Quickstat Index
QUICKSTAT - January 2002
A Monthly Update of NSO's Most Requested Statistics
INDICATOR REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA
PRICE INDICES      
  Consumer Price Index (1994=100) Dec. 2001 Nov. 2001 Dec. 2000
       Philippines 164.1 163.6 157.9r
       National Capital Region (NCR) 165.6 164.8 157.8r
       Areas Outside NCR 163.4 163.2 157.9
    Inflation rate 3.9 4.4 6.7
    Purchasing power of the peso 0.61 0.61 0.63
  Oct. 2001 Sept. 2001 Oct. 2000
  Retail Price Index for Construction Materials
    in Metro Manila (1978=100)
829.6 831.8r 794.4
  1994=100 1992=100  
  Producer's Price Index for Manufacturing
    in Metro Manila (October 2001)
166.7 156.3  
  Oct. 2001 Sept. 2001 Oct. 2000
  General Wholesale Price Index in
    Metro Manila
(1985=100)
266.5 270.1r 261.2r
  Wholesale Price Index for Construction 
    Materials in Metro Manila (1985=100)
244.8 244.8 234.0
FOREIGN TRADE (FOB value in million US$) Oct. 2001 Sept. 2001 Oct. 2000
  Total trade 5,311 5,230 6,252
  Exports 2,941 2,731 3,398
  Imports 2,371 2,499 2,854
  Balance of trade 570 232 545
    Top traders:      
    1. USA 1,151 1,166 1,444
    2. Japan 931 900 1,065
    3. Singapore 349 333 503
    Top exports:      
    1. Electronics and components 1,515 1,447 2,048
    2. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories 197 185 194
    3. Other products manufactured from materials
        imported on consignment basis
49 40 31
    Top imports:      
    1. Electronics and components 364 468 578
    2. Telecommunications equipment and electrical machinery 270 250 266
    3. Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials 266 300 403
DOMESTIC TRADE
(Quantity in thousand tons; value in million pesos)
1st Qtr 2001p 4th Qtr 2000p 1st Qtr 2000
  Coastwise trade      
    Quantity 2,366 2,977 4,524
    Value 41,374 52,950 61,767
  Rail trade      
    Quantity 0.53 0.17 0.49
    Value 14.01 4.29 14.62
  Air trade      
    Quantity 13 15 11
    Value 862 696 870
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT  (Source: LFS) Oct. 2001 July 2001 Oct. 2000
  Total labor force (million) 33.4 32.6 30.9
    Labor force participation rate 67.5% 66.3% 64.3%
     Employment rate 90.2% 89.9% 89.9%
     Unemployment rate 9.8% 10.1% 10.1%
     Underemployment rate 16.6% 17.7% 19.9%
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY (Sources: ASE/CE)      
  Number of establishments (with 10 or more workers) 1998p 1997 1996
    Agriculture and forestry 1,357 1,196 1,095
    Fishing 606 501 439
    Mining and quarrying 180 193 188
    Manufacturing 15,678 14,734 13,526
    Electricity, gas, and water 623 588 582
    Construction 1,577 1,457 1,501
    Wholesale and retail trade 17,606 15,237 13,336
    Hotels and restaurants 7,100 6,686 6,275
    Transportation, communication, and storage 3,011 2,734 2,581
    Financial intermediation establishments 6,528 5,452 5,229
    Real estate and other business activities 4,167 3,804 3,613
    Private education services 3,930 3,718 3,490
    Health and social work 1,186 1,135 1,087
    Other community, social, and personal services 2,070 1,935 1,812
PRIVATE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
(Floor area in square meters; value in P1,000)
2nd Qtr 2001 1st Qtr 2001 2nd Qtr 2000
  Total (number) 20,219 20,934 21,558
    Floor area 2,735,927 3,269,295 2,762,046
    Value 16,058,627 21,513,829 15,844,960
  Residential (number) 13,577 14,524 15,876
    Floor area 1,590,058 1,617,351 1,458,381
    Value 7,819,279 8,145,162 7,296,558
  Nonresidential (number) 2,069 2,129 1,764
    Floor area 950,048 1,473,698 1,167,171
    Value 5,952,889 10,710,525 6,244,594
  Additions (number) 1,239 1,061 934
    Floor area 195,821 178,246 136,494
    Value 917,930 1,215,968 640,048
  Alterations/repairs (number) 3,334 3,220 2,984
    Value 1,368,529 1,442,174 1,663,760
(MISSI) MONTHLY INTEGRATED SURVEY
ON SELECTED INDUSTRIES (October 2001)
  1994-based 1985-based
  Value of production index   204.5 722.3
     Gainers over last year      
      Publishing and printing*   51.0% n.a.
