| QUICKSTAT - May 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 | Apr 2007 | Mar 2007 | Apr 2006 | |
| Philippines | 129.8 | 140.0 | 139.7 | 136.8 | |
| National Capital Region (NCR) | 131.5 | 142.3 | 142.1 | 139.4 | |
| Areas Outside NCR | 129.1 | 139.0 | 138.7 | 135.7 | |
| Inflation rate | |||||
| Headline | 6.2 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 7.1 | |
| Core | 5.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 6.3 | |
| Purchasing power of the peso | 0.77 | 0.71 | 0.72 | 0.73 | |
| Mar 2007 | Feb 2007 | Mar 2006 | |||
| General Retail Price Index in NCR (1985=100) | 1,265.7 | 1,268.8 | 1,236.8 | ||
| Retail Price Index for Construction Materials in NCR (1978=100) | 1,162.1 | 1,157.4 | 1,112.5 | ||
| Wholesale Price Index for Construction Materials in NCR (1985=100) |
377.4 | 376.6 | 360.8 | ||
| Jun 2006 | May 2006 | Jun 2005 | |||
| General Wholesale Price Index in the Philippines (1985=100) | 175.4 | 173.7 | 159.4 | ||
| Mar 2007 | Feb 2007 | Mar 2006 | |||
| Producer's Price Index for Manufacturing in NCR (1994=100) |
251.6 | 250.9 | 245.2 | ||
| FOREIGN TRADE (FOB value in million US$)* Source: NSO | Total 2006p | Feb 2007p | Jan 2007 | Feb 2006 | |
| Total trade | 98,518 | 7,407 | 7,702 | 6,805 | |
| Exports | 46,985 | 3,717 | 3,987 | 3,447 | |
| Imports | 51,533 | 3,690 | 3,715 | 3,358 | |
| Balance of trade | (4,548) | 27 | 272 | 89 | |
| Top traders: | |||||
| 1. USA | 1,233 | 1,251 | 1,151 | ||
| 2. Japan | 1,020 | 1,038 | 1,139 | ||
| 3. China, People's Republic of | 749 | 774 | 540 | ||
| Top exports: | |||||
| 1. Electronic products | 2,344 | 2,568 | 2,087 | ||
| 2. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories | 201 | 204 | 214 | ||
| 3. Cathodes and sections of cathodes of refined sugar | 98 | 124 | 70 | ||
| Top imports: | |||||
| 1. Electronic products | 1,712 | 2,764 | 1,614 | ||
| 2. Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials | 543 | 486 | 525 | ||
| 3. Transport equipment | 137 | 166 | 135 | ||
| NSO MONTHLY INTEGRATED SURVEY ON SELECTED INDUSTRIES (1994=100) |
Feb 2007p | Jan 2007r | Feb 2006 | ||
| Value of production index | 216.9 | 237.9 | 236.7 | ||
| Gainers over last year | |||||
| Nonmetallic mineral products | 18.4% | 33.6% | 8.4% | ||
| Food manufacturing | 2.6% | 12.8% | 7.3% | ||
| Transport equipment | 6.3% | 5.0% | -6.8% | ||
| Losers over last year | |||||
| Petroleum products | -30.7% | -5.5% | 42.5% | ||
| Textiles | -37.8% | -45.2% | 17.2% | ||
| Tobacco | -30.0% | -56.0% | -24.5% | ||
| Volume of production index | 85.0 | 94.6 | 94.7 | ||
| Gainers over last year | |||||
| Nonmetallic mineral products | 12.2% | 24.6% | -18.6% | ||
| Fabricated metal products | 16.2% | 16.6% | 21.9% | ||
| Furniture and fixtures | 35.4% | 44.9% | 21.4% | ||
| Losers over last year | |||||
| Petroleum products | -27.4% | -3.8% | 18.4% | ||
| Footwear and wearing apparel | -27.7% | 3.5% | -16.0% | ||
| Beverages | -21.4% | -15.8% | 11.3% | ||
| Value of net sales | |||||
| Gainers over last year | |||||
| Chemical products | 14.1% | 6.0% | -3.9% | ||
| Footwear and wearing apparel | 34.4% | 147.3% | -9.7% | ||
| Nonmetallic mineral products | 33.3% | 11.1% | -10.3% | ||
| Losers over last year | |||||
| Textiles | -28.4% | -5.3% | -3.2% | ||
| Petroleum products | -5.8% | -14.3% | 27.9% | ||
| Machinery, excluding electrical | -32.4% | -33.5% | -56.1% | ||
| Volume of net sales | |||||
| Gainers over last year | |||||
| Chemical products | 13.6% | 2.9% | -6.4% | ||
| Fabricated metal products | 59.5% | 1.7% | -3.1% | ||
| Nonmetallic mineral products | 26.4% | 3.6% | -20.2% | ||
| Losers over last year | |||||
| Textiles | -27.2% | -3.8% | -6.7% | ||
| Beverages | -14.6% | -0.6% | 6.1% | ||
| Machinery, excluding electrical | -33.9% | -37.3% | -69.5% | ||
| Capacity utilization | 79.8% | 80.0% | 80.0% | ||
| DOMESTIC TRADE (Quantity in tons; value in thousand pesos) | 2nd Qtr 2006p | 1st Qtr 2006 | 2nd Qtr 2005 | ||
| Coastwise trade | Total 2005p | ||||
| Quantity | 19,435,591 | 4,820,615 | 5,876.474 | 6,876,502 | |
| Value | 354,716,746 | 79,343,777 | 97,219,405 | 87,208,417 | |
| Rail trade | |||||
| Quantity | 622 | 392 | 224 | 169 | |
| Value | 21,067 | 13,023 | 7,912 | 5,255 | |
| Air trade | |||||
| Quantity | 35,278 | 7,405 | 5,898 | 8,551 | |
