| QUICKSTAT - October 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 | Sep 2006 | Aug 2006 | Sep 2005 | |
| Philippines | 129.8 | 139.1 | 139.3 | 131.6 | |
| National Capital Region (NCR) | 131.5 | 141.7 | 142.3 | 133.4 | |
| Areas Outside NCR | 129.1 | 138.0 | 138.0 | 130.8 | |
| Inflation rate | |||||
| Headline | 7.6 | 5.7 | 6.3 | 7.0 | |
| Core | 7.0 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 6.5 | |
| Purchasing power of the peso | 0.77 | 0.72 | 0.72 | 0.76 | |
| Aug 2006 | Jul 2006 | Aug 2005 | |||
| Wholesale Price Index for Construction Materials in NCR (1985=100) |
371.1 | 371.5r | 350.5 | ||
| Jun 2006 | May 2006 | Jun 2005 | |||
| General Retail Price Index in NCR (1985=100) | 1,255.1 | 1,248.7 | 1,158.5 | ||
| Retail Price Index for Construction Materials in NCR (1978=100) | 1,120.2 | 1,117.8 | 1,074.1 | ||
| Mar 2006 | Feb 2006 | Mar 2005 | |||
| General Wholesale Price Index in the Philippines (1998=100) |
170.0 | 169.7 | 155.0 | ||
| Jul 2006 | Jun 2006 | Jul 2005 | |||
| Producer's Price Index for Manufacturing in NCR (1994=100) |
250.5 | 248.2 | 218.7 | ||
| FOREIGN TRADE (FOB value in million US$)* Source: NSO | Total 2005p | Jun 2006 | May 2006 | Jun 2005 | |
| Total trade | 88,673 | 8,420 | 8,584 | 7,336 | |
| Exports | 41,255 | 3,956 | 4,050 | 3,503 | |
| Imports | 47,418 | 4,464 | 4,534 | 3,833 | |
| Balance of trade | (6,163) | (508) | (484) | (330) | |
| Top traders: | |||||
| 1. USA | 1,467 | 1,404 | 1,108 | ||
| 2. Japan | 1,204 | 1,364 | 1,077 | ||
| 3. Singapore | 760 | 661 | 481 | ||
| Top exports: | |||||
| 1. Electronic products | 2,366 | 2,319 | 2,333 | ||
| 2. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories | 278 | 232 | 229 | ||
| 3. Petroleum products | 105 | 77 | 44 | ||
| Top imports: | |||||
| 1. Electronic products | 1,946 | 2,039 | 1,888 | ||
| 2. Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials | 782 | 792 | 412 | ||
| 3. Transport equipment | 189 | 199 | 129 | ||
| NSO MONTHLY INTEGRATED SURVEY ON SELECTED INDUSTRIES (1994=100) |
Jul 2006p | Jun 2006r | Jul 2005 | ||
| Value of production index | 259.9 | 264.6 | 252.3 | ||
| Gainers over last year | |||||
| Basic metals | 71.7% | 53.0% | 1.9% | ||
| Food manufacturing | 17.0% | 10.9% | 3.8% | ||
| Electrical machinery | 8.8% | 4.3% | 13.1% | ||
| Losers over last year | |||||
| Chemical products | -6.0% | -3.1% | 27.0% | ||
| Petroleum products | -5.3% | 32.7% | 31.7% | ||
| Tobacco | -20.2% | -35.4% | 1.3% | ||
| Volume of production index | 102.7 | 105.6 | 114.6 | ||
| Gainers over last year | |||||
| Basic metals | 69.6% | 49.6% | -12.1% | ||
| Food manufacturing | 11.8% | 6.8% | -0.5% | ||
| Furniture and fixtures | 20.7% | 17.4% | 31.8% | ||
| Losers over last year | |||||
| Electrical machinery | -40.9% | -43.3% | -3.7% | ||
| Petroleum products | -22.9% | 11.6% | -0.8% | ||
| Transport equipment | -15.7% | -21.1% | 4.6% | ||
| Value of net sales | |||||
| Gainers over last year | |||||
| Basic metals | 58.4% | 44.4% | 12.6% | ||
| Petroleum products | 18.2% | 3.7% | 28.6% | ||
| Food manufacturing | 6.3% | 11.7% | 7.2% | ||
| Losers over last year | |||||
| Machinery, excluding electrical | -71.3% | -69.3% | -15.0% | ||
| Nonmetallic mineral products | -13.6% | 9.3% | 14.3% | ||
| Publishing and printing | -20.1% | -25.0% | 13.8% | ||
| Volume of net sales | |||||
| Gainers over last year | |||||
| Basic metals | 56.4% | 41.2% | -2.9% | ||
| Chemical products | 3.4% | 8.2% | -3.7% | ||
