Quickstat Index
QUICKSTAT - January 2003
A Monthly Update of NSO's Most Requested Statistics
INDICATOR REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA
PRICE INDICES      
  Consumer Price Index (1994=100) Dec. 2002 Nov. 2002 Dec. 2001
       Philippines 168.6 167.9 164.3r
       National Capital Region (NCR) 171.2 169.0 166.3r
       Areas Outside NCR 167.6 167.4 163.4
    Inflation rate 2.6 2.5 4.1
    Purchasing power of the peso 0.59 0.60 0.61
  Oct. 2002 Sept. 2002 Oct. 2001
  Retail Price Index for Construction Materials
    in Metro Manila
(1978=100)
827.1 829.4 829.6
  General Wholesale Price Index in
    Metro Manila
(1985=100)
276.5 277.6 266.5
  Producer's Price Index for Manufacturing
    in Metro Manila
(1994=100)
173.8 173.4r 165.5
  Nov. 2002 Oct. 2002 Nov. 2001
  Wholesale Price Index for Construction 
    Materials in Metro Manila
(1985=100)
251.3 251.4r 244.3
FOREIGN TRADE (FOB value in million US$) Oct. 2002p Sept. 2002 Oct. 2001
  Total trade 5,804 6,205 5,312
  Exports 3,016 3,184 2,941
  Imports 2,787 3,020 2,371
  Balance of trade 229 164 570
    Top traders:      
    1. USA 1,114 1,410 1,151
    2. Japan 1,065 1,063 931
    3. Hongkong 413 384 267
    Top exports:      
    1. Electronics and components 1,656 1,699 1,526
    2. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories 198 259 197
    3. Petroleum products 47 31 10
    Top imports:      
    1. Electronics and components 712 824 367
    2. Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials 272 292 266
    3. Office and EDP machines 266 311 205
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) Oct. 2002 Jul. 2002 Oct. 2001
  Total labor force (million) 33.7 33.9 33.4
    Labor force participation rate 66.2% 67.1% 67.5%
     Employment rate 89.8% 88.8% 90.2%
     Unemployment rate 10.2% 11.2% 9.8%
     Underemployment rate 15.3% 17.1% 16.6%
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)
  Oct. 2002 Sept. 2002r
  Value of production index   196.1 196.4
     Gainers over last year      
      Leather products   104.3% 6.6%
      Fabricated metal products   24.6% 11.9%
      Footwear and wearing apparel   24.3% 17.6%
     Losers over last year      
      Basic metals   (23.5%) (33.0%)
      Chemical products   (12.8%) (3.7%)
      Rubber products   (11.1%) (6.5%)
  Volume of production index   112.8 113.3
     Gainers over last year      
      Leather products   149.0% 23.2%
      Nonmetallic mineral products   34.3% 38.0%
      Fabricated metal products   21.1% 8.7%
     Losers over last year      
      Basic metals   (25.8%) (34.6%)
      Chemical products   (16.5%) (8.0%)
      Petroleum products   (15.4%) (8.7%)
  Value of net sales      
     Gainers over last year      
      Leather products   104.6% 32.4%
      Machinery excluding electrical   64.7% 45.1%
       Textile   34.7% 22.0%
     Losers over last year      
      Basic metals   (16.3%) (17.5%)
      Electrical machinery   (14.0%) 11.4%
      Nonmetallic mineral products   (13.6%) (5.8%)
  Volume of net sales      
     Gainers over last year      
      Leather products   149.3% 53.0%
      Machinery excluding electrical   64.7% 45.1%
      Textile   38.7% 23.4%
     Losers over last year      
      Electrical machinery   (22.4%) 0.8%
      Publishing and printing   (19.8%) (17.8%)
      Basic metals   (18.9%) (19.4%)
  Capacity utilization      
      Below 70%   39.0% 39.9%
      90% - 100%   21.3% 20.9%
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 76,504,077 68,616,536 60,703,206
    Male 38,524,266 34,584,170 30,538,285
    Female 37,979,811 34,032,366 30,164,921
    0-14 years 28,313,897 38.4% 39.6%
    15-64 years 45,257,770 58.1% 57.0%
    65 years and over 2,932,410 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
  2004 2003 2002
  Population projection (medium assumption)1/ 82,663,561 81,081,457 79,503,675
HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS      
  2000p 1999p 1998
  Births 2/ 1,699,380 1,613,248 1,632,859
    Male     853,304
   Female     779,555
  Marriages2/ 572,955 551,444 549,265
  Deaths 2/ 364,751 347,643 352,992
   Male     210,592
   Female     142,400
  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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