| QUICKSTAT - March 2007 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 2006 | Feb 2007 | Jan 2007 | Feb 2006 | |
| Philippines | 129.8 | 139.8 | 140.0 | 136.2 | |
| National Capital Region (NCR) | 131.5 | 142.2 | 142.8 | 138.9 | |
| Areas Outside NCR | 129.1 | 138.7 | 138.7 | 135.1 | |
| Inflation rate | |||||
| Headline | 6.2 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 6.7 | |
| Core | 5.5 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 5.7 | |
| Purchasing power of the peso | 0.77 | 0.72 | 0.71 | 0.73 | |
| Jan 2007 | Dec 2006 | Jan 2005 | |||
| General Retail Price Index in NCR
(1985=100) Wholesale Price Index for Construction Materials in NCR (1985=100) |
1,277.2 | 1,275.8 | 1,207.4 | ||
| Retail Price Index for Construction Materials in NCR (1978=100) | 1,152.8 | 1,152.4 | 1,104.7 | ||
| Dec 2006 | Nov 2006 | Dec 2005 | |||
| Wholesale Price Index for Construction Materials in NCR (1985=100) |
374.6 | 373.7 | 355.3 | ||
| Jun 2006 | May 2006 | Jun 2005 | |||
| General Retail Price Index in NCR (1985=100) | 175.4 | 173.7 | 159.4 | ||
| Jan 2007 | Dec 2006 | Jan 2006 | |||
| Producer's Price Index for Manufacturing in NCR (1994=100) |
290.1 | 249.8 | 252.2 | ||
| FOREIGN TRADE (FOB value in million US$)* Source: NSO | Total 2005p | Dec 2006p | Nov 2006 | Dec 2005 | |
| Total trade | 88,673 | 7,846 | 8,529 | 8,037 | |
| Exports | 41,255 | 3,689 | 4,021 | 3,827 | |
| Imports | 47,418 | 4,157 | 4,508 | 4,209 | |
| Balance of trade | (6,163) | (467) | (487) | (382) | |
| Top traders: | |||||
| 1. USA | 1,416 | 1,407 | 1,350 | ||
| 2. Japan | 1,124 | 1,235 | 1,290 | ||
| 3. China, People's Republic of | 769 | 799 | 626 | ||
| Top exports: | |||||
| 1. Electronic products | 2,263 | 2,535 | 2,574 | ||
| 2. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories | 196 | 200 | 212 | ||
| 3. Cathodes and sections of cathodes of refined sugar | 109 | 158 | 17 | ||
| Top imports: | |||||
| 1. Electronic products | 2,079 | 2,186 | 2,078 | ||
| 2. Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials | 558 | 784 | 474 | ||
| 3. Transport equipment | 204 | 217 | 219 | ||
| NSO MONTHLY INTEGRATED SURVEY ON SELECTED INDUSTRIES (1994=100) |
Dec 2006p | Nov 2006r | Dec 2005 | ||
| Value of production index | 268.2 | 265.4 | 279.0 | ||
| Gainers over last year | |||||
| Basic metals | 47.8% | 47.8% % | -28.5% | ||
| Chemical products | 6.9% | 11.9% | 4.7% | ||
| Food manufacturing | 3.1% | 1.6% | 43.9% | ||
| Losers over last year | |||||
| Petroleum products | -15.7% | -25.5% | 35.8% | ||
| Electrical machinery | -9.3% | -0.7% | 16.6% | ||
| Textiles | -32.7% | -40.8% | 17.4% | ||
| Volume of production index | 107.3 | 106.8 | 118.2 | ||
| Gainers over last year | |||||
| Basic metals | 45.3% | 46.3% | -35.5% % | ||
| Publishing and printing | 52.5% | 15.5% | -50.8% | ||
| Chemical products | 4.9% | 12.1% | 5.5% | ||
| Losers over last year | |||||
| Electrical machinery | -28.7% | -48.6% | -15.5% | ||
| Petroleum products | -17.1% | -26.7% | 15.8% | ||
| Textiles | -35.4% | 43.3% | 14.8% | ||
| Value of net sales | |||||
| Gainers over last year | |||||
| Food manufacturing | 11.4% | 22.0% | 25.1% | ||
| Tobacco | 58.1% | -2.8% | -34.7% | ||
| Chemical products | 27.1% | 47.0% | 3.1% | ||