| Value | 1,696,744 | 323,971 | 342,333 | 533,772 | |
| OFW REMITTANCES in thousand US dollars (Source:Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) | Total | Feb 2007p | Jan 2007 | Feb 2006 | |
| Total | 12,761,508 | 4,820,615 | 1,099,354 | 1,782,406 | |
| Land Based | 10,812,218 | 920,258 | 929,724 | 1,492,978 | |
| Sea Based | 1,949,290 | 165,286 | 169,630 | 289,428 | |
| 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) | Mar 2007p | Feb 2007 | Mar 2006 | ||
| Notice of strikes/lockouts files | 24 | 35 | 34 | ||
| Actual strikes/lockouts declared | - | - | - | ||
| GOVERNMENT CASH OPERATIONS in billion pesos (Source:Bureau of Treasury) | Mar 2007 | Feb 2007 | Mar 2006 | ||
| Revenues | 75,037 | 89,615 | 68,074 | ||
| Expenditures | 108,399 | 78,506 | 95,281 | ||
| Cash surplus (deficit) | (33,362) | 11,109 | (27,207) | ||
| 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 | ||
| Dollar savings deposit interest rate | 1.096 | 1.127 | 1.034 | ||
| Dollar time deposit interest rate(>180 days) | 3.516 | 3.577 | 3.186 | ||
| Apr 2007p | Mar 2007 | Apr 2006 | |||
| Exchange rates Dollar to Peso | 47.822 | 48.517 | 51.360 | ||
| INVESTMENTS (Source:Securities and Exchange Commission) | Mar 2007 | Feb 2007 | Mar 2006 | ||
| Composite index (close) | 3,106.5 | 3,067.5 | 2,196.0 | ||
| Volume traded (in million share) | 140,153.3 | 161,886.0 | 22,390.8 | ||
| Value of shares traded (in million pesos) | 97,734.0 | 111,412.6 | 54,228.5 | ||
| TRANSPORTATION | Jan 2007 | Dec 2006 | Jan 2006 | ||
| Registered motor vehicles (Source:Land Trasnportation Office) |
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| By Classification | 505,647 | 126,318 | 505,944 | ||
| Private | 415,487 | 110,226 | 416,519 | ||
| Government | 6,286 | 1,876 | 6,080 | ||
| Diplomatic | 142 | 88 | 184 | ||
| For hire | 82,989 | 13,787 | 83,010 | ||
| Exempt | 743 | 341 | 151 | ||
| By Type | 505,647 | 126,318 | 505,944 | ||
| Cars | 75,459 | 13,536 | 93,970 | ||
| Utility vehicle | 152,960 | 24,860 | 157,381 | ||
| Sports utility vehicle | 18,163 | 3,846 | 16,387 | ||
| Trucks | 26,249 | 3,730 | 25,742 | ||
| Buses | 3,145 | 534 | 3,086 | ||
| Motorcycle/tricycle | 227,354 | 79,083 | 207,161 | ||
| Trailers | 2,317 | 729 | 2,217 | ||
| METRO TRAIN | Mar 2007 | Feb 2007 | Mar 2006 | ||
| Light Rail Transit (LRT) Statistics (Source:LRTA) | |||||
| Yellow Lane | |||||
| Passenger Traffic (in Million Passengers) | 10.19 | 9.42 | 9.71 | ||
| Gross Revenue Collection (In million pesos) | 146.35 | 135.37 | 138.56 | ||
| Mar 2007 | Feb 2007 | Mar 2006 | |||
| Purple Lane | |||||
| Passenger Traffic (in Million Passengers) | 4.57 | 4.35 | 3.99 | ||
| Gross Revenue Collection (in Million Pesos) | 61.99 | 58.49 | 53.78 | ||
| 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 2006p | Jul 2006 | 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) | 1,401,029 | 1,601,481 | 1,595,323 | ||
| Male | 728,563 | 832,802 | 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) | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | ||
| Contraceptive prevalence rate 4/ | 50.6% | 49.3% | 49.3% | ||
| Modern method | 35.9% | 36.0% | 35.1% | ||
| Traditional method | 14.8% | 13.2% | 14.2% | ||
| 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) | 2006 | Mar 2007 | Feb 2007 | Mar 2006 | |
| Visitors arrivals by country of residence | 2,843,335 | 270,632 | 247,731 | 235,041 | |
| ASEAN | 202,886 | 20,590 | 17,869 | 17,751 | |
| East Asia | 1,338,777 | 114,957 | 123,671 | 99,407 | |
| South Asia | 31,975 | 3,005 | 2,650 | 2,503 | |
| Middle East | 31,503 | 2,558 | 2,580 | 2,726 | |
| North America | 648,929 | 62,782 | 52,316 | 58,771 | |
| South America | 2,776 | 238 | 213 | ||
| Western Europe | 117,167 | 13,018 | 12,165 | 10,646 | |
| Northern Europe | 106,088 | 11,745 | 9,570 | 9,289 | |
| Southern Europe | 23,097 | 2,401 | 2,157 | 1,929 | |
| Eastern Europe | 14,042 | 1,625 | 1,368 | 1,213 | |
| Australiasia/Pacific | 149,276 | 14,672 | 10,564 | 12,001 | |
| Africa | 2,246 | 197 | 261 | 164 | |
| Others not specified residences | 28,208 | 3,092 | 2,763 | 2,149 | |
| Overseas Filipinos | 146,365 | 19,787 | 9,559 | 16,279 | |
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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