Quickstat Index

QUICKSTAT
on
NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
May 2007

A monthly update of NSO's most requested statistics


INDICATOR REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA
PRICES Apr 2007 Mar 2007 Apr 2006
  Consumer Price Index (2000=100) 142.3 142.1 139.4
    Inflation rate 2.1 2.1 8.0
    Purchasing power of the peso 0.70 0.70 0.72
  Feb 2007 Jan 2007 Feb 2006
  Wholesale Price Index for Construction Materials in
     Metro Manila
(1985=100)
376.6 376.4 360.7
  Retail Price Index for Construction Materials in
    Metro Manila
(1978=100)
1,157.4 1,152.8 1,110.4
  Jan 2007 Dec 2006 Jan 2006
  Producer's Price Index for Manufacturing in
    Metro Manila
(1994=100)
251.6 250.1 252.2
  General Retail Price Index in Metro Manila
     (1978=100)
1,277.2 1,275.8 1,207.4
  June 2006 May 2006 June 2005
  General Wholesale Price Index in the Philippines
    (1998=100)
175.4 173.7 159.4
DOMESTIC TRADE
(quantity in thousand tons; value in P1,000)
2nd Qtr
2006
1st Qtr
2006
2nd Qtr
2005
  Coastwise trade      
    Quantity 609,223 477,242 476,092
    Value 22,483,209 17,943,183 18,930,706
  Rail trade      
    Quantity 103 107 75
    Value 4,978 4,502 3,179
  Air trade      
    Quantity 2,814 2,675 2,665
    Value 203,020 229,728 369,840
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (Source: LFS) Oct 2006 July 2006 Oct 2005
  Labor force (in thousand) 7,923 7,859 7,723
    Labor force participation rate 61.7 62.6 62.5
      Employment rate 85.3 86.5 86.3
      Unemployment rate 14.7 13.5 13.7
CONSTRUCTION
(Floor area in square meters; value in P1,000)
3rd Qtr
2006
2nd Qtr
2006
3rd Qtr
2005
  Total (number) 3,135 4,998 3,128
    Total floor area 1,088,152 1,234,470 687,583
    Value 10,161,985 12,920,911 5,909,209
  Residential (number) 1,617 2,036 1,396
    Total floor area 550,478 441,479 404,428
    Value 4,939,318 3,462,931 2,936,337
  Nonresidential (number) 642 1,974 416
    Total floor area 433,247 701,658 247,147
    Value 4,148,685 8,389,050 1,838,863
  Additions (number) 397 479 188
    Total floor area 104,427 91,333 36,008
    Value 734,988 559,645 238,244
  Alterations/repairs (number) 479 509 1,128
    Value 338,994 509,285 895,765
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY (Source: 2002-2003 LE) (2001-ASPBI) 2003 2002 2001
  Number of establishments (LE All establishments/ASPBI with 20 or more workers)     
    Agriculture and forestry/Agriculture, hunting and forestry 2,920 3,120 14
    Fishery/Fishing 1,130 1,145 -
    Mining and quarrying 300 327 -
    Manufacturing 121,476 122,977 -
    Electricity, gas, and water 1,027 1,216 -
    Construction 2,567 2,649 382
    Wholesale and retail trade 365,161 434,475 -
    Hotels and restaurants 87,770 88,608 1,349
    Transportation/Transport, storage and communications 9,328 14,263 657
    Financial intermediation 16,439 24,060 590
    Real estate/Real estate, renting and business activities 35,270 38,862 1,149
    Education/Private education 8,911 9,282 528
    Health/Health and social works 27,660 28,183 140
    Other community, social and personal services 39,461 40,293 274
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
    Urban 9,932,560 - 7,948,392
    Rural - - -
    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 2003 2002 2001
  Registered births 2/ 303,571 313,256 316.065
    Male 158,018 162.805 164,927
    Female 145,553 150,451 151,138
  Registered marriages 2/ 100,665 100,698 97,484
  Registered deaths 2/ 64,556 65,130 64,974
    Male 37,853 38,197 38,185
    Female 26,703 26,933 26,789
  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) 2005 2004 2002
  Modern method  3/ 33.9 33.5 34.5
  Traditional method 3/ 10.1 15.5 14.1
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
LE   -List of Establishments.
ASPBI   -Annual Survey of Philippine Business Industry.
n.a. -not yet available

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