Quickstat Index

QUICKSTAT
on
NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
March 2010

A monthly update of NSO's most requested statistics


INDICATOR REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA
PRICES Feb 2010 Jan 2010 Feb 2009
  Consumer Price Index (2000=100) 161.2 160.3 154.9
    Inflation rate 4.1 3.6 4.7
    Purchasing power of the peso 0.62 0.62 0.65
  Jan 2010 Dec 2009 Jan 2009
  Wholesale Price Index for Construction Materials in
     Metro Manila
(1985=100)
462.2 460.0 485.0
  Dec 2009 Nov 2009 Dec 2008
  Retail Price Index for Construction Materials in
    Metro Manila
(1978=100)
1,247.9 1,247.9 1,256.6
  General Retail Price Index in Metro Manila
     (2000=100)
146.2 145.9 141.7
  Producer's Price Index for Manufacturing in
    Metro Manila
(2000=100)
171.9 172.3 177.1
  Nov 2009 Oct 2009 Nov 2008
  General Wholesale Price Index in the Philippines
    (1998=100)
198.3 196.3 193.6
DOMESTIC TRADE
(quantity in thousand tons; value in P1,000)
3rd Qtr
2009
2nd Qtr
2009
3rd Qtr
2008
  Coastwise trade      
    Quantity 502,641 615,091 273,376
    Value 25,401,287 30,033,151 12,029,745
  Rail trade      
    Quantity - - -
    Value - - -
  Air trade      
    Quantity 7,687 7,662 4,494
    Value 798,917 806,068 364,908
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (Source: LFS) 6/ Oct 2009 July 2009 Oct 2008
  Labor force (in thousand) - - -
    Labor force participation rate 61.9 62.4 60.8
      Employment rate 88.2 87.9 87.2
      Unemployment rate 11.8 12.1 12.8
      Underemployment rate 12.9 12.2 11.3
OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT (Source: SOF) 7/ 2008 2007 2006
    Number of overseas filipino workers (In thousands) 280 280 248
CONSTRUCTION
(Floor area in square meters; value in P1,000)
3rd Qtr
2009
2nd Qtr
2009
3rd Qtr
2008
  Total (number) 3,238 3,036 3,706
    Total floor area 1,183,630 1,171,245 1,378,058
    Value 13,296,392 11,805,833 13,003,957
  Residential (number) 1,601 1,516 1,853
    Total floor area 563,951 714,982 792,231
    Value 6,476,433 7,148,296 7,060,678
  Nonresidential (number) 489 437 532
    Total floor area 565,759 396,975 498,176
    Value 5,533,908 3,236,486 4,169,706
  Additions (number) 176 199 209
    Total floor area 53,920 59,288 87,651
    Value 272,554 418,581 392,362
  Alterations/repairs (number) 972 884 1,112
    Value 1,013,496 1,002,468 1,381,209
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
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.
7/    -Source: Survey on Overseas Filipinos.
r     -Revised
p     -Preliminary
LE   -List of Establishments.
ASPBI   -Annual Survey of Philippine Business Industry.
n.a. -not yet available

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