| Food manufacturing | 1.7% | 7.6% | 2.8% | ||
| Losers over last year | |||||
| Electrical machinery | -44.8% | -35.6% | -10.6% | ||
| Machinery excluding electrical | -77.8% | -75.5% | -31.5% | ||
| Nonmetallic mineral products | -24.9% | -5.8% | 9.3% | ||
| Capacity utilization | 80.2% | 80.2% | 80.1% | ||
| DOMESTIC TRADE (Quantity in tons; value in thousand pesos) | 4th Qtr 2005 | 3rd Qtr 2005 | 4th Qtr 2004 | ||
| Coastwise trade | Total 2004p | ||||
| Quantity | 24,519,333 | 4,183,617 | 4,035,929 | 4,514,577 | |
| Value | 402,343,135 | 92,546,802 | 93,282,459 | 77,010,842 | |
| Rail trade | |||||
| Quantity | 1,751 | 270 | 182 | 244 | |
| Value | 54,436 | 9,824 | 5,988 | 7,645 | |
| Air trade | |||||
| Quantity | 43,224 | 8,150 | 10,189 | 11,355 | |
| Value | 1,969,200 | 357,290 | 361,020 | 706,565 | |
| OFW REMITTANCES in thousand US dollars (Source:Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) | Jun 2006 | May 2006 | Jun 2005 | ||
| Total | 1,104,375 | 114,1582 | 935,380 | ||
| Land Based | 939,277 | 975,182 | 797,337 | ||
| Sea Based | 165,098 | 166,400 | 138,043 | ||
| OFW DEPLOYMENT (Source:Philippine
Overseas Employment Administration) | Jun 2006 | May 2006 | Jun 2005 | ||
| Total | 91,872 | 103,528 | 94,343 | ||
| Land Based | 939,277 | 975,182 | 797,337 | ||
| Sea Based | 165,098 | 166,400 | 138,043 | ||
| 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) | Aug 2006 | Jul 2006 | Aug 2005 | ||
| Notice of strikes/lockouts files | 19 | 31 | 54 | ||
| Actual strikes/lockouts declared | - | - | 5 | ||
| GOVERNMENT CASH OPERATIONS in billion pesos (Source:Bureau of Treasury) | Aug 2006 | Jul 2006 | Aug 2005 | ||
| Revenues | 97,521 | 73,667 | 68,249 | ||
| Expenditures | 83,187 | 90,677 | 75,879 | ||
| Cash surplus (deficit) | 14,334 | (17,010) | (7,630) | ||
| MONEY AND BANKING (Source: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) | May 2006 | Apr 2006 | May 2005 | ||
| Money supply (in billion pesos) | 622.4 | 616.7 | 556.5 | ||
| Jun 2006 | May 2006 | Jun 2005 | |||
| Bank lending rates(WAIR in percent per annum) | 10.755 | 9.694 | 10.126 | ||
| Peso savings deposit interest rate(% per annum) | 3.731 | 3.656 | 3.592 | ||
| Jul 2006 | Jun 2006 | Jul 2005 | |||
| Peso time deposit interest (all maturities) | 5.142 | 5.251 | 5.102 | ||
| Aug 2006 | Jul 2006 | Aug 2005 | |||
| Dollar savings deposit interest rate | 1.119 | 1.107 | 0.954 | ||
| Dollar time deposit interest rate(>180 days) | 3.650 | 3.613 | 2.752 | ||
| Aug 2006p | Jul 2006 | Aug 2005 | |||
| Exchange rates Dollar to Peso | 51.459 | 52.398 | 55.952 | ||
| 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 | Jun 2006 | May 2006 | Jun 2005 | ||
| Registered motor vehicles (Source:Land Trasnportation Office) |
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| By Classification | 531,076 | 523,881 | 492,381 | ||
| Private | 431,650 | 430,271 | 393,444 | ||
| Government | 7,819 | 6,753 | 7,874 | ||
| Diplomatic | 207 | 279 | 326 | ||
| For hire | 91,094 | 86,382 | 90,622 | ||
| Exempt | 306 | 196 | 115 | ||
| By Type | 531,076 | 523,881 | 492,381 | ||
| Cars | 79,152 | 77,460 | 75,813 | ||
| Utility vehicle | 165,942 | 160,746 | 158,878 | ||
| Sports utility vehicle | 15,294 | 15,819 | 14,577 | ||
| Trucks | 29,693 | 26,873 | 25,707 | ||
| Buses | 2,587 | 2,288 | 3,130 | ||
| Motorcycle/tricycle | 236,051 | 238,641 | 212,002 | ||
| Trailers | 2,357 | 2,054 | 2,274 | ||
