Quickstat Index
QUICKSTAT - March 2002
A Monthly Update of NSO's Most Requested Statistics
INDICATOR REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA
PRICE INDICES      
  Consumer Price Index (1994=100) Feb. 2002 Jan. 2002 Feb. 2001
       Philippines 164.7 165.0 159.3
       National Capital Region (NCR) 167.2 167.6r 159.8r
       Areas Outside NCR 163.7 164.0 159.2
    Inflation rate 3.4 3.8 6.7
    Purchasing power of the peso 0.61 0.61 0.63
  Dec. 2001 Nov. 2001 Dec. 2000
  Wholesale Price Index for Construction 
    Materials in Metro Manila (1985=100)		 244.0 244.3 238.0
  Nov. 2001 Oct. 2001 Nov. 2000
  Retail Price Index for Construction Materials
    in Metro Manila (1978=100)		 828.2 829.6 805.6
  General Wholesale Price Index in
    Metro Manila (1985=100)		 266.4 266.5 270.7
  1994=100 1992=100  
  Producer's Price Index for Manufacturing
    in Metro Manila (December 2001)		 165.6 157.2  
FOREIGN TRADE (FOB value in million US$) Dec. 2001 Nov. 2001 Dec. 2000
  Total trade 4,788 4,668 5,733
  Exports 2,645 2,630 3,496
  Imports 2,143 2,039 2,237
  Balance of trade 503 591 1,259
    Top traders:      
    1. USA 1,095 671 1,506
    2. Japan 849 806 1,029
    3. Singapore 319 312 455
    Top exports:      
    1. Electronics and components 1,357 1,416 2,075
    2. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories 218 153 264
    3. Ignition wiring set & other wiring sets used in vehicles,
        aircrafts and ships 		37 30 51
    Top imports:      
    1. Electronics and components 397 334 427
    2. Telecommunication equipment and electrical machinery 213 244 252
    3. Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials 211 210 241
DOMESTIC TRADE
(Quantity in thousand tons; value in million pesos)		 1st Qtr 2001p 4th Qtr 2000 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)		 3rd Qtr 2001 2nd Qtr 2001 3rd Qtr 2000
  Total (number) 16,129 20,219 13,741
    Floor area 2,324,437 2,735,927 2,683,315
    Value 13,103,396 16,058,627 25,436,625
  Residential (number) 10,628 13,577 8,516
    Floor area 1,292,471 1,590,058 994,726
    Value 6,169,543 7,819,279 4,650,390
  Nonresidential (number) 1,994 2,069 1,878
    Floor area 908,658 950,048 1,576,668
    Value 5,357,122 5,952,889 18,401,964
  Additions (number) 1,054 1,239 619
    Floor area 123,308 195,821 111,921
    Value 625,735 917,930 714,255
  Alterations/repairs (number) 2,453 3,334 2,728
    Value 950,996 1,368,529 1,670,016
(MISSI) MONTHLY INTEGRATED SURVEY
ON SELECTED INDUSTRIES (December 2001)		   1994-based 1985-based
  Value of production index   195.8 667.3
     Gainers over last year      
      Publishing and printing*   58.3% 0.3%
      Machinery excluding electrical*   39.3% n.a.
      Footwear and wearing apparel*   30.7% n.a.
     Losers over last year      
      Leather products   (62.7%) n.a.
      Tobacco   (34.1%) (34.1%)
      Paper and paper products   (30.6%) (31.1%)
  Volume of production index   117.8 165.9
     Gainers over last year      
      Footwear and wearing apparel*   124.0% n.a.
      Machinery excluding electrical*   24.7% n.a.
      Publishing and printing*   17.3% n.a.
     Losers over last year      
      Tobacco   (45.0%) (42.6%)
      Leather products   (42.6%) n.a.
      Paper and paper products   (41.3%) (32.7%)
  Value of net sales      
     Gainers over last year      
      Publishing and printing*   43.7% n.a.
      Miscellaneous manufactures   35.3% 12.3%
      Rubber products   34.0% 51.3%
     Losers over last year      
      Leather products   (63.0%) n.a.
      Furniture and fixtures   (27.6%) (15.4%)
      Paper and paper products   (18.1%) (18.6%)
  Volume of net sales      
     Gainers over last year      
      Miscellaneous manufactures   138.7% (28.1%)
      Footwear and wearing apparel*   55.8% n.a.
      Rubber products   29.0% 50.6%
     Losers over last year      
      Leather products   (43.0%) n.a.
      Basic Metals   (30.8%) (7.5%)
      Paper and paper products   (30.7%) (20.4%)
  Capacity utilization      
      Below 70%   38.4% 37.8%
      90% - 100%   20.5% 21.7%
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) 2001 2000 1999
  Contraceptive prevalence rate 3/ 49.5% 47.0% 49.3%
     Modern method 33.1% 32.3% 32.4%
     Traditional method 16.4% 14.7% 16.9%
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.
    r       - Revised
    p       - Preliminary
    n.a.  - not yet available
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