SOCIAL STUDIES

Justyn Cloie Ferma Sampang

Quarter 4

A Study of Philippines Development

Indicators in the Last Three Years, 2012-2014.
To tell that a country is developing, indicators was set.
Indicators such as Gross National Product, Per capita
Income, Poverty, and Rate of Unemployment.
Gross National Product is the total of all final goods
and services. In relation to the GNP is the Per Capita
Income of every Filipino in a year. Poverty refers to the
inability to acquire goods and necessaries to satisfy basic
needs- food, clothing, and s helter. Unemployment is
commonly caused by lack of job opportunities.
Directed by the indicators, from data collected from
statistics reports, the Philippines is not developing.

Figure 1 shows GDP values. Research tells that in 2012, GDP is 2, in

2013 it was about 2.1, and in 2014, it suddenly drop at 1.6. The bar
graph tells us that the GDP goes lower, meaning Philippines is not
developing.
figure 1

Figure 2 shows Per Capita Income (Philippines GDP per capita).

Research tells that in 2012, per capita income is 1420, in 2013 it was
1490, and in 2014 it is 1560. Per Capita Income is higher every year, so
Philippines is developing.
figure 2

In figure 3 showing poverty numbers,

(https://arnoldpadilla.wordpress.com/category/poverty/)
2012 is 10.4, in 2013 it is 10.9, in 2014 it is 11.9. Poverty
rises so Philippines is not developing.

figure 3
In the figure 4 showing Rate of Unemployment
percentage (Philippines Unemployment Rate), 2012 figure
4 was 6.7, in 2013 it is 7.5, and in 2014 it is 7.4. Rate of
unemployment rising also not.

figure 4

In figure 5 showing population from 2012-2014. In 2012 population is 94.8, in

2013 the population is 97.1, and in 2014 the population is 98.8. The Philippines
population goes higher every year, and there is an impact with higher population.
First is higher demand on basic needs(food, water, clothing, and shelter). Second,
higher demand on government support on education, and health. Third, it causes
poverty. And the finally, it can cause an increase of unemployment. The good
thing about population growth is there will be more labour force, but the
government needs to provide more job opportunities.
Figure 5
The Philippines population is increasing, the indicators show that Philippines is
not developing, most probably it is because of population increase. The
government need to provide more job opportunities so to take benefit of the
increase of labour force.

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GDP Growth Rate, May 29, 2015, (http://www.tradingeconomics.com/philippines/gdp-growth)

GDP per capita, May 29, 2015 (http://www.tradingeconomics.com/philippines/gdp-per-capita)
Unemployment Rate, May 29, 2015, (http://www.tradingeconomics.com/philippines/unemployment-rate)
Poverty, May 29, 2015 (https://arnoldpadilla.wordpress.com/category/poverty/)