| QUICKSTAT - August 2006 A Monthly Update of NSO's Most Requested Statistics | |||||
| INDICATOR | REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA | ||||
| PRICE INDICES (Source: NSO) | (2000=100) | ||||
| Consumer Price Index (1994=100) | Annual 2005 | Jul 2006 | Jun 2006 | May 2005 | |
| Philippines | 129.8 | 138.8 | 138.1 | 130.5 | |
| National Capital Region (NCR) | 131.5 | 142.2 | 141.1 | 132.8 | |
| Areas Outside NCR | 129.1 | 137.3 | 136.8 | 129.5 | |
| Inflation rate | |||||
| Headline | 7.6 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 7.1 | |
| Core | 7.0 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 6.8 | |
| Purchasing power of the peso | 0.77 | 0.72 | 0.72 | 0.77 | |
| May 2006 | Apr 2006 | May 2005 | |||
| Wholesale Price Index for Construction Materials in NCR (1985=100) |
364.7 | 362.4 | 342.3 | ||
| Mar 2006 | Feb 2006 | Mar 2005 | |||
| General Retail Price Index in NCR (1985=100) | 1,236.0 | 1,235.9 | 1,136.8 | ||
| Retail Price Index for Construction Materials in NCR (1978=100) | 1,112.5 | 1,110.4 | 1,042.1 | ||
| Dec 2005 | Nov 2005 | Dec 2004 | |||
| General Wholesale Price Index in the Philippines (1998=100) |
166.3 | 165.0 | 149.0 | ||
| May 2006 | Apr 2006 | May 2005 | |||
| Producer's Price Index for Manufacturing in NCR (1994=100) |
248.1 | 247.8 | 216.3 | ||
| FOREIGN TRADE (FOB value in million US$)* Source: NSO | Total 2005p | May 2006 | Apr 2006 | May 2005 | |
| Total trade | 88,673 | 8,254 | 8,328 | 7,103 | |
| Exports | 41,255 | 3,878 | 3,912 | 3,305 | |
| Imports | 47,418 | 4,376 | 4,417 | 3,798 | |
| Balance of trade | (6,163) | (499) | (505) | (493) | |
| Top traders: | |||||
| 1. USA | 1,426 | 1,168 | 1,119 | ||
| 2. Japan | 1,191 | 1,155 | 1,035 | ||
| 3. Singapore | 678 | 601 | 510 | ||
| Top exports: | |||||
| 1. Electronic products | 2,290 | 2,531 | 2,083 | ||
| 2. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories | 239 | 153 | 193 | ||
| 3. Cathodes and sections of cathodes, of refined copper | 107 | 101 | 35 | ||
| Top imports: | |||||
| 1. Electronic products | 1,984 | 2,234 | 1,818 | ||
| 2. Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials | 900 | 542 | 494 | ||
| 3. Industrial machinery and equipment | 169 | 168 | 129 | ||
| NSO MONTHLY INTEGRATED SURVEY ON SELECTED INDUSTRIES (1994=100) |
May 2006p | Apr 2006r | May 2005 | ||
| Value of production index | 267.2 | 245.2 | 246.3 | ||
| Gainers over last year | |||||
| Petroleum products | 25.1% | 40.8% | 46.5% | ||
| Basic metals | 36.4% | 37.1% | 28.5% | ||
| Electrical machinery | 14.4% | -4.9% | 4.1% | ||
| Losers over last year | |||||
| Transport equipment | -17.5% | -38.8% | 29.0% | ||
| Tobacco | -32.8% | -32.7% | 23.1% | ||
| Footwear and wearing apparel | -11.7% | 5.5% | 3.3% | ||
| Volume of production index | 107.7 | 98.9 | 113.9 | ||
| Gainers over last year | |||||
| Basic metals | 33.8% | 36.1% | 10.9% | ||
| Food manufacturing | 5.4% | -9.8% | 2.0% | ||
| Petroleum products | 4.5% | 23.4% | 12.1% | ||
| Losers over last year | |||||
| Electrical machinery | -35.4% | -53.9% | -10.8% | ||
| Transport equipment | -20.8% | -40.3% | 25.3% | ||
| Tobacco | -36.6% | -36.5% | -2.0% | ||