| METRO TRAIN | Jun 2006 | May 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 | ||
| May 2006 | Apr 2005 | May 2005 | |||
| Purple Lane | |||||
| Passenger Traffic (in Million Passengers) | |||||
| Gross Revenue Collection (in Million Pesos) | 3.53 | 2.82 | 2.82 | ||
| Gross Revenue Collection (in Million Pesos) | 47.53 | 38.34 | 38.30 | ||
| Metrorail Transit (MRT) Statistics ; (Source: Metrostar Express) | Jul 2006 | Jun 2006 | Jul 2005 | ||
| Passenger Traffic (in Million Passengers) | 11.24 | 11.17 | 10.91 | ||
| Gross Revenue Collection (in Million Pesos) | 137.14 | 140.64 | 136.23 | ||
| LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (Source: LFS) | Jul 2006p | Apr 2005 | Jul 2005 | ||
| Total labor force (million) | 36.0 | 36.0 | 35.0 | ||
| Labor force participation rate | 64.7% | 64.9% | 64.6% | ||
| Employment rate | 92.0% | 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 | 2nd Qtr 2006p | 1st Qtr 2006r | 2nd Qtr 2005r | |
| 2nd Qtr 2005-2006 |
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| At Current Prices | |||||
| Gross National Product | 12.0 | 1,595,973 | 1,424,826 | 1,325,113 | |
| Gross Domestic Product | 10.8 | 1,451,613 | 1,371,177 | 1,310,436 | |
| At Constant Prices | |||||
| Gross National Product | 6.6 | 347,103 | 327,450 | 325,696 | |
| Gross Domestic Product | 5.5 | 313,997 | 297,607 | 297,712 | |
| PRIVATE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (Floor area in square meters; value in P1,000) |
2004 | 1st Qtr 2006 | 4th Qtr 2005 | 1st Qtr 2005 | |
| Philippines(number) | 105,425 | 23,877 | 24,777 | 25,252 | |
| Total floor area | 15,080,909 | 3,656,921 | 3,652,502 | 3,009,046 | |
| Value | 100,495,951 | 24,947,549 | 25,465,239 | 18,416,025 | |
| Residential(number) | 73,749 | 16,717 | 16,383 | 18,419 | |
| Total floor area | 8,706,344 | 2,096,217 | 2,094,617 | 1,976,930 | |
| Value | 50,710,341 | 13,054,534 | 14,284,941 | 11,193,158 | |
| Nonresidential(number) | 11,414 | 2,961 | 3,187 | 2,513 | |
| Total floor area | 5,783,567 | 1,366,113 | 1,404,973 | 935,301 | |
| Value | 40,230,302 | 10,183,300 | 9,192,080 | 5,496,666 | |
| Additions(number) | 4,505 | 1,394 | 1,073 | 1,092 | |
| Total floor area | 590,998 | 194,591 | 152,912 | 96,815 | |
| Value | 3,596,244 | 1,006,498 | 855,017 | 528,139 | |
| Alterations/repairs (number) | 15,757 | 20,805 | 4,134 | 3,228 | |
| Value | 5,959,064 | 703,217 | 1,133,201 | 1,198,062 | |
| 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) | 2005 | Jul 2006 | Jun 2006 | Jul 2005 | |
| Visitors arrivals by country of residence | 2,623,084 | 251,884 | 225,623 | 236,233 | |
| ASEAN | 179,386 | 15,986 | 15,662 | 13,305 | |
| East Asia | 1,242,518 | 120,060 | 100,437 | 114,003 | |
| South Asia | 28,485 | 2,608 | 2,952 | 2,365 | |
| Middle East | 27,053 | 3,871 | 3,216 | 3,501 | |
| North America | 602,250 | 54,438 | 56,874 | 51,098 | |
| South America | 2,543 | 178 | 190 | 182 | |
| Western Europe | 112,109 | 12,345 | 7,561 | 12,740 | |
| Northern Europe | 98,502 | 9,932 | 7,697 | 8,977 | |
| Southern Europe | 21,889 | 2,135 | 1,805 | 2,085 | |
| Eastern Europe | 11,428 | 950 | 875 | 866 | |
| Australiasia/Pacific | 143,455 | 12,203 | 12,525 | 11,512 | |
| Africa | 2,294 | 156 | 252 | 143 | |
| Others not specified residences | 25,777 | 2,437 | 2,589 | 2,375 | |
| Overseas Filipinos | 125,395 | 14,585 | 12,988 | 13,081 | |
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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