Quickstat Index

QUICKSTAT
on
NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
February 2006

A monthly update of NSO's most requested statistics


INDICATOR REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA
PRICES Jan 2006 Dec 2005 Jan 2005
  Consumer Price Index (2000=100) 136.8 135.8 127.8
    Inflation rate 7.0 7.4 8.9
    Purchasing power of the peso 0.73 0.74 0.78
  Dec 2005 Nov 2005 Dec 2004
  Wholesale Price Index for Construction Materials in
     Metro Manila
(1985=100)
354.8 355.7 314.5
  Retail Price Index for Construction Materials in
    Metro Manila
(1978=100)
1,104.3 1,101.7 1,000.1
  General Retail Price Index in Metro Manila
     (1978=100)
1,202.5 1,197.1 r 1,133.4
  Nov 2005 Oct 2005 Nov 2004
  Producer's Price Index for Manufacturing in
    Metro Manila
(1994=100)
226.1 228.0 208.4
  General Wholesale Price Index in the Philippines
    (1998=100)
165.2 r 165.1 147.7 r
DOMESTIC TRADE
(quantity in thousand tons; value in P1,000)
2nd Qtr
2005
1st Qtr
2005
2nd Qtr
2004
  Coastwise trade      
    Quantity 476,092 395,813 520,673
    Value 18,930,706 14,430,499 19,567,803
  Rail trade      
    Quantity 75 - 244
    Value 3,179 - 9,722
  Air trade      
    Quantity 2,665 2,997 3,919
    Value 369,840 258,218 225,111
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (Source: LFS) Oct 2005 Jul 2005 Oct 2004
  Labor force (in thousand) 7,723 7,698 7,603
    Labor force participation rate 65.6 65.1 64.1
      Employment rate 82.1 81.6 81.6
      Unemployment rate 17.9 18.4 18.4
CONSTRUCTION
(Floor area in square meters; value in P1,000)
2nd Qtr
2005
1st Qtr
2005
2nd Qtr
2004
  Total (number) 3,796 3,067 3,691
    Total floor area 888,418 619,089 1,458,428
    Value 8,318,920 4,850,404 13,388,580
  Residential (number) 1,992 1,667 1,829
    Total floor area 487,205 372,582 584,243
    Value 3,474,233 2,536,748 4,317,901
  Nonresidential (number) 400 269 645
    Total floor area 356,424 215,884 809,187
    Value 3,476,150 1,482,937 7,988,632
  Additions (number) 227 190 301
    Total floor area 44,789 30,623 64,998
    Value 343,332 178,252 383,275
  Alterations/repairs (number) 1,177 941 916
    Value 1,025,205 652,467 698,772
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) 2004 2002 2001
  Modern method  3/ 33.5 34.5 38.2
  Traditional method 3/ 15.5 14.1 13.0
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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