| Value of net sales | |||||
| Gainers over last year | |||||
| Petroleum products | 56.7% | 26.0% | 30.1% | ||
| Electrical machinery | 16.5% | 2.0% | -5.7% | ||
| Basic metals | 15.5% | 8.6% | 27.8% | ||
| Losers over last year | |||||
| Transport equipment | -21.1% | -37.6% | 49.7% | ||
| Nonmetallic mineral products | -60.6% | -57.2% | 46.6% | ||
| Machinery excluding electrical | -9.2% | -6.4% | -37.6% | ||
| Volume of net sales | |||||
| Gainers over last year | |||||
| Basic metals | 53.8% | 25.1% | 10.4% | ||
| Food manufacturing | 14.1% | -1.1% | 9.1% | ||
| Chemical products | 3.8% | -3.0% | 5.4% | ||
| Losers over last year | |||||
| Electrical machinery | -36.7% | -48.0% | -19.2% | ||
| Transport equipment | -24.3% | -39.2% | 45.5% | ||
| Machinery excluding electrical | -71.0% | -67.8% | -44.6% | ||
| Capacity utilization | 80.3% | 80.1% | 80.1% | ||
| DOMESTIC TRADE (Quantity in tons; value in thousand pesos) | 3rd Qtr 2005 | 2nd Qtr 2005 | 1st Qtr 2005 | ||
| Coastwise trade | Total 2004p | ||||
| Quantity | 24,519,333 | 4,035,929 | 6,876,502 | 5,486,911 | |
| Value | 402,343,135 | 93,282,459 | 87,208,417 | 76,457,846 | |
| Rail trade | |||||
| Quantity | 1,751 | 182 | 169 | 330 | |
| Value | 54,436 | 5,988 | 5,255 | 10,594 | |
| Air trade | |||||
| Quantity | 43,224 | 10,189 | 8,551 | 11,772 | |
| Value | 1,969,200 | 361,020 | 553,772 | 490,471 | |
| OFW REMITTANCES in thousand US dollars (Source:Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) | May 2006 | Apr 2006 | May 2005 | ||
| Total | 114,1582 | 898,512 | 878,959 | ||
| Land Based | 975,182 | 748,089 | 744,680 | ||
| Sea Based | 166,400 | 150,423 | 134,279 | ||
| OFW DEPLOYMENT (Source:Philippine
Overseas Employment Administration) | Dec 2005 | Nov 2005 | Dec 2004 | ||
| Total | 69,135 | 66,017 | 66,463 | ||
| Land Based | 49,351 | 42,858 | 49,430 | ||
| Sea Based | 19,784 | 23,159 | 17,033 | ||
| NUMBER OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (Source:NSO Survey on Overseas Filipinos) | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | ||
| Both Sexes | 1,063 | 982 | 1,056 | ||
| Male | 524 | 508 | 554 | ||
| Female | 539 | 475 | 502 | ||
| ACTUAL STRIKES/LOCKOUTS (Source:National Conciliation and Mediation Board) | Jun 2006 | May 2006 | Jun 2005 | ||
| Notice of strikes/lockouts files | 29 | 25 | 39 | ||
| Actual strikes/lockouts declared | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| GOVERNMENT CASH OPERATIONS in billion pesos (Source:Bureau of Treasury) | May 2006 | Apr 2006 | May 2005 | ||
| Revenues | 89,732 | 95,026 | 68,249 | ||
| Expenditures | 83,921 | 77,384 | 75,879 | ||
| Cash surplus (deficit) | 5,811 | 17,642 | (7,630) | ||
| MONEY AND BANKING (Source: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) | Feb 2006 | Jan 2006 | Feb 2005 | ||
| Money supply (in billion pesos) | 582.2 | 581.8 | 538.0 | ||
| Mar 2006 | Feb 2006 | Mar 2005 | |||
| Bank lending rates(WAIR in percent per annum) | 9.717 | 9.605 | 9.687 | ||
| Peso savings deposit interest rate(% per annum) | 3.770 | 3.456 | 3.797 | ||
| Apr 2006 | Mar 2006 | Apr 2005 | |||
| Peso time deposit interest (all maturities) | 5.066 | 5.174 | 5.072 | ||
