PRICE INDICES |
May 2019 |
Consumer Price Index (2012 = 100) |
118.7 |
Inflation rate |
3.5 |
Purchasing power of the peso |
0.84 |
DOMESTIC TRADE
(Quantity in thousand tons;
value in P1,000) |
4th Qtr 2018 |
Water |
|
Quantity |
3,294,018 |
Value |
16,600,969 |
Air |
|
Quantity |
345 |
Value |
1,926 |
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
(Source: LFS) |
Apr 2019 |
Labor force (in thousands) |
3,370 |
Labor force participation rate |
73.5 |
Employment rate |
95.0 |
Unemployment rate |
5.0 |
Underemployment rate |
21.2 |
OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT
(Source: SOF) 7/ |
2017 |
Total overseas filipino workers (in thousands) |
2,339 |
In percent |
2.5 |
CONSTRUCTION |
4th Qtr 2017 p |
(Floor area in square meters; value in P1,000) |
|
Total (number) |
2,357 |
Total floor area |
259,257 |
Value |
1,935,309 |
Residential (number) |
1,969 |
Total floor area |
128,528 |
Value |
911,040 |
Nonresidential (number) |
255 |
Total floor area |
129,489 |
Value |
942,301 |
Additions (number) |
9 |
Total floor area |
1,240 |
Value |
5,832 |
Alterations/repairs (number) |
124 |
Value |
76,137 |
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY
(Source: ASPBI) |
2015 p |
Number of establishments (Total employment with 20 or more workers) |
|
Agriculture and forestry/Agriculture, hunting and forestry/Agriculture, forestry and fishing |
135 |
Mining and quarrying |
4 |
Manufacturing |
155 |
Electricity, gas, and water/electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply |
13 |
Construction |
25 |
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, and motorcycles |
276 |
Hotels and restaurants/Accommodation and food service activities |
167 |
Transportation/Transport, storage and communications/Transport and storage |
38 |
Financial intermediation/Financial and insurance activities |
46 |
Real estate/Real estate, renting and business activities/Real estate activities |
7 |
Education/Private education |
125 |
Health/Health and social work/ Human health and social work |
57 |
Other community, social and personalservices/Other service activities |
4 |
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities |
17 |
Arts entertainment and Recreation |
10 |
Information and communication |
13 |
Administrative and Support Activities |
44 |
FAMILY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE
(Source: FIES)
(in thousand pesos, at current prices) |
2015 |
Annual average family income |
221 |
Annual average family expenditure |
161 |
Annual average family saving |
60 |
DEMOGRAPHY (Source: CPH) |
2015 |
Total Population |
4,689,302 |
Urban |
- |
Rural |
- |
Male |
2,396,000 |
Female |
2,293,302 |
0-14 years |
2,144,770 |
15-64 years |
2,888,335 |
65 years and over |
3,329,027 |
Density
(persons per square kilometer) |
229 |
Growth rate |
1.68 12/ |
Average household size |
4.5 |
Population projection
(medium assumption)1/ |
- |
VITAL STATISTICS (Source: VSR) |
2016 |
Registered birth 2/ |
89,359 |
Male |
46,683 |
Female |
42,676 |
Registered marriages 2/ |
19,327 |
Registered deaths 2/ |
26,070 |
Male |
15,245 |
Female |
10,825 |
Infant deaths |
1,000 |
Male |
610 |
Female |
390 |
Fetal deaths 13/ |
.. |
|
2010-2015 |
Crude birth rate (per 1,000 population)1/ |
25.1 |
Crude death rate (per 1,000 population)1/ |
6.0 |
Crude rate of natural increase
(per 1,000 population)1/ |
19.1 |
Total fertility rate
(number of children per woman)1/ |
3.2 |
Life expectancy at birth (in years)1/ |
|
Male |
66.9 |
Female |
72.1 |
FAMILY PLANNING |
2017 |
(Source: 2011-FHS, 2013 and 2017 -NDHS) |
|
Modern method 3/ |
44.9 |
Traditional method 3/ |
8.6 |
EDUCATION (Source: FLEMMS) |
2013 |
Basic literacy rate
(10 years old and over)4/ |
95.4 |
Functional literacy rate
(10 to 64 years old) 5/ |
94.0 |
1/ -Source: 2010 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.
8/ -Based on Household Population.
9/ -Based on Actual Population.
10/-Based on Census of Philippine Business and Industry.
11/ -Based on Population Growth Rate 2000-2010.
12/ -Based on Population Growth Rate 2010-2015.
13/ -Place of occurence.
r/ -Revised.
p/ -Preliminary.
* -Quantity less than 0.5 tons.
..- Data Not Available
S – Data suppressed.
CPBI – Census of Philippine Business and Industry.
CPH – Census of Population and Housing.
ASPBI – Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry.
NDHS – National Demographic and Health Survey.
FHS – Family Health Survey.
FPS – Family Planning Survey.
FLEMMS - Functional Literacy, Education, and Mass Media Survey
FIES - Family Income and Expenditure Survey
LFS – Labor Force Survey.
VSR – Vital Statistics Report.
n.a. - not yet available. |