| Losers over last year | |||||
| Petroleum products | -28.3% | -15.4% | 42.4% | ||
| Electrical machinery | -9.0% | 0.4% | 20.5% | ||
| Machinery, excluding electrical | -70.2% | -75.4% | -44.8% | ||
| Volume of net sales | |||||
| Gainers over last year | |||||
| Tobacco | 49.3% | -8.1% | -39.4% | ||
| Basic metals | 24.9% | 44.1% | -61.6% | ||
| Food manufacturing | 4.0% | 14.1% | 20.4% | ||
| Losers over last year | |||||
| Petroleum products | -29.5% | -16.8% | 36.9% | ||
| Electrical machinery | -28.5% | -48.1% | -12.7% | ||
| Machinery excluding electrical | 75.2% | 79.4% | 58.8% | ||
| Capacity utilization | 80.3% | 80.2% | 80.4% | ||
| DOMESTIC TRADE (Quantity in tons; value in thousand pesos) | 2nd Qtr 2006p | 1st Qtr 2006 | 2nd Qtr 2005 | ||
| Coastwise trade | Total 2004p | ||||
| Quantity | 24,519,333 | 4,820,615 | 5,876.474 | 6,876,502 | |
| Value | 402,343,135 | 79,343,777 | 97,219,405 | 87,208,417 | |
| Rail trade | |||||
| Quantity | 1,751 | 392 | 224 | 169 | |
| Value | 54,436 | 13,023 | 7,912 | 5,255 | |
| Air trade | |||||
| Quantity | 43,224 | 7,405 | 5,898 | 8,551 | |
| Value | 1,969,200 | 323,971 | 342,333 | 533,772 | |
| OFW REMITTANCES in thousand US dollars (Source:Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) | Total | Jan 2007 | Dec 2006 | Jan 2006 | |
| Total | 12,761,508 | 1,099,354 | 1,319,465 | 916,612 | |
| Land Based | 10,812,218 | 929,724 | 1,131,550 | 767,675 | |
| Sea Based | 1,949,290 | 169,630 | 187,915 | 148,937 | |
| OFW DEPLOYMENT (Source:Philippine
Overseas Employment Administration) | Total | Dec 2006 | Nov 2006 | Dec 2005 | |
| Total | 1,062,567 | 60,982 | 75,670 | 69,135 | |
| Land Based | 788,070 | 42,232 | 50,008 | 49,351 | |
| Sea Based | 274,497 | 18,750 | 25,662 | 19,784 | |
| NUMBER OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (Source:NSO Survey on Overseas Filipinos) | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | ||
| Both Sexes | 1,327 | 1,180 | 982 | ||
| Male | 667 | 604 | 508 | ||
| Female | 660 | 577 | 475 | ||
| ACTUAL STRIKES/LOCKOUTS (Source:National Conciliation and Mediation Board) | Nov 2006 | Oct 2006 | Nov 2005 | ||
| Notice of strikes/lockouts files | 9 | 33 | 32 | ||
| Actual strikes/lockouts declared | - | - | - | ||
| GOVERNMENT CASH OPERATIONS in billion pesos (Source:Bureau of Treasury) | Dec 2006 | Nov 2006 | Dec 2005 | ||
| Revenues | 96,294 | 86,690 | 61,991 | ||
| Expenditures | 100,172 | 88,759 | 85,688 | ||
| Cash surplus (deficit) | (3,878) | (2,069) | (23,697) | ||
| MONEY AND BANKING (Source: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) | Dec 2006 | Nov 2006 | Dec 2005 | ||
| Money supply (in billion pesos) | 753.0 | 679.0 | 605.2 | ||
| Jan 2007 | Dec 2006 | Jan 2006 | |||
| Bank lending rates(WAIR in percent per annum) | 9.477 | 8.954 | 10.251 | ||
| Peso savings deposit interest rate(% per annum) | 2.751 | 3.172 | 3.738 | ||
| Feb 2007 | Jan 2007 | Feb 2006 | |||
| Peso time deposit interest (all maturities) | 3.056 | 3.531 | 5.293 | ||
| Aug 2006 | Jul 2006 | Aug 2005 | |||
| Dollar savings deposit interest rate | 1.096 | 1.127 | 1.034 | ||
| Dollar time deposit interest rate(>180 days) | 3.516 | 3.577 | 3.186 | ||
| Feb 2007p | Jan 2007 | Feb 2006 | |||
| Exchange rates Dollar to Peso | 48.381 | 48,914 | 51,817 | ||
