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| QUICKSTAT - November 2003 A Monthly Update of NSO's Most Requested Statistics |
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| INDICATOR | REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA | ||
| PRICE INDICES | |||
| Consumer Price Index (1994=100) | Oct 2003 | Sep 2003 | Oct 2002 |
| Philippines | 173.0 | 172.8 | 167.8 |
| National Capital Region (NCR) | 176.7 | 175.8 | 168.5 |
| Areas Outside NCR | 171.6 | 171.6 | 167.5 |
| Inflation rate | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| Purchasing power of the peso | 0.58 | 0.58 | 0.60 |
| Sep 2003 | Aug 2003 | Sep 2002 | |
| Retail Price Index for Construction Materials in Metro Manila (1978=100) |
864.4 | 861.9 | 829.4 |
| Wholesale Price Index for Construction Materials in Metro Manila (1985=100) |
271.0 | 269.9 | 251.7r |
| Aug 2003 | Jul 2003 | Aug 2002 | |
| General Retail Price Index in Metro Manila (1978=100) |
1,030.7 | 1,028.9 | 1,018.1r |
| General Wholesale Price Index in Metro Manila (1985=100) |
289.2 | 287.6 | 281.4 |
| Producer's Price Index for Manufacturing in Metro Manila (1994=100) |
180.4 | 184.6r | 172.5 |
| FOREIGN TRADE (FOB value in million US$) | Aug 2003p | Jul 2003 | Aug 2002 |
| Total trade | 6,072 | 6,199 | 6,425 |
| Exports | 2,967 | 2,967 | 3,032 |
| Imports | 3,105 | 3,232 | 3,393 |
| Balance of trade | (138) | (265) | (361) |
| Top traders: | |||
| 1. USA | 1,255 | 1,333 | 1,404 |
| 2. Japan | 1,070 | 1,121 | 1,082 |
| 3. Singapore | 423 | 420 | 390 |
| Top exports: | |||
| 1. Electronic products | 1,907 | 1,947 | 2,053 |
| 2. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories | 207 | 235 | 218 |
| 3. Petroleum products | 62 | 26 | 31 |
| Top imports: | |||
| 1. Electronics products | 1,475 | 1,526 | 1,733 |
| 2. Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials | 321 | 298 | 231 |
| 3. Industrial machinery and equipment | 140 | 142 | 164 |
| DOMESTIC TRADE (Quantity in thousand tons; value in million pesos) |
4th Qtr 2002 | 3rd Qtr 2002 | 4th Qtr 2001 |
| Coastwise trade | |||
| Quantity | 4,048r | 10,340 | 4,850 |
| Value | 98,037 | 114,066 | 86,139 |
| Rail trade | |||
| Quantity | 0.57 | 0.54 | 0.43 |
| Value | 17.29 | 15.63 | 13.00 |
| Air trade | |||
| Quantity | 11 | 17 | 13 |
| Value | 474 | 548 | 857 |
| LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (Source: LFS) | Jul 2003 | Apr 2003 | Jul 2002 |
| Total labor force (million) | 34.2 | 34.6 | 33.9 |
| Labor force participation rate | 67.4% | 67.1% | 67.1% |
| Employment rate | 87.3% | 87.8% | 88.8% |
| Unemployment rate | 12.7% | 12.2% | 11.2% |
| Underemployment rate | 20.8% | 15.6% | 17.1% |
| 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, storage and communication | 3,011 | 2,734 | 2,581 |
| Financial intermediation establishments | 5,744 | 5,452 | 5,229 |
| Real estate, renting 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) |
1st Qtr 2003 | 4th Qtr 2002 | 1st Qtr 2002 |
| Philippines(number) | 22,483 | 22,497 | 24,337 |
| Floor area | 3,452,395 | 3,207,131 | 3,656,039 |
| Value | 20,217,471 | 17,449,831 | 33,713,486 |
| Residential (number) | 15,545 | 15,545 | 17,025 |
| Floor area | 1,980,677 | 1,938,954 | 1,768,186 |
| Value | 10,943,133 | 9,479,324 | 9,071,720 |
| Nonresidential (number) | 2,396 | 2,634 | 3,045 |
| Floor area | 1,314,750 | 1,148,121 | 1,728,004 |
| Value | 7,305,250 | 6,335,618 | 22,103,520 |
| Additions (number) | 1,296 | 1,088 | 1,233 |
| Floor area | 156,968 | 120,056 | 159,849 |
| Value | 772,862 | 610,856 | 781,382 |
| Alterations/repairs (number) | 3,246 | 3,230 | 3,034 |
| Value | 1,196,226 | 1,024,033 | 1,756,854 |
| (MISSI) MONTHLY INTEGRATED SURVEY ON SELECTED INDUSTRIES (1994=100) |
Aug 2003 | Jul 2003r | |
| Value of production index | 209.8 | 210.9 | |
| Gainers over last year | |||
| Basic Metals | 138.2% | 147.9% | |
| Petroleum products | 43.1% | 21.6% | |
| Food manufacturing | 7.4% | 14.2% | |
| Losers over last year | |||
| Tobacco | (37.5%) | (61.9%) | |
| Transport equipment | (9.1%) | (11.5%) | |
| Footwear and wearing apparel | (6.5%) | 5.9% | |
| Volume of production index | 116.3 | 114.2 | |
| Gainers over last year | |||
| Basic metals | 121.4% | 130.6% | |
| Petroleum products | 26.3% | 5.1% | |
| Wood and wood products | 49.8% | 58.5% | |
| Losers over last year | |||
| Chemical products | (18.7%) | (3.6%) | |
| Tobacco | (35.8%) | (61.9%) | |
| Footwear and wearing apparel | (22.4%) | (5.1%) | |
| Value of net sales | |||
| Gainers over last year | |||
| Electrical machinery | 52.3% | (10.9)% | |
| Petroleum products | 30.8% | 22.6% | |
| Basic metals | 53.0% | 34.5% | |
| Losers over last year | |||
| Tobacco | (30.9%) | (38.4%) | |
| Transport equipment | (7.9%) | (8.1%) | |
| Footwear and wearing apparel | (5.3%) | (11.2%) | |
| Volume of net sales | |||
| Gainers over last year | |||
| Electrical machinery | 56.9% | (23.3%) | |
| Basic metals | 40.4% | 25.1% | |
| Petroleum products | 15.4% | 6.0% | |
| Losers over last year | |||
| Tobacco | (31.0%) | (38.5%) | |
| Footwear and wearing apparel | (21.4%) | (0.3%) | |
| Chemical products | (7.5%) | (6.0%) | |
| Capacity utilization | |||
| Below 70% | 35.6 | 35.8 | |
| 90% - 100% | 15.9 | 15.9 | |
| 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 | 37.0% | 38.4% | 39.6% |
| 15-64 years | 59.2% | 58.1% | 57.0% |
| 65 years and over | 3.8% | 3.5% | 3.4% |
| Sex ratio | 101.4 | 101.6 | 101.2 |
| 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 |
| 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | |
| Population projection (medium assumption)1/ | 84,241,341 | 82,663,561 | 81,081,457 |
| 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) | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate 3/ | 48.8% | 49.5% | 47.0% |
| Modern method | 35.0% | 31.1% | 32.3% |
| Traditional method | 13.8% | 16.4% | 14.7% |
| 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% | |
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 LE - List of Establishments |
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