      Machinery excluding electrical*   41.4% n.a.
      Fabricated metal products*   25.1% n.a.
     Losers over last year      
      Leather products   (53.7%) n.a.
      Paper and paper products   (23.3%) (21.5%)
      Petroleum products   (17.8%) (17.7%)
  Volume of production index   122.7 179.9
     Gainers over last year      
      Footwear and wearing apparel*   38.1% n.a.
      Machinery excluding electrical*   28.6% n.a.
      Fabricated metals*   18.3% n.a.
     Losers over last year      
      Paper and paper products   (31.7%) (24.7%)
      Leather products   (28.7%) n.a.
      Electrical machinery   (27.0%) 7.8%
  Value of net sales      
     Gainers over last year      
      Fabricated metal products*   43.0% n.a.
      Publishing and printing*   30.4% n.a.
      Nonmetallic mineral products   19.9% 17.6%
     Losers over last year      
      Leather products   (57.0%) n.a.
      Rubber products   (33.5%) (31.6%)
      Footwear and wearing apparel*   (22.8%) n.a.
  Volume of net sales      
     Gainers over last year      
      Miscellaneous manufactures   115.3% (24.6%)
      Fabricated metal products*   35.3% n.a.
      Footwear and wearing apparel*   18.5% n.a.
     Losers over last year      
      Electrical machinery   (39.7%) 4.6%
      Rubber products   (36.1%) (31.9%)
      Leather products   (33.8%) n.a.
  Capacity utilization      
      Below 70%   40.5% 39.0%
      90% - 100%   21.8% 21.5%
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE  (Source: FIES)
(At current prices)
2000 1997 1994
  Annual average family income  P144,039 P123,168 P83,161
  Annual average family expenditure P118,002 P99,537 P67,661
  Annual average family saving P26,037 P23,631 P15,500
POPULATION 2000 1995 1990
  Total 76,498,735 68,616,536 60,703,206
    Male n.a. 34,584,170 30,538,285
    Female n.a. 34,032,366 30,164,921
    0-14 years n.a. 38.4% 39.6%
    15-64 years n.a. 58.1% 57.0%
    65 years and over n.a. 3.5% 3.4%
  Density(persons per square kilometer) 255 229 202
  Growth rate 2.36% 2.32% 2.35%
  Average household size 5.0 5.1 5.3
  2002 2001 2000
  Population projection (medium assumption)1/ 79,503,675 77,925,894 76,348,114
HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS      
  1998 1997r 1996
  Births 2/ 1,632,859 1,653,236 1,608,468
    Male 853,304 859,814 835,970
   Female 779,555 793,422 772,498
  Marriages2/ 549,265 562,808 525,555
  Deaths 2/ 352,992 339,400 344,363
   Male 210,592 201,700 204,363
   Female 142,400 137,700 140,000
  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) 2000 1999 1998
  Contraceptive prevalence rate 3/ 47.0% 49.3% 46.5%
     Modern method 32.3% 32.4% 28.2%
     Traditional method 14.7% 16.9% 18.3%
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%  
    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.
    *      - New sectors in the 1994-based series.
          - Revised
          - Preliminary
    n.a.  - not yet available

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