Women Vs.

Men in the Philippines

WOMEN MEN

Population 52.0 M 52.9 M

Life Expectancy at Birth 74.3 years 68.8 years

EDUCATION

Functional Literacy Rate (%) 10- 92.0 88.7

64 years old
Population (%) Finishing College 27.8 22.2
or Higher

WORK

Labor Force Participation Rate 49.3 77.9

(%)
Unemployment Rate (%) 4.3 4.9
Major Industry Division Where Wholesale & Retail; Repair of Agriculture, hunting and forestry
Most are Employed Motor Vehicles & Motorcycles;
Personal & Household Goods
Number of Overseas Filipino 1,250,000 1,197,000
Workers

PUBLIC OFFICE

Proportion of Occupied Elective 21.5 78.5

Positions (%)
Number of Elected Women and 3,693 13,458
Men by Position

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Forms of Violence No. of WomenWho Have Experienced Various

Forms of Physical and Sexual Violence
Physical Injuries 23,775
Rape 1,897
Acts of Lasciviousness 23,030
Threats 5,036
Attempted Rape 551
 Incestuous Rape 127
Physically Abused/Maltreated/Battered 399
Sexually Abused 157
Sexually Exploited 274
Illegal Recruitment 219

Media Exposure

Indicator Women Men

Own a cellular phone (%) 81.0 76.0
Use the internet (%) 61.0 57.0
Have an email account (%) 55.0 49.0

Have a social netwroking account (%) 56.0 50.0

Have a personal blog (%) 2.0 2.0

28.8 32.7
Have online friends (but not met personally) (%)
27.4 41.2
Have textmates (but not met personally) (%)

HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE

Perception on body weight Women Men

Chubby, fat or obese

17.9 6.7
Just right or normal
62.9 72.6
Skinny or thin
19.2 20.7

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, Fact Sheet on Men and Women in the Philippines (March 02,
2017)