Quickstat Index

QUICKSTAT
on
NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
September 2008

A monthly update of NSO's most requested statistics


INDICATOR REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA
PRICES Aug 2008 July 2008 Aug 2007
  Consumer Price Index (2000=100) 158.7 158.6 146.0
    Inflation rate 8.7 8.6 2.6
    Purchasing power of the peso 0.63 0.63 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
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

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