Quickstat Index

QUICKSTAT
on
NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
October 2010

A monthly update of NSO's most requested statistics


INDICATOR REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA
PRICES Sept 2010 Aug 2010 Sept 2009
  Consumer Price Index (2000=100) 162.7 164.0 157.2 r
    Inflation rate 3.5 4.5 - 0.3 r
    Purchasing power of the peso 0.61 0.61 0.64
  Aug 2010 July 2010 Aug 2009
  Wholesale Price Index for Construction Materials in
     Metro Manila
(1985=100)
483.7 479.7 460.1 r
  Retail Price Index for Construction Materials in
    Metro Manila
(2000=100)
159.8 159.6 155.8
  Producer's Price Index for Manufacturing in
    Metro Manila
(2000=100)
162.6 163.9 r 175.8
  July 2010 June 2010 July 2009
  General Retail Price Index in Metro Manila
     (2000=100)
146.8 146.7 142.3
  June 2010 May 2010 June 2009
  General Wholesale Price Index in the Philippines
    (1998=100)
201.3 201.8 193.7
DOMESTIC TRADE
(quantity in thousand tons; value in P1,000)
2nd Qtr
2010
1st Qtr
2010
2nd Qtr
2009
  Coastwise trade      
    Quantity 423,309 271,464 615,091
    Value 21,618,216 12,995,397 30,033,151
  Rail trade      
    Quantity - - -
    Value - - -
  Air trade      
    Quantity 8,176 8,119 7,662
    Value 597,984 501,615 806,068
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (Source: LFS) 6/ Jul 2010 Apr 2010 Jul 2009
  Labor force (in thousand) - - -
    Labor force participation rate 62.4 61.1 62.1
      Employment rate 87.9 88.2 89.1
      Unemployment rate 12.1 11.8 10.9
      Underemployment rate 12.2 9.7 11.6
OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT (Source: SOF) 7/ 2009 2008 2007
    Number of overseas filipino workers (In thousands) 266 280 280
CONSTRUCTION
(Floor area in square meters; value in P1,000)
2nd Qtr
2010
1st Qtr
2010
2nd Qtr
2009
  Total (number) 3,642 3,467 3,036
    Total floor area 2,428,413 1,862,839 1,171,245
    Value 25,272,534 23,372,236 11,805,833
  Residential (number) 2,054 2,006 1,516
    Total floor area 1,166,489 869,465 714,982
    Value 12,155,296 8,955,457 7,148,296
  Nonresidential (number) 453 464 437
    Total floor area 1,203,151 941,718 396,975
    Value 11,118,585 12,776,186 3,236,486
  Additions (number) 232 238 199
    Total floor area 58,773 51,656 59,288
    Value 607,292 537,862 418,581
  Alterations/repairs (number) 903 759 884
    Value 1,391,359 1,102,729 1,002,468
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY (Source: 2003-LE) (2005-ASPBI, 2006-CPBI) 2006 2005 2003
  Number of establishments
  (LE All establishments/ASPBI/CPBI with 20 or more workers)
     
    Agriculture and forestry/Agriculture, hunting and forestry 8 9 2,920
    Fishery/Fishing - 17 1,130
    Mining and quarrying - 2 300
    Manufacturing 1,957 2,944 121,476
    Electricity, gas, and water 8 16 1,027
    Construction - 407 2,567
    Wholesale and retail trade 2,180 2,771 365,161
    Hotels and restaurants 1,328 1,867 87,770
    Transportation/Transport, storage and communications 522 781 9,328
    Financial intermediation 391 452 16,439
    Real estate/Real estate, renting and business activities 1,087 1,481 35,270
    Education/Private education 585 632 8,911
    Health/Health and social works 171 217 27,660
    Other community, social and personal services 270 407 39,461
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                                                                           2007 2006 2005 2004
  Registered births 2/ 250,306 n.a. 278,588
    Male 130,303 n.a. 145.282
    Female 120,003 n.a. 133,306
  Registered marriages 2/                                                              72,584 80,154 82,830 92,921
  Registered deaths 2/ n.a. n.a. 58,513
    Male n.a. n.a. 34,176
    Female n.a. n.a. 24,337
  2003 2002 2001
  Infant deaths 5,545 5,883 6,610
  2006 2005 2004
  Fetal deaths 2,026 2,550 2,193
  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, 2008 - NDHS) 2008 2006 2005
  Modern method  3/ 32.3 34.8 33.9
  Traditional method 3/ 21.9 11.4 10.1
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
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.
NDHS   -National Demographic and Health Survey.
n.a. -not yet available

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November 22, 2010
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