Quickstat Index
QUICKSTAT - November 2002
A Monthly Update of NSO's Most Requested Statistics
INDICATOR REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA
PRICE INDICES      
  Consumer Price Index (1994=100) Oct. 2002 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2001
       Philippines 167.8 167.9 163.4
       National Capital Region (NCR) 168.5 168.8 164.3r
       Areas Outside NCR 167.5 167.5 163.0
    Inflation rate 2.7 2.9 5.5
    Purchasing power of the peso 0.60 0.60 0.61
  Sept. 2002 Aug. 2002 Sept. 2001
  Retail Price Index for Construction Materials
    in Metro Manila
(1978=100)
829.4 833.4 831.8
  Wholesale Price Index for Construction 
    Materials in Metro Manila
(1985=100)
251.9 252.6 244.8
  Aug. 2002 Jul. 2002 Aug. 2001
  General Wholesale Price Index in
    Metro Manila
(1985=100)
281.2 280.7 269.1
  Producer's Price Index for Manufacturing
    in Metro Manila
(1994=100)
171.9 170.6r 165.3r
FOREIGN TRADE (FOB value in million US$) Sept. 2002p Aug. 2002 Sept. 2001
  Total trade 6,204 6,154 5,230
  Exports 3,184 2,990 2,731
  Imports 3,020 3,164 2,499
  Balance of trade 164 (174) 232
    Top traders:      
    1. USA 1,409 1,404 1,166
    2. Japan 1,062 1,081 900
    3. Hongkong 422 342 250
    Top exports:      
    1. Electronics and components 1,690 1,551 1,445
    2. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories 258 218 185
    3. Other products manufactured from materials
          imported on consignment basis
51 35 42
    Top imports:      
    1. Electronics and components 824 970 469
    2. Office and EDP machines 311 312 206
    3. Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials 292 231 300
DOMESTIC TRADE
(Quantity in thousand tons; value in million pesos)
1st Qtr 2002p 4th Qtr 2001 1st Qtr 2001
  Coastwise trade      
    Quantity 3,727 3,260 3,445
    Value 52,563 73,528 64,506
  Rail trade      
    Quantity 0.34 0.43 0.43
    Value 11.01 13.01 11.45
  Air trade      
    Quantity 9 13 12
    Value 730 857 755
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT  (Source: LFS) Jul. 2002 Apr. 2002 Jul. 2001
  Total labor force (million) 33.9 35.1 32.6
    Labor force participation rate 67.1% 69.9% 66.3%
     Employment rate 88.8% 86.1% 89.9%
     Unemployment rate 11.2% 13.9% 10.1%
     Underemployment rate 17.1% 19.6% 17.7%
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY (Sources: ASE/LE)      
  Number of establishments (with 10 or more workers) 1998 1997 1996
    Agriculture and forestry 1,257 1,196 1,095
    Fishing 502 501 439
    Mining and quarrying 180 193 188
    Manufacturing 15,674 14,734 13,526
    Electricity, gas, and water 603 588 582
    Construction 1,475 1,457 1,501
    Wholesale and retail trade 17,903 15,237 13,336
    Hotels and restaurants 7,092 6,686 6,275
    Transportation, communication, and storage 3,011 2,734 2,581
    Financial intermediation establishments 5,744 5,452 5,229
    Real estate and other business activities 4,165 3,804 3,613
    Private education services 3,929 3,718 3,490
    Health and social work 1,181 1,135 1,087
    Other community, social, and personal services 2,065 1,935 1,812
PRIVATE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
(Floor area in square meters; value in P1,000)
2nd Qtr 2002 1st Qtr 2002 2nd Qtr 2001
  Philippines(number) 25,459 24,337 20,219
    Floor area 3,354,587 3,656,039 2,735,927
    Value 19,653,715 33,713,486 16,058,627
  Residential (number) 18,030 17,025 13,577
    Floor area 1,932,910 1,768,186 1,590,058
    Value 10,398,367 9,071,720 7,819,279
  Nonresidential (number) 2,440 3,045 2,069
    Floor area 1,227,584 1,728,004 950,048
    Value 6,967,555 22,103,520 5,952,889
  Additions (number) 1,495 1,233 1,239
    Floor area 194,093 159,849 195,821
    Value 952,362 781,392 917,930
  Alterations/repairs (number) 3,494 3,034 3,334
    Value 1,335,431 1,756,854 1,368,529
(MISSI) MONTHLY INTEGRATED SURVEY
ON SELECTED INDUSTRIES (1994=100)
  Sept. 2002 Aug. 2002
  Value of production index   193.8 187.1r
     Gainers over last year      
      Nonmetallic mineral products   25.9% 29.1%
      Wood and wood products   20.1% 14.1%
      Footwear and wearing apparel   12.5% 3.8%
     Losers over last year      
      Basic metals   (33.5%) (16.5%)
      Machinery excluding electrical   (26.6%) (28.1%)
      Furniture and fixtures   (12.2%) (5.1%)
  Volume of production index   112.1 108.6r
     Gainers over last year      
      Nonmetallic mineral products   38.2% 34.9%
      Leather products   23.2% 30.1%
      Textile   10.0% 26.0%
     Losers over last year      
      Basic metals   (35.0%) (17.8%)
      Machinery excluding electrical   (26.7%) (28.1%)
      Paper and paper products   (16.0%) (16.0%)
  Value of net sales      
     Gainers over last year      
      Leather products   32.4% 41.3%
      Machinery excluding electrical   31.2% 27.4%
       Fabricated metal products   26.9% 20.4%
     Losers over last year      
      Basic metals   (18.0%) 1.3%
      Nonmetallic mineral products   (5.8%) (8.9)%
      Paper and paper products   (2.8%) (3.7%)
  Volume of net sales      
     Gainers over last year      
      Leather products   53.0% 64.1%
      Rubber products   33.6% 33.6%
      Machinery excluding electrical   31.1% 27.4%
     Losers over last year      
      Basic metals   (19.9%) (0.2%)
      Wood and wood products   (15.7%) (25.5%)
      Publishing and printing   (12.5%) (38.2%)
  Capacity utilization      
      Below 70%   39.9% 37.5%
      90% - 100%   20.9% 20.4%
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      
  1999p 1998 1997r
  Births 2/ 1,613,248 1,632,859 1,653,236
    Male   853,304 859,814
   Female   779,555 793,422
  Marriages2/ 551,444 549,265 562,808
  Deaths 2/ 347,643 352,992 339,400
   Male   210,592 201,700
   Female   142,400 137,700
  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.
          - Revised
          - Preliminary
    n.a.  - not yet available
    LE   - List of Establishments

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