| Jan 2006 | Dec 2005 | Jan 2005 | |||
| Dollar savings deposit interest rate | 1.026 | 1.026 | 0.890 | ||
| Dollar time deposit interest rate(>180 days) | 3.140 | 2.044 | 2.072 | ||
| Jul 2006 | Jun 2006 | Jul 2005 | |||
| Exchange rates Dollar to Peso | 53.017 | 53.157 | 56.006 | ||
| INVESTMENTS (Source:Securities and Exchange Commission) | Mar 2006 | Feb 2006 | Mar 2005 | ||
| Composite index (close) | 2,196.0 | 2,123.0 | 1,954.7 | ||
| Volume traded (in million share) | 22,390.8 | 26,486.1 | 45,090.0 | ||
| Value of shares traded (in million pesos) | 54,228.5 | 44,884.4 | 53.652.8 | ||
| TRANSPORTATION | Mar 2006 | Feb 2006 | Mar 2005 | ||
| Registered motor vehicles (Source:Land Trasnportation Office) |
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| By Classification | 531,240 | 492,925 | 474,018 | ||
| Private | 431,454 | 400,895 | 380,049 | ||
| Government | 7,907 | 7,363 | 6,522 | ||
| Diplomatic | 309 | 208 | 291 | ||
| For hire | 91,397 | 84,328 | 87,037 | ||
| Exempt | 173 | 131 | 119 | ||
| By Type | 531,240 | 492,925 | 474,018 | ||
| Cars | 82,228 | 74,809 | 77,644 | ||
| Utility vehicle | 163,574 | 152,937 | 161,488 | ||
| Sports utility vehicle | 17,622 | 15,554 | 14,284 | ||
| Trucks | 28,966 | 28,530 | 25,022 | ||
| Buses | 3,315 | 2,285 | 2,939 | ||
| Motorcycle/tricycle | 233,094 | 216,765 | 190,375 | ||
| Trailers | 2,441 | 2,045 | 2,266 | ||
| METRO TRAIN | Jun 2006 | Mar 2006 | Jun 2005 | ||
| Light Rail Transit (LRT) Statistics (Source:LRTA) | |||||
| Yellow Lane | |||||
| Passenger Traffic (in Million Passengers) | 9.38 | 9.2 | 8.54 | ||
| Gross Revenue Collection (In million pesos) | 135.57 | 132.77 | 122.15 | ||
| Apr 2006 | Mar 2005 | Apr 2005 | |||
| Purple Lane | |||||
| Passenger Traffic (in Million Passengers) | |||||
| Gross Revenue Collection (in Million Pesos) | 2.82 | 3.99 | 2.73 | ||
| Gross Revenue Collection (in Million Pesos) | 38.34 | 53.78 | 36.72 | ||
| Metrorail Transit (MRT) Statistics ; (Source: Metrostar Express) | Mar 2006 | Feb 2006 | Mar 2005 | ||
| Passenger Traffic (in Million Passengers) | 11.94 | 10.77 | 10.10 | ||
| Gross Revenue Collection (in Million Pesos) | 144.41 | 133.57 | 124.25 | ||
| LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (Source: LFS) | Apr 2006p | Jan 2005 | Apr 2005 | ||
| Total labor force (million) | 36.0 | 35.2 | 35.1 | ||
| Labor force participation rate | 64.9% | 63.8% | 64.8% | ||
| Employment rate | 91.8% | 91.9% | 91.7% | ||
| Unemployment rate | 8.2% | 8.1% | 8.3% | ||
| Underemployment rate | 25.4% | 21.3% | 26.1% | ||
| WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS | Oct 2004 | Jul 2004 | Oct 2003 | ||
| Total employed persons | 31,741 | 31,632 | 31,553 | ||
| Male | 19,836 | 19,563 | 19,498 | ||
| Female | 11,905 | 12,069 | 12,055 | ||
| Wage and salary workers | 16,406 | 16,711 | 16,065 | ||
| Male | 10,398 | 10,458 | 10,026 | ||
| Female | 6,009 | 6,253 | 6,039 | ||
| Percentage of wage and salary workers | 51.7 | 52.8 | 50.9 | ||
| Male | 52.4 | 53.5 | 51.4 | ||
| Female | 50.5 | 51.8 | 50.1 | ||
| NATIONAL ACCOUNTS in million pesos (Source: NSCB) |
