NSO QuickStat - May 1999

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

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (1994=100)	Apr. 1999	Mar. 1999	Apr. 1998
Philippines	144.5	144.6	133.8
Metro Manila (MM)	144.2	144.1	135.0
Areas Outside MM	144.6	144.8	133.3
Inflation rate	8.0	^8.7	9.0
Purchasing power of the peso	0.69	0.69	0.75

FOREIGN TRADE (FOB value in million US$)	Feb. 1999	Jan. 1999	Feb. 1998
Exports	2,569	2,581	2,227
Principal exports: ^1/
1. Electronics and components	1,368.88	1,481.92^r	1,115.97
2. Input/output peripheral units	181.31	187.34^r	141.56
3. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories	163.12	159.92^r	186.64

Imports	2,254	2,398^r	2,585
Principal imports: ^1/
1. Electronics and components	601.50	647.02^r	667.20
2. Telecommunications equipment and electrical machinery	173.43	185.27^r	222.23
3. Industrial machinery and equipment	156.97	176.04^r	178.70

Major trading partners:
1. USA	1,212.13	1,290.06	1,390.84
2. Japan	878.75	850.02	928.37
3. Netherlands	268.02	222.12	200.20

Total trade	4,824	4,979	4,812
Balance of trade	315	183	(358)

(MISSI) MONTHLY INTEGRATED SURVEY ON SELECTED INDUSTRIES (1985=100)	Feb. 1999	Jan. 1999	Feb. 1998
Value of production index	449.8	452.0^r	489.6^r
Gainers over last year ^1/

Beverage	48.4%	10.5%	7.4%
Miscellaneous manufacture	48.1%	(31.0)%	11.4%
Rubber and rubber products	28.3%	48.1%	(6.5)%
Tobacco	15.0%	3.3%	4.0%

Volume of production index	132.64	133.59	144.61

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	4th Qtr 1998	3rd Qtr 1998	4th Qtr 1997
Philippines
Number	16,371	20,438	31,322
Total floor area (square meter)	2,467,309	2,721,116	3,523,147
Value (P1,000)	14,246,587	17,098,382	22,550,426
Residential
Number	11,118	13,847	24,717
Total floor area (square meter)	1,166,088	1,369,688	1,718,923
Value (P1,000)	5,022,578	6,097,877	8,009,429
Nonresidential
Number	1,807	2,222	2,605
Total floor area (square meter)	1,178,037	1,168,896	1,610.006
Value (P1,000)	7,526,862	9,440,014	12,256,754
Additions
Number	1,040	1,779	1,348
Total floor area (square meter)	123,184	182,532	194,218
Value (P1,000)	436,652	571,770	1,082,725
Alterations and repairs
Number	2,406	2,590	2,652
Value (P1,000)	1,260,495	988,721	1,201,518

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 February 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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