 17.9%
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                                                 2000p/ 1995 1990 1980
  Total                                                            75.3M 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       
  1997r 1996 1995
  Registered births 2/ 1,653,236 1,608,468 1,645,041
    Male 859,814 835,970 864,425
   Female 793,422 772,498 780,616
  Registered marriages 2/ 562,808 525,555 503,671
  Registered deaths 2/ 339,400 344,363 324,737
   Male 201,700 204,363 193,048
   Female 137,700 140,000 131,689
  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/
     
     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%  
    a/   - Data for 1995 were included in Other community, social and personal services.
    b/   - Data for 1995 were included in Financing, intermediation establishments.
    1/   - Source: 1995 Census-Based National, Regional, and Provincial Population Projections.
    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.
      - Excludes demolitions and street furnitures.
       - Revised
      - Preliminary

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