MDG Watch

Philippines' Progress based on the MDG indicators

PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY - MAKATI

target 1.A
indicator 1.1a
indicator 1.2
indicator 1.3
target 1.B
indicator 1.4
indicator 1.5
indicator 1.6
indicator 1.7
indicator 1.7a
indicator 1.7b
target 1.C
indicator 1.8
indicator 1.9
indicator 1.9a
indicator 1.9b

target 2.A
indicator 2.1
indicator 2.2
indicator 2.2a
indicator 2.3
indicator 2.3a

target 3.A
indicator 3.1a
indicator 3.1a.1
indicator 3.1b
indicator 3.1a.1
indicator 3.1c
indicator 3.2
indicator 3.3

target 4.A
indicator 4.1
indicator 4.2
indicator 4.3

target 5.A
indicator 5.1

as of March 2014

Baseline
Target
Latest
Goals/Targets/Indicators
Probability1/
GOAL 1. ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY AND HUNGER
Halve, between 1990s and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than one dollar a
day
Proportion of population below national poverty
34.4
17.2
25.2
1991
2015
2012
threshold2/
9.3
4.65
5.1
Poverty gap ratio2/
1991
2015
2012
Share of poorest quintile in national consumption
6.2
increasing
8.5
1991
2012
Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young
people
Growth rate of GDP per person employed
1.6
increasing
5.7
1990
2012
Employment-to-population ratio
59.0
increasing
59.7
1990
2012
Proportion of employed population living below the
20.5
decreasing
22.4
2003
2009
national poverty threshold
Proportion of own-account and contributing family
51.3
decreasing
39.3
1990
2012
workers in total employment
Proportion of own-account (self-employed) workers
35.6
decreasing
28.3
1990
2012
in total employment
Proportion of contributing (unpaid) family workers in
15.7
decreasing
11.0
1990
2012
total employment
Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger
Prevalence of underweight children under 5 years of
26.5
13.6
20.2
age using Child Growth Standards (CGS)
1992
2015
2011
Percent of household with per capita energy less
74.2
37.1
66.9
1993
2015
2008
than 100% adequacy
Proportion of population with mean one-day energy
73.3
intake less than 100% adequacy
2008
Proportion of population below national subsistence
16.5
8.25
10.4
1991
2015
2012
(food) threshold2/
GOAL 2. ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full
course of primary schooling
84.6
100.0
91.2
Net enrolment ratio in primary education 4/
1990
2015
2011
Proportion of pupils starting grade 1 who reach
69.7
100.0
73.8
1990
2015
2011
grade 6 (Cohort Survival Rate)
Primary completion rate
64.2
100.0
71.0
1990
2015
2011
Literacy rate of 15 to 24 years old
96.6
100.0
97.8
1990
2015
2008
Ratio of literate females to males of 15-24 year-olds
1.0
1.0
1.0
1990
2015
2008
GOAL 3. PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN
Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education preferably by 2005 and to all levels
Ratio of girls to boys in primary education
1.0
1.0
0.9
1996
2015
2011
Ratio of girls to boys in elementary participation
1.0
1.0
1.0
1996
2015
2011
rates
Ratio of girls to boys in secondary education
1.1
1.0
1.0
1996
2015
2011
Ratio of girls to boys in secondary participation rates
1.2
1.0
1.2
1996
2015
2011
Ratio of girls to boys in tertiary education
1.3
1.0
1.2
1993
2015
2012
Share of women in wage employment in the non40.1
50.0
41.4
1990
2015
2012
agricultural sector
Proportion of seats held by women in national
11.3
50.0
26
1992
2015
2013
parliament
GOAL 4. REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY
Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate
Under-five mortality rate
80.0
26.7
30
1990
2015
2011
Infant mortality rate
57.0
19.0
22
1990
2015
2011
Proportion of 1 year-old children immunized against
77.9
100
68.7
1990
2015
2011
measles
GOAL 5. IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH
Reduce by three-quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio
209
52
221
Maternal mortality ratio3/
(182-260)

indicator 5.2

Proportion of births attended by skilled health

personnel

1990

2015

2011

58.8
1990

100
2015

74.9
2011

The MDG Watch is compiled by the National Statistical Coordination Board

as the official repository of MDG indicators in the Philippines per NSCB Resolution No. 10-2004.
More statistical information on the Philippine MDGs can be accessed at http://www.nscb.gov.ph/mdg
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target 5.B
indicator 5.3
indicator 5.5a
indicator 5.5b
indicator 5.6

