 QUICKSTAT on NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION August 2008 A monthly update of NSO's most requested statistics | |||
| INDICATOR | REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA | ||
| PRICES | July 2008 | June 2008 | July 2007 |
| Consumer Price Index (2000=100) | 158.6 | 157.0 | 146.0 |
| Inflation rate | 8.6 | 9.2 | 2.7 |
| Purchasing power of the peso | 0.63 | 0.64 | 0.68 |
| June 2008 | May 2008 | June 2007 | |
| Wholesale Price Index for Construction Materials in Metro Manila (1985=100) |
435.5 | 415.8 | 385.2 |
| Producer's Price Index for Manufacturing in Metro Manila (2000=100) |
175.0 | 172.6 r | 254.6 |
| Mar 2008 | Feb 2008 | Mar 2007 | |
| Retail Price Index for Construction Materials in Metro Manila (1978=100) |
1,225.9 | 1,195.8 | 1,162.1 |
| General Retail Price Index in Metro Manila (1978=100) |
1,358.5 | 1,340.4 | 1,265.7 |
| General Wholesale Price Index in the Philippines (1998=100) |
192.4r | 187.8 | 174.3r |
| DOMESTIC TRADE (quantity in thousand tons; value in P1,000) |
4th Qtr 2007 |
3rd Qtr 2007 |
4th Qtr 2006 |
| Coastwise trade | |||
| Quantity | 661,304 | 645,388 | 513,451 |
| Value | 29,764,271 | 28,706,171 | 23,105,773 |
| Rail trade | |||
| Quantity | - | - | - |
| Value | - | - | - |
| Air trade | |||
| Quantity | 7,597 | 5,472 | 3,340 |
| Value | 445,416 | 382,489 | 217,857 |
| LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (Source: LFS) 6/ | Apr 2008 | Jan 2008 | Apr 2007 |
| Labor force (in thousand) | - | 7,596 | 7,418 |
| Labor force participation rate | 61.2 | 61.6 | 61.5 |
| Employment rate | 86.2 | 87.5 | 87.5 |
| Unemployment rate | 13.8 | 12.5 | 12.5 |
| CONSTRUCTION (Floor area in square meters; value in P1,000) |
1st Qtr 2008 |
4th Qtr 2007 |
1st Qtr 2007 |
| Total (number) | 4,066 | 3,158 | 6,367 |
| Total floor area | 1,359,941 | 1,032,507 | 2,748,510 |
| Value | 12,436,772 | 10,330,781 | 30,797,291 |
| Residential (number) | 2,399 | 1,617 | 3,617 |
| Total floor area | 664,179 | 457,279 | 767,383 |
| Value | 4,526,634 | 3,467,941 | 6,395,214 |
| Nonresidential (number) | 651 | 513 | 1,535 |
| Total floor area | 630,273 | 491,769 | 1,732,957 |
| Value | 6,534,242 | 4,833,577 | 22,048,876 |
| Additions (number) | 254 | 246 | 472 |
| Total floor area | 65,489 | 83,459 | 248,170 |
| Value | 514,516 | 770,244 | 1,656,902 |
| Alterations/repairs (number) | 762 | 782 | 743 |
| Value | 861,379 | 1,259,018 | 696,299 |
| BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY (Source: 2002-2003 LE) (2005-ASPBI) | 2005 | 2003 | 2002 |
| Number of establishments (LE All establishments/ASPBI with 20 or more workers) | |||
| Agriculture and forestry/Agriculture, hunting and forestry | 9 | 2,920 | 3,120 |
| Fishery/Fishing | 17 | 1,130 | 1,145 |
| Mining and quarrying | 2 | 300 | 327 |
| Manufacturing | 2,944 | 121,476 | 122,977 |
| Electricity, gas, and water | 16 | 1,027 | 1,216 |
| Construction | 407 | 2,567 | 2,649 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 2,771 | 365,161 | 434,475 |
| Hotels and restaurants | 1,867 | 87,770 | 88,608 |
| Transportation/Transport, storage and communications | 781 | 9,328 | 14,263 |
| Financial intermediation | 452 | 16,439 | 24,060 |
| Real estate/Real estate, renting and business activities | 1,481 | 35,270 | 38,862 |
| Education/Private education | 632 | 8,911 | 9,282 |
| Health/Health and social works | 217 | 27,660 | 28,183 |
| Other community, social and personal services | 407 | 39,461 | 40,293 |
| FAMILY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE (Source: FIES) (in thousand pesos, at current prices) |
2006 | 2003 | 2000 |
| Annual average family income | 311 | 266 | 300 |
| Annual average family expenditure | 258 | 218 | 244 |
| Annual average family saving | 53 | 48 | 56 |
| DEMOGRAPHY 2007 | 2000 | 1995 | 1990 |
| Total population 11,553,427 | 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 2.11 | 1.06 | 3.30 | 2.98 |
| Average household size | 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.0 |
| 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | |
| Population projection (medium assumption) 1/ | 11,552,100 | 11,403,300 | 11,252,700 |
| VITAL STATISTICS | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 |
| Registered births 2/ | n.a. | 278,588 | 281.063 |
| Male | n.a. | 145.282 | 146,161 |
| Female | n.a. | 133,306 | 134,902 |
| Registered marriages 2/ | 82,830 | 92,921 | 100,665 |
| Registered deaths 2/ | n.a. | 58,513 | 64,556 |
| Male | n.a. | 34,176 | 37,853 |
| Female | n.a. | 24,337 | 26,703 |
| 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | |
| Infant deaths | 5,545 | 5,883 | 6,610 |
| 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | |
| Fetal deaths | 2,550 | 2,193 | n.a. |
| 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | |
| Maternal deaths | 230 | n.a. | n.a. |
| 2000-2005 | 2005-2010 | 2010-2015 | |
| Crude birth rate (per 1,000 population) 1/ | 24.8 | 21.8 | 19.1 |
| Crude death rate(per 1,000 population) 1/ | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| Crude rate of natural increase (per 1,000 population) 1/ | 19.6 | 16.7 | 14.0 |
| Total fertility rate (number of children per woman) 1/ | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| Life expectancy at birth (in years) 1/ | |||
| Male | 66.1 | 67.6 | 68.8 |
| Female | 73.2 | 74.4 | 75.6 |
| FAMILY PLANNING (Source: FPS) | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 |
| Modern method 3/ | 34.8 | 33.9 | 33.5 |
| Traditional method 3/ | 11.4 | 10.1 | 15.5 |
| 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: 2000 Census-Based National, Regional and Provincial Population Projections. 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. 6/ -Estimates are preliminary and may change. Figures were estimated using the 2000 Census-based Population Projections. r -Revised p -Preliminary LE -List of Establishments. ASPBI -Annual Survey of Philippine Business Industry. n.a. -not yet available | |||
