 QUICKSTAT on NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION March 2008 A monthly update of NSO's most requested statistics | |||
| INDICATOR | REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA | ||
| PRICES | Feb 2008 | Jan 2008 | Feb 2007 |
| Consumer Price Index (2000=100) | 148.0 | 148.4 | 142.2 |
| Inflation rate | 4.1 | 3.9 | 2.4 |
| Purchasing power of the peso | 0.68 | 0.67 | 0.70 |
| Nov 2007 | Oct 2007 | Nov 2006 | |
| Wholesale Price Index for Construction Materials in Metro Manila (1985=100) |
387.2 | 386.5 | 373.5 |
| Retail Price Index for Construction Materials in Metro Manila (1978=100) |
1,184.2 | 1,184.5 | 1,144.2 |
| Producer's Price Index for Manufacturing in Metro Manila (1994=100) |
254.0 | 254.7 | 248.6 |
| Oct 2007 | Sept 2007 | Oct 2006 | |
| General Retail Price Index in Metro Manila (1978=100) |
1,310.7 | 1,297.7 | 1,278.0 |
| Aug 2007 | July 2007 | Aug 2006 | |
| General Wholesale Price Index in the Philippines (1998=100) |
179.3 | 179.0 | 177.8 |
| DOMESTIC TRADE (quantity in thousand tons; value in P1,000) |
1st Qtr 2007 |
4th Qtr 2006 |
1st Qtr 2006 |
| Coastwise trade | |||
| Quantity | 451,560 | 513,451 | 477,242 |
| Value | 18,692,342 | 23,105,773 | 17,943,183 |
| Rail trade | |||
| Quantity | - | - | 107 |
| Value | - | - | 4,502 |
| Air trade | |||
| Quantity | 3,561 | 3,340 | 2,675 |
| Value | 255,943 | 217,857 | 229,728 |
| 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) |
1st Qtr 2007 |
4th Qtr 2006 |
1st Qtr 2006 |
| Total (number) | 6,367 | 5,933 | 3,786 |
| Total floor area | 2,748,510 | 1,113,180 | 1,097,120 |
| Value | 30,797,291 | 9,689,723 | 9,556,042 |
| Residential (number) | 3,617 | 2,490 | 1,960 |
| Total floor area | 767,383 | 437,650 | 473,479 |
| Value | 6,395,214 | 3,782,354 | 3,858,592 |
| Nonresidential (number) | 1,535 | 2,427 | 980 |
| Total floor area | 1,732,957 | 580,242 | 543,835 |
| Value | 22,048,876 | 5,019,329 | 5,046,985 |
| Additions (number) | 472 | 517 | 405 |
| Total floor area | 248,170 | 95,288 | 79,806 |
| Value | 1,656,902 | 517,216 | 434,961 |
| Alterations/repairs (number) | 743 | 499 | 441 |
| Value | 696,299 | 370,824 | 215,504 |
| 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 |
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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 | |||