| INVESTMENTS (Source:Securities and Exchange Commission) | Jan 2007 | Dec 2006 | Jan 2007 | ||
| Composite index (close) | 3,079.5 | 2,982.5 | 2,145.4 | ||
| Volume traded (in million share) | 71,797.3 | 51,375.4 | 39,875.2 | ||
| Value of shares traded (in million pesos) | 83,123.3 | 69,811.6 | 23,602.3 | ||
| TRANSPORTATION | Dec 2006 | Nov 2006 | Dec 2005 | ||
| Registered motor vehicles (Source:Land Trasnportation Office) |
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| By Classification | 126,318 | 181,173 | 131,201 | ||
| Private | 110,226 | 151,386 | 115,527 | ||
| Government | 1,876 | 3,128 | 1,651 | ||
| Diplomatic | 88 | 117 | 115 | ||
| For hire | 13,787 | 25,988 | 13,855 | ||
| Exempt | 341 | 554 | 53 | ||
| By Type | 126,318 | 181,173 | 131,201 | ||
| Cars | 13,536 | 16,625 | 14,241 | ||
| Utility vehicle | 24,860 | 36,013 | 26,329 | ||
| Sports utility vehicle | 3,846 | 5,218 | 3,637 | ||
| Trucks | 3,730 | 7,180 | 4,600 | ||
| Buses | 534 | 1,178 | 428 | ||
| Motorcycle/tricycle | 79,083 | 114,434 | 81,574 | ||
| Trailers | 729 | 525 | 392 | ||
| METRO TRAIN | Dec 2006 | Nov 2006 | Dec 2005 | ||
| Light Rail Transit (LRT) Statistics (Source:LRTA) | |||||
| Yellow Lane | |||||
| Passenger Traffic (in Million Passengers) | 9.53 | 9.43 | 9.63 | ||
| Gross Revenue Collection (In million pesos) | 136.89 | 135.94 | 137.80 | ||
| Dec 2006 | Nov 2005 | Dec 2005 | |||
| Purple Lane | |||||
| Passenger Traffic (in Million Passengers) | 4.32 | 4.28 | 4.04 | ||
| Gross Revenue Collection (in Million Pesos) | 57.71 | 58.25 | 53.85 | ||
| Metrorail Transit (MRT) Statistics ; (Source: Metrostar Express) | Oct 2006 | Sep 2006 | Oct 2005 | ||
| Passenger Traffic (in Million Passengers) | 11.52 | 10.62 | 10.86 | ||
| Gross Revenue Collection (in Million Pesos) | 142.51 | 129.04 | 134.07 | ||
| LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (Source: LFS) | Jan 2007p | Oct 2006 | Jan 2006 | ||
| Total labor force (million) | 36.4 | 35.8 | 35.5 | ||
| Labor force participation rate | 64.8% | 64.0% | 63.6% | ||
| Employment rate | 92.2% | 92.7% | 91.9% | ||
| Unemployment rate | 7.8% | 7.3% | 8.1% | ||
| Underemployment rate | 21.5% | 20.4% | 21.1% | ||
| Oct 2006 | Jul 2005 | Oct 2005 | |||
| Total employed persons | 33,185 | 33,257 | 32,875 | ||
| Male | 20,419 | 20,136 | 20,203 | ||
| Female | 12,766 | 13,122 | 12,673 | ||
| Wage and salary workers | 16,759 | 17,523 | 16,553 | ||
| Own Account | 12,094 | 11,916 | 12,158 | ||
| Unpaid family worker | 4,332 | 3,818 | 4,165 | ||
| Agriculture | 12,164 | 11,841 | 12,171 | ||
| Industry | 4,895 | 5,009 | 4,883 | ||
| Services | 16,126 | 16,407 | 15,821 | ||
| NATIONAL ACCOUNTS in million pesos (Source: NSCB) |
Growth Rates | 4th Qtr 2006p | 3rd Qtr 2006r | 4th Qtr 2005r | |
| 3rd Qtr 2005-2006 |
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| At Current Prices | |||||
| Gross National Product | 11.2 | 1,855,980 | 1,610,904 | 1,680,489 | |
| Gross Domestic Product | 10.2 | 1,693,609 | 1,482,300 | 1,549,533 | |
| At Constant Prices | |||||
| Gross National Product | 5.8 | 388,965 | 338,740 | 367,285 | |
| Gross Domestic Product | 4.8 | 352,095 | 309,651 | 336,123 | |
| PRIVATE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (Floor area in square meters; value in P1,000) |
