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Last Update: 08.02.2010

LABOR FORCE STATISTICS
(October Round)
INDICATOR

2008

2009 p

Household Population 15 Years Old and Over (000)

58,182

59,704

     Labor Force (000)

37,058

38,196

          Employed (000)

34,533

35,477

               Underemployed (000)

6,029

6,875

          Unemployed (000)

2,525

2,719

Labor Force Participation Rate (%)

63.7

64.0

Employment Rate (%)

93.2

92.9

     Underemployment Rate (as % of Employed)

17.5

19.4

Unemployment Rate (%)

6.8

7.1

Notes:   1.  Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.
              2.  Starting January 2007, the NSO adopted the population projections based on the 2000 Census of Population.  This is in compliance with NSCB Resolution No. 1 series of 2005
                 "Adopting the Methodology Used in Generating the 2000 Census of Population and Housing-Based National Population Projections."  
p  Preliminary and subject to change.
Source of data:  National Statistics Office, Labor Force Survey.
NOMINAL WAGE RATES
(National Wages and Productivity Commission - NWPC)

INFLATION RATE AND PURCHASING POWER OF PESO
(2000=100)
  INDICATOR

2009

2010

Inflation Rate (%)

    

     January

7.1

4.3

     Average for the Year

3.2

4.3

Purchasing Power of Peso (P)

     January

0.64

0.61

     Average for the Year

0.63

0.61
Source of basic data:  National Statistics Office.

POVERTY THRESHOLD AND POVERTY INCIDENCE

INDICATOR

2003

2006

Poverty Threshold (P)

12,309

15,057

Poverty Incidence (%)

     Population

30.0

32.9

     Families

24.4

26.9

Food Threshold (P)

8,149

10,025
Notes:  1.  Poverty threshold is the annual per capita income required or the amount to be spent to satisfy the nutritional requirements (2,000 calories) and other basic needs.
             2.  Poverty incidence is the proportion of families (or population) with per capita income less than the per capita poverty threshold to the total member of families
                   (or population).
Source of data:  National Statistical Coordination Board, Regional Poverty Estimates.

FAMILY INCOME AND EXPENDITURES
(At Current Prices)

INDICATOR

2003

2006

Number of Families (000)

16,480

17,403

Average Family Income (P000)

148

173

Average Family Expenditures (P000)

124

147

Average Family Savings (P000)

24

26
Note:  Details may not add up to total due to rounding.
Source of data:  National Statistics Office, 2003 and 2006 Family Income and Expenditures Survey (Final Results).

LABOR PRODUCTIVITY

INDICATOR

2007

2008

At Current Prices (P)

198,073

217,760

At Constant 1985 Prices (P)

40,718

41,625

Note:  Labor Productivity is measured as the ratio of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to corresponding average employment for the year.
Sources of basic data:  National Statistical Coordination Board, Regional Accounts of the Philippines.
                                      National Statistics Office, Labor Force Survey.
NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS AND EMPLOYMENT BY EMPLOYMENT SIZE,
PHILIPPINES: 2008
EMPLOYMENT SIZE
NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS
NUMBER OF EMPLOYMENT
Total
761,409
5,544,590
1  -  4
613,287
1,133,789
5  - 9
83,790
529,593
10  - 19
37,154
482,661
20  - 49
15,727
463,910
50  - 99
5,411
367,494
100  -  199
3,067
418,058
200  -  499
1,927
579,893
500  -  999
641
439,981
1000  -  1999
238
332,970
2000 and Over
167
796,241

Notes:  1.  Details may not add up to total because some data were suppressed.
             2.  For 2008, updating of list of establishments was based on Field Updating conducted by the NSO barangays with growths centers, other areas where significant
                  change in status/updates of establishments were observed to have occurred and updates from feedbacks on the surveys undertaken by the NSO and supplemented by
                  lists from different secondary sources.
Source of data:  National Statistics Office, Industry and Trade Statistics Department, 2008 List of Establishments.

Number of Graduates by Discipline
(Commission on Higher Education - CHED)

Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Statistics
(Technical Education and Skills Development Authority - TESDA)

DEPLOYMENT OF OVERSEAS FILIPINOS (OFWs)

INDICATOR

2008

January - November
2009 p

   TOTAL

1,236,013

1,284,133

     Land-based

974,399

986,666

     Sea-based

261,614

297,467
p  Preliminary.
NA  Not available.
Source of data:  Philippine Overseas Employment Administration.
OFW REMITTANCES AS PERCENT TO GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT
INDICATOR
2008 p
January - Nov
2009 p
 Remittances (in US$ 000 )
16,426,854
15,780,165
 Percent (%) to GNP (at Current Prices)
8.9
11.0 a
a  Percent of January-October 2009 remittances to January-October 2009 GNP.
p  Preliminary. 
Sources of data:   Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.
                              National Statistical Coordination Board.
EXISTING WORKERS ORGANIZATIONS, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND
COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATION AGREEMENTS: As of Date

INDICATOR

2008 p

January - September
2009 p

Existing Unions

17,305

17,529

     Membership (000)

1,942

1,975

Existing Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs)

1,456

1,397

     Workers Covered (000)

227

213

Existing Workers Associations (WAs)

15,758

18,482

     Membership (000)

576

693

Existing Collective Negotiation Agreements (CNAs)

129

139

     Workers Covered (000) (as of)

29

33

p  Preliminary.
Sources of data:   Bureau of Labor Relations.
                             Civil Service Commission.

STRIKES/LOCKOUT CASES

INDICATOR

2008 p

January - December
2009 p

Strike Notices

     New Notices Filed

362

286

          Workers Involved

74,797

60,457

     Cases Disposed

365

278

Actual Strikes

     New Strikes/Lockouts Declared

5

4

          Workers Involved

1,115

1,510

     Cases Disposed

5

4

     Mandays Lost from On-going Strikes (000)

39

7
p  Preliminary.
Source of data:  National Conciliation and Mediation Board.