Growth Rates | 1st Qtr 2006p | 4th Qtr 2005r | 1st Qtr 2005r | |
| 1st Qtr 2005-2006 |
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| At Current Prices | |||||
| Gross National Product | 12.3 | 1,487,457 | 1,680,489 | 1,325,113 | |
| Gross Domestic Product | 11.9 | 1,367,471 | 1,549,533 | 1,222,014 | |
| At Constant Prices | |||||
| Gross National Product | 5.8 | 325,284 | 367,286 | 307,469 | |
| Gross Domestic Product | 5.5 | 297,104 | 336,123 | 281,574 | |
| PRIVATE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (Floor area in square meters; value in P1,000) |
2004 | 4th Qtr 2005 | 3rd Qtr 2005 | 4th Qtr 2004 | |
| Philippines(number) | 105,425 | 24,777 | 24,438 | 25,906 | |
| Total floor area | 15,080,909 | 3,652,502 | 3,526,786 | 3,550,580 | |
| Value | 100,495,951 | 25,465,239 | 22,671,440 | 23,319,086 | |
| Residential(number) | 73,749 | 16,383 | 17,129 | 18,226 | |
| Total floor area | 8,706,344 | 2,094,617 | 2,013,427 | 2,030,208 | |
| Value | 50,710,341 | 14,284,941 | 12,148,181 | 11,929,797 | |
| Nonresidential(number) | 11,414 | 3,187 | 2,766 | 2,855 | |
| Total floor area | 5,783,567 | 1,404,973 | 1,384,776 | 1,379,925 | |
| Value | 40,230,302 | 9,192,080 | 8,316,986 | 9,175,230 | |
| Additions(number) | 4,505 | 1,073 | 975 | 1,141 | |
| Total floor area | 590,998 | 152,912 | 128,583 | 140,447 | |
| Value | 3,596,244 | 855,017 | 690,634 | 748,200 | |
| Alterations/repairs (number) | 15,757 | 4,134 | 3,568 | 3,684 | |
| Value | 5,959,064 | 1,133,201 | 1,515,639 | 1,465,859 | |
| BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY (Sources: ASE/LE) | Based on CPBI (with ATE 20 or more) |
Based on ASPBI | |||
| 1999 | 2003p | 2001 | |||
| Agriculture and forestry | 915 | 2,951 | 3,022 | ||
| Fishery | 224 | 1,092 | 1,129 | ||
| Mining and quarrying | 74 | 187 | 317 | ||
| Manufacturing | 7,450 | 6,395 | 6,397 | ||
| Electricity, gas, and water | 376 | 1,009 | 2,691 | ||
| Construction | 838 | 2,555 | 2,691 | ||
| Wholesale and retail trade | 6,842 | 365,890 | 365,912 | ||
| Hotels and restaurants | 2,837 | 87,927 | 87,924 | ||
| Transportation, storage and communication | 1,451 | 9,276 | 9,640 | ||
| Financial intermediation | 1,565 | 22,231 | 22,231 | ||
| Real estate, renting and business activities | 2,183 | 35,447 | 35,461 | ||
| Private education | 2,200 | 8,856 | 8,856 | ||
| Health and social work | 567 | 27,646 | 27,720 | ||
| Other community, social, and personal services | 723 | 39,425 | 39,865 | ||
| FAMILY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE (at current prices) Source: FIES | 2003 | 2000 | 1997 | ||
| Annual average family income | P147,888 | P145,121 | P123,168 | ||
| Annual average family expenditure | P123,690 | P118,839 | P99,537 | ||
| Annual average family saving | P24,198 | P26,282 | P23,631 | ||
| DEMOGRAPHY (Source: NSO) | 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 | ||
| 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | |||
| Population projection (medium assumption)3/ | 90,457 | 88,706 | 86,973 | ||
| HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS (Source: NSO) | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | ||