2005 | 3rd Qtr 2006 | 2nd Qtr 2006 | 3rd Qtr 2005 | |
| Philippines(number) | 129,670 | 19,431 | 26,563 | 24,438 | |
| Total floor area | 17,466,565 | 3,495,660 | 4,066,978 | 3,526,786 | |
| Value | 113,197,498 | 28,004,313 | 31,415,222 | 22,671,440 | |
| Residential(number) | 91,207 | 13,121 | 17,904 | 17,129 | |
| Total floor area | 10,599,084 | 1,747,982 | 2,117,948 | 2,013,427 | |
| Value | 63,498,455 | 12,168,209 | 13,335,379 | 12,148,181 | |
| Nonresidential(number) | 14,143 | 2,450 | 4,295 | 2,766 | |
| Total floor area | 6,228,974 | 1,502,743 | 1,735,929 | 1,384,776 | |
| Value | 39,315,987 | 13,440,746 | 15,639,303 | 8,316,986 | |
| Additions(number) | 5,648 | 1,381 | 1,490 | 975 | |
| Total floor area | 638,507 | 244,935 | 213,101 | 128,583 | |
| Value | 3,552,220 | 1,514,825 | 1,451,072 | 690,634 | |
| Alterations/repairs (number) | 18,672 | 2,479 | 2,874 | 3,568 | |
| Value | 6,830,836 | 880,533 | 989,468 | 1,515,639 | |
| 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 | ||
| 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | |||
| Population projection (medium assumption)3/ | 92,227 | 88,706 | 86,973 | ||
| HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS (Source: NSO) | 2006p | 2005 | 2004 | ||
| Births (Based on civil registration. Not adjusted for underregistration) | 913,806 | 1,546,895 | 1,593,113 | ||
| Male | 475,197 | 804,416 | 828,450 | ||
| Female | 438,609 | 742,479 | 764,663 | ||
| Marriages (Based on civil registration. Not adjusted for underregistration) | 318,151 | 497,178 | 565,983 | ||
| Deaths(Based on civil registration. Not adjusted for underregistration) | 255,309 | 404,142 | 393,618 | ||
| Male | 150,669 | 238,501 | 232,291 | ||
| Female | 104,640 | 165,641 | 161,327 | ||
| Fetal Deaths< | 4,357 | 6,916 | 8,584 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 2015-2020 | 2010-2015 | 2000-2010 | |||
| Total fertility rate 2/(number of children per woman) | 2.76 | 2.96 | 3.18 | ||
| Life expectancy at birth 3/(in years; medium
assumption) |
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| Male | 68.81 | 67.61 | 66.11 | ||
| Female | 74.34 | 73.14 | 71.64 | ||
| 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 | Dec 2006 | Nov 2006 | Dec 2005 | |
| Visitors arrivals by country of residence | 2,623,084 | 295,434 | 238,310 | 281,836 | |
| ASEAN | 179,386 | 18,865 | 20,572 | 16,615 | |
| East Asia | 1,242,518 | 120,799 | 119,134 | 114,793 | |
| South Asia | 28,485 | 2,421 | 3,039 | 2,382 | |
| Middle East | 27,053 | 2,465 | 2,644 | 2,290 | |
| North America | 602,250 | 74,062 | 46,623 | 71,223 | |
| South America | 2,543 | 259 | 246 | 249 | |
| Western Europe | 112,109 | 13,723 | 9,925 | 12,975 | |
| Northern Europe | 98,502 | 14,353 | 8,570 | 13,275 | |
| Southern Europe | 21,889 | 2,734 | 2,024 | 2,645 | |
| Eastern Europe | 11,428 | 1,683 | 1,419 | 1,146 | |
| Australiasia/Pacific | 143,455 | 21,519 | 12,311 | 21,128 | |
| Africa | 2,294 | 225 | 194 | 298 | |
| Others not specified residences | 25,777 | 2,625 | 2,680 | 2,535 | |
| Overseas Filipinos | 125,395 | 19,701 | 8,929 | 20,282 | |
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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