 QUICKSTAT on NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION February 2009 A monthly update of NSO's most requested statistics | |||
| INDICATOR | REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA | ||
| PRICES | Jan 2009 | Dec 2008 | Jan 2008 |
| Consumer Price Index (2000=100) | 154.8 | 154.1 | 148.4 |
| Inflation rate | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| Purchasing power of the peso | 0.65 | 0.65 | 0.67 |
| Sept 2008 | Aug 2008 | Sept 2007 | |
| Wholesale Price Index for Construction Materials in Metro Manila (1985=100) |
476.1 | 469.0 | 385.9 |
| Producer's Price Index for Manufacturing in Metro Manila (2000=100) |
180.5 | 179.5 | 169.6 |
| Retail Price Index for Construction Materials in Metro Manila (1978=100) |
1,357.3 | 1,388.6 | 1,179.3 |
| Aug 2008 | July 2008 | Aug 2007 | |
| General Retail Price Index in Metro Manila (1978=100) |
1,465.1 | 1,468.1 | 1,292.7 |
| July 2008 | May 2008 | July 2007 | |
| General Wholesale Price Index in the Philippines (1998=100) |
216.2 | 212.3 | 178.9 |
| DOMESTIC TRADE (quantity in thousand tons; value in P1,000) |
3rd Qtr 2008 |
2nd Qtr 2008 |
3rd Qtr 2007 |
| Coastwise trade | |||
| Quantity | 273,376 | 458,040 | 645,388 |
| Value | 12,029,745 | 13,643,100 | 28,706,171 |
| Rail trade | |||
| Quantity | - | - | - |
| Value | - | - | - |
| Air trade | |||
| Quantity | 4,494 | 811 | 5,472 |
| Value | 364,908 | 59,176 | 382,489 |
| LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (Source: LFS) 6/ | Oct 2008 | July 2008 | Oct 2007 |
| Labor force (in thousand) | - | - | - |
| Labor force participation rate | 60.8 | 61.7 | 61.2 |
| Employment rate | 87.2 | 87.2 | 89.4 |
| Unemployment rate | 12.8 | 12.2 | 10.6 |
| Underemployment rate | 11.3 | 14.2 | 11.5 |
| CONSTRUCTION (Floor area in square meters; value in P1,000) |
3rd Qtr 2008 |
2nd Qtr 2008 |
3rd Qtr 2007 |
| Total (number) | 3,706 | 4,184 | 3,340 |
| Total floor area | 1,378,058 | 1,490,649 | 906,880 |
| Value | 13,003,957 | 20,215,521 | 9,443,743 |
| Residential (number) | 1,853 | 2,321 | 1,804 |
| Total floor area | 792,231 | 698,453 | 430,266 |
| Value | 7,060,678 | 7,150,856 | 4,362,921 |
| Nonresidential (number) | 532 | 681 | 537 |
| Total floor area | 498,176 | 707,644 | 381,739 |
| Value | 4,169,706 | 11,139,026 | 3,822,234 |
| Additions (number) | 209 | 303 | 349 |
| Total floor area | 87,651 | 84,552 | 94,875 |
| Value | 392,362 | 575,524 | 606,281 |
| Alterations/repairs (number) | 1,112 | 879 | 650 |
| Value | 1,381,209 | 1,350,114 | 652,306 |
| 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. |
| 2010-2015 | 2005-2010 | 2000-2005 | |
| Crude birth rate (per 1,000 population) 1/ | 19.1 | 21.8 | 24.8 |
| Crude death rate(per 1,000 population) 1/ | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| Crude rate of natural increase (per 1,000 population) 1/ | 14.0 | 16.7 | 19.6 |
| Total fertility rate (number of children per woman) 1/ | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| Life expectancy at birth (in years) 1/ | |||
| Male | 68.8 | 67.6 | 66.1 |
| Female | 75.6 | 74.4 | 73.2 |
| 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 | |||