| Births (Based on civil registration. Not adjusted for underregistration) | 1,669,442 | 1,666,773 | 1,714,093 | ||
| Male | 868,749 | 866,521 | 891,312 | ||
| Female | 800,693 | 800,252 | 822,781 | ||
| Marriages (Based on civil registration. Not adjusted for underregistration) | 593,553 | 583,167 | 559,162 | ||
| Deaths(Based on civil registration. Not adjusted for underregistration) | 396,331 | 396,297 | 381,834 | ||
| Male | 233,739 | 232,530 | 225,879 | ||
| Female | 162,592 | 163,767 | 155,955 | ||
| 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | |||
| Crude birth rate1/(per thousand population) | 24.09 | 24.63 | 25.16 | ||
| Crude death rate1/(per thousand population) | 5.60 | 5.66 | 5.72 | ||
| Crude rate of natural increase 1/(per
thousand population) |
18.49 | 18.97 | 19.45 | ||
| 2015 | 2010 | 2005 | |||
| Total fertility rate 2/(number of children per woman) | 2.96 | 3.18 | 3.41 | ||
| Life expectancy at birth 3/(in years; medium
assumption) |
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| Male | 67.60 | 66.10 | 64.10 | ||
| Female | 73.10 | 71.60 | 70.10 | ||
| FAMILY PLANNING (Source: FPS) | 2005 | 2004 | 2002 | ||
| Contraceptive prevalence rate 4/ | 49.3% | 49.3% | 48.8% | ||
| Modern method | 36.0% | 35.1% | 35.0% | ||
| Traditional method | 13.2% | 14.2% | 13.8% | ||
| EDUCATION (Source: FLEMMS/CPH) | 2003 | 2000 | 1994 | ||
| Simple literacy rate (10 years old and over. basic reading
and writing skills) |
93.4% | 92.3% | 93.9% | ||
| Functional literacy rate (10 to
64 years old, basic reading, writing, and computational skills) |
84.1% | - | 83.8% | ||
| ENROLMENT (Source: Department of Education, Culture and Sports) |
SY 2003-2004 a | SY 2002-2003 a | SY 2001-2002 | ||
| Total | 16,422,406 | 18,901,147 | 21,106,153 | ||
| Government | 16,422,406 | 16,839,789 | 17,574,217 | ||
| Private | - | 2,061,358 | 3,531,936 | ||
| TOURISM (Source: Department of Tourism) | Mar 2006 | Jan 2006 | Mar 2005 | ||
| Visitors arrivals by country of residence | 235,041 | 223,053 | 222,826 | ||
| ASEAN | 17,751 | 14,178 | 13,743 | ||
| East Asia | 99,407 | 110,485 | 94,375 | ||
| South Asia | 2,503 | 2,391 | 2,180 | ||
| Middle East | 2,343 | 2,726 | 2,644 | ||
| North America | 1,891 | 49,962 | 57,642 | ||
| South America | 213 | 208 | 196 | ||
| Western Europe | 10,646 | 10,243 | 11,166 | ||
| Northern Europe | 9,289 | 8,447 | 10,197 | ||
| Southern Europe | 1,929 | 1,852 | 1,986 | ||
| Eastern Europe | 1,213 | 1,040 | 837 | ||
| Australiasia/Pacific | 12,001 | 10,690 | 13,164 | ||
| Africa | 164 | 179 | 173 | ||
| Others not specified residences | 2,149 | 2,046 | 2,291 | ||
| Overseas Filipinos | 16,279 | 8,688 | 12,822 | ||
2/ - Based on civil registration. Not adjusted for underregistration. 3/ - Source: 2000 Census-Based Population Projection 4/ - Based on currently married women aged 15-49 years) a/ - Exclude data on Tertiary level. years. * - Figures are adjusted based on the information generated from the Survey of Imported Rawn Materials and the new coverage of exports of electronic products. r - Revised p - Preliminary LE - List of Establishments | |||||
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