Quickstat Index

QUICKSTAT
on
NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
June 2005

A monthly update of NSO's most requested statistics


INDICATOR REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA
PRICES May 2005 Apr 2005 May 2004
  Consumer Price Index (2000=100) 129.5 129.1 119.2 r
    Inflation rate 8.6 8.9 4.8 r
    Purchasing power of the peso 0.77 0.77 0.84
  Apr 2005 Mar 2005 Apr 2004
  Wholesale Price Index for Construction Materials in
     Metro Manila
(1985=100)
340.5 334.4 r 304.4
  Feb 2005 Jan 2005 Feb 2004
  General Wholesale Price Index in the Philippines (1998=100) 152.5 151.5 r 139.0 r
  Mar 2005 Feb 2005 Mar 2004
  General Retail Price Index in Metro Manila
     (1978=100)
1,136.8 1,131.8 1,055.4 r
  Producer's Price Index for Manufacturing in
    Metro Manila
(1994=100)
211.1 209.3 r 194.2
  Retail Price Index for Construction Materials in
    Metro Manila
(1978=100)
1,042.1 1,036.2 925.4
DOMESTIC TRADE
(quantity in thousand tons; value in P1,000)
4th Qtr
2004
3rd Qtr
2004
4th Qtr
2003
  Coastwise trade      
    Quantity 323,186 407,526 486,463
    Value 11,944,527 15,306,830 17,183,947
  Rail trade      
    Quantity 116 156 254
    Value 4,269 5,692 9,387
  Air trade      
    Quantity 2,997 2,679 3,031
    Value 425,162 256,396 195,194
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (Source: LFS) Jan 2005 p Oct 2004 Jan 2004
  Labor force (in thousand) 7,616 7,603 7,557
    Labor force participation rate 64.5 64.1 66.3
      Employment rate 82.6 81.6 83.2
      Unemployment rate 17.4 18.4 16.8
CONSTRUCTION
(Floor area in square meters; value in P1,000)
4th Qtr
2004
3rd Qtr
2004
4th Qtr
2003
  Total (number) 2,771 3,046 3,066
    Total floor area 831,006 1,001,810 739,372
    Value 6,757,691 8,198,087 6,448,905
  Residential (number) 1,368 1,829 1,652
    Total floor area 355,715 584,243 401,154
    Value 2,983,097 4,317,901 2,850,731
  Nonresidential (number) 288 645 383
    Total floor area 434,818 809,187 302,120
    Value 2,716,780 7,988,632 2,356,986
  Additions (number) 178 301 203
    Total floor area 40,473 64,998 36,098
    Value 265,688 383,275 246,737
  Alterations/repairs (number) 937 916 828
    Value 792,126 698,772 994,451
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY (Source: LE) (1998 ASE) 2000 1999 1998
  Number of establishments (With 10 or more workers)      
    Agriculture and forestry 18 18 -
    Fishery 2 20 19
    Mining and quarrying 20 20 20
    Manufacturing 6,827 6,326 7,129
    Electricity, gas, and water 25 24 25
    Construction 815 825 802
    Wholesale and retail trade 7,014 6,074 7,530
    Hotels and restaurants 3,252 3,072 3,426
    Transportation 1,564 1,455 1,693
    Financial intermediation 2,305 2,241 2,305
    Real estate 2,794 2,622 2,981
    Education 827 774 875
    Health 365 351 378
    Other community, social and personal services 694 653 758
FAMILY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE (Source: FIES)
(in peso, at current prices)
2003p 2000 1997
  Annual average family income 278,174 300,304 270,993
  Annual average family expenditure 231,251 244,240 217,840
  Annual average family saving 46,923 56,064 53,153
DEMOGRAPHY 2000 1995 1990
  Total population 9,932,560 9,454,040 7,948,392
    Male 49.1% 48.8% 48.6%
    Female 50.9% 51.2% 51.4%
    0-14 years 31.9% 32.6% 33.5%
    15-64 years 65.2% 64.8% 64.1%
    65 years and over 2.9% 2.5% 2.4%
  Density (persons per square kilometer) 15,617.0 14,928.2 12,550.8
  Growth rate 1.06 3.30 2.98
  Average household size 4.6 4.7 5.0
  2005 2004 2003
  Population projection (medium assumption) 1/ 11,240,743 11,070,287 10,899,361
VITAL STATISTICS 2001 2000 1999
  Registered births 2/ 316.075 303,631 310,463
    Male 164,927 159,016 163,087
    Female 151,138 144,615 147,376
  Registered marriages 2/ 97,484 105,548 100,288
  Registered deaths 2/ 64,974 63,413 58,770
    Male 38,185 37,508 34,943
    Female 26,789 25,905 23,827
  2005 2004 2003
  Crude birth rate (per 1,000 population) 1/ 17.9 18.5 19.1
  Crude death rate(per 1,000 population) 1/ 4.6 4.6 4.6
  Crude rate of natural increase (per 1,000 population) 1/ 13.4 14.0 14.6
  Total fertility rate (number of children per woman)  1/ 1.9 1.9 2.0
  Life expectancy at birth (in years)  1/      
    Male 69.2 68.9 68.6
    Female 73.7 73.4 73.2
FAMILY PLANNING (Source: FPS) 2002 2001 2000
  Modern method  3/ 34.5 38.2 33.6
  Traditional method 3/ 14.1 13.0 12.1
EDUCATION (Source: FLEMMS) 2003 1994 1989
  Simple literacy rate (10 years old and over) 4/ - 98.8 98.1
  Functional literacy rate (10 to 64 years old) 5/ 94.6 92.4 90.6
1/    -Source: 1995 Census-Based National, Regional and Provincial Population Projections, Volume II.
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.
r     -Revised
p     -Preliminary
n.a. -not yet available

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