Baseline
Target
Goals/Targets/Indicators
Achieve, by 2015, universal access to reproductive health
Contraceptive prevalence rate
40.0
100.0
1993
2015
Antenatal care coverage (at least one visit )
91.2
increasing
1993
Antenatal care coverage (at least four visit )
52.1
increasing
1993
Unmet need for family planning
26.2
decreasing
1993
GOAL 6. COMBAT HIV/AIDS, MALARIA AND OTHER DISEASES

Latest

Prob

48.9
2011
96.5
2011
78
2011
19.3
2011

Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases

target 6.c
indicator 6.6a
indicator 6.6b
indicator 6.8a
indicator 6.8b
indicator 6.9a
indicator 6.9b

target 7.A
indicator 7.1
indicator 7.2
target 7.B
indicator 7.5
indicator 7.6
target 7.C
indicator 7.7a
indicator 7.8a
target 7.D
indicator 7.9a

target 8.D
indicator 8.12
target 8.F
indicator 8.14
indicator 8.15

Prevalence associated with malaria

118.7
0.0
7.1
1990
2015
2011
Death rate associated with malaria
1.4
0.0
0.1
1990
2015
2009
Prevalence associated with tuberculosis
246
0.0
273.1
1990
2015
2008
Death rate associated with tuberculosis
39.1
0.0
27.6
1990
2015
2009
Proportion of tuberculosis cases detected under
53.0
70.0
72.0
2001
2015
2011
directly observed treatment short course (DOTS)
Proportion of tuberculosis cases cured under directly
73.0
85.0
85.0
2001
2015
2011
observed treatment short course (DOTS)
GOAL 7. ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes to
Proportion of land area covered by forest
20.5
increasing
23.9
1990
2003
Consumption of ozone-depleting CFCs (ODP tons)
2981
decreasing
0
1990
2012
Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss
Ratio of area protected to maintain biological
8.5
increasing
13.6
1990
2012
diversity to surface area
Number of species threatened with extinction
183
decreasing
207
1992
2012
Halve, by 2015, the proportion of population without sustainable access to safe drinking water
Proportion of families with access to safe water
73
86.5
84.8
1990
2015
2010
supply
Proportion of families with sanitary toilet facility
67.6
83.8
92.5
1990
2015
2010
By 2020, have achieved significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers
Proportion of families with access to secure tenure
91
increasing
90.8
1990
2010
GOAL 8. DEVELOP A GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT
Deal comprehensively with the debt problems of developing countries thru national &
Debt service as a percentage of exports of goods
27.2
decreasing
7.1
1990
2012
and services
In cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies, especially
Telephone lines subscribers per 100 population
1.5
increasing
3.7
1990
2011
Cellular phone subscribers per 100 population
0.1
increasing
95.2
1991
2011

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based on the comparison of actual (from baseline to latest data) and required (from baseline to target year) rates of progress
Estimates were based on the refined methodology on estimating official poverty statistics as approved by the NSCB Executive Board on 1 February 2011.
3/
1990 MMR is based on TWG Maternal and Child Health Statistics (TWG-MCHS) estimates; 2011 MMR is based on the Family Health Survey (FHS) results.
2/

4/

Please note that the indicator 2.1- Net Enrolment Rate was not updated pending the approval of the adoption of the school-age population estimates at the national and
subnational levels being proposed by the Department of Education (DepEd).
Probability of Achieving the Goal:

Low:
Pace of Progress is less than 0.5
Medium:
Pace of Progress between 0.5 and 0.9
High:
Pace of Progress is greater than 0.9

Sources of data:
1.1a, 1.2, 1.4 , 1.6 and 1.9b National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB)
5.1 - Technical Working Group on Mortality Statistics
1.3, 1.5, 1.7a, 1.7b, 2.3, 2.3a, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.3, 5.5a, 5.5b ,5.6, 7.7a, 7.8a
and 7.9a - National Statistics Office (NSO)
1.8 and 1.9a - National Nutrition SUrvey, Food and Nutrition Institute (FNRI)
4.3, 5.2, 6.6a, 6.6b, 6.8a, 6.8b, 6.9a and 6.9b - Field Health Service Information System (FHSIS)
Department of Health (DOH)
2.1, 2.2, 2.2a, 3.1a and 3.1b - Basic Education Information System (BEIS),
Department of Education (DepEd)
3.1c - Commission on Higher Education (CHED)
3.3- Commission on Elections (Comelec)
7.1- Forest Management Bureau (FMB)
7.5a and 7.6a - Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB)
7.2a - Environment Management Bureau (EMB)
8.12 - Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)
8.14 and 8.15 - National Telecommunications Commission (NTC)

The MDG Watch is compiled by the Philippine Statistics Authority - Makati

as the official repository of MDG indicators in the Philippines per NSCB Resolution No. 10-2004.
More statistical information on the Philippine MDGs can be accessed at http://www.nscb.gov.ph/mdg

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