NSO QuickStat - April 1999

QUICKSTAT - April 1999 A Monthly Update of NSO's Most Requested Statistics
INDICATOR	REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (1994=100)	Mar. 1999	Feb. 1999	Mar. 1998
Philippines	144.6	145.0	133.0
Metro Manila (MM)	144.1	144.5	133.9
Areas Outside MM	144.8	145.2^r	132.6
Inflation rate	8.7	^9.9	8.5
Purchasing power of the peso	0.69	0.69	0.75

FOREIGN TRADE (FOB value in million US$)	Jan. 1999	Dec. 1998	Jan. 1998
Exports	2,581	2,523	2,115
Principal exports: ^1/
1. Electronics and components	1,480.87	1,371.85	1,071.76
2. Input/output peripheral units	188.05	192.76	157.29
3. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories	160.13	198.56	146.85

Imports	2,395	2,062	2,838
Principal imports: ^1/
1. Electronics and components	635.59	^416.67	566.38
2. Telecommunications equipment and electrical machinery	195.39	200.49	286.44
3. Industrial machinery and equipment	174.78	141.59	258.03

Major trading partners:
1. USA	1,290.06	1,257.48	1,287.07
2. Japan	850.02	721.59	892.87
3. Singapore	292.66	264.34	298.63

Total trade	4,976	4,585	4,953
Balance of trade	186	461	(723)

(MISSI) MONTHLY INTEGRATED SURVEY ON SELECTED INDUSTRIES (1985=100)	Jan. 1999	Dec. 1998	Jan. 1998
Value of production index	455.5	427.2	467.0
Gainers over last year ^1/

Wood and wood products	63.2%	16.0%	(28.8%)
Rubber products	50.3%	44.8%	(16.0%)
Textile	17.2%	10.2%	(16.8%)
Transport equipment	14.5%	(15.5%)	(36.0%)

Volume of production index	134.41	126.20	139.61

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT	Jan. 1999	Oct. 1998	Jan. 1998
Total labor force (million)	31.2	31.3	30.2
Labor force participation rate	65.3%	66.0%	65.0%
Employment rate	91.0%	90.4%	91.6%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	9.6%	8.4%
Underemployment rate	22.1%	23.7%	21.6%

PRIVATE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION	3rd Qtr 1998	2nd Qtr 1998	3rd Qtr 1997
Philippines
Number	20,438	24,895	31,411
Total floor area (square meter)	2,721,116	3,035,150	5,471,871
Value (P1,000)	17,098,382	19,046,184	37,054,468
Residential
Number	13,847	18,712	23,354
Total floor area (square meter)	1,369,688	1,615,624	1,773,799
Value (P1,000)	6,097,877	7,861,390	9,418,548
Nonresidential
Number	2,222	1,989	2,798
Total floor area (square meter)	1,168,896	1,258,623	3,434,861
Value (P1,000)	9,440,014	9,330,604	25,312,126
Additions
Number	1,779	1,554	1,461
Total floor area (square meter)	182,532	160,903	263,211
Value (P1,000)	571,770	635,793	771,531
Alterations and repairs
Number	2,590	2,640	3,798
Value (P1,000)	988,721	1,218,397	1,552,263

INCOME AND EXPENDITURES (at current prices)	1997^P	1994	1991
ANNUAL AVERAGE FAMILY INCOME	P123,881	P83,161	P65,186
ANNUAL AVERAGE FAMILY EXPENDITURES	P100,194	P67,661	P51,991
ANNUAL AVERAGE FAMILY SAVINGS	P 23,687	P15,500	P13,195

POPULATION	1995	1990	1980
Total	68,616,536	60,703,206	48,098,460
Male	34,584,170	30,538,285	24,128,755
Female	34,032,366	30,164,921	23,969,705
0-14 years	42.0%	39.6%	38.3%
15-64 years	54.6%	57.0%	58.2%
65 years and over	3.4%	3.4%	3.5%

DENSITY (persons per square kilometer)	228	202	160
GROWTH RATE	2.32%	2.35%	2.71%
AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD SIZE	5.1	5.3	5.6

	2000	1999	1998
POPULATION PROJECTION (medium assumption) ^2/	76,320,126	74,723,373	73,130,985

VITAL STATISTICS ^2/	2000	1999	1998
CRUDE BIRTH RATE (per thousand population)	26.8	27.3	27.9
CRUDE DEATH RATE (per thousand population)	5.9	6.0	6.1
CRUDE RATE OF NATURAL INCREASE (per thousand population)	20.9	21.3	21.8
INFANT MORTALITY RATE (per thousand live births)	37.6	38.8	40.1

TOTAL FERTILITY RATE (number of children per woman)	3.4	3.5	3.5

LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH (in years; medium assumption)
Male	66.3	66.0	65.7
Female	71.6	71.3	71.0

LITERACY RATE (Source: FLEMMS )		1994	1989
Simple literacy rate (10 years old and over) ^3/		93.9%	89.8%
Functional literacy rate (10 to 64 years old)^4/		83.8%	75.4%

^1/ - Based on January 1999 ranking. ^2/ - Source: 1995 Census-Based National and Regional Population Projections ^3/ - Basic reading and writing skills ^4/ - Basic reading, writing, and computational skills ^r - revised

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