Philippines: Key Indicators of the Philippines

Indicator/Year 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980
1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
2007 2008 2009
Unemployment Rate, New Concept, Percent ------ ------ ------ ------
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------ ------ ------ ------ ------ 7.3 7.4 7.5
Unemployment Rate, Percent ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
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9.6 10.4 10.4 12.6 11.8 11.2 9.6 9.2 8.4 10.5 9.8 9.3 9.5
9.5 8.6 8.7 10.1 9.8 11.2 11.1 11.4 11.4 11.8 11.35 8 ------
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Official Reserve Assets, Million US$ 251 375.5 548.8 1037 1502.5 1360.7
516.3 1032.6 1560.9 1495.1 3155.4 2573.96 1711.38
864.7 886.06 1087.31 2506.47 2013.77 2111.13 2375.18
2048.35 4525.94 5337.87 5922.03 7142.1 7785.75
11773.39 8799.49 10841.53 15063.98 15062.82 15692.24
16364.76 17063.06 16227.91 18494.35 22966.72 33751.05
37550.82 44242.64
Gross Reserves Over Months Of Imports, Percent ------ ------ ------
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------ ------ ------ 2.93 4.37 4.49 4.17 5.01 4.92 4.97
4.38 4.62 5.17 6.99 7.37 11.62
Exchange Rates, PhP/US$ 6.02 6.43 6.67 6.76 6.79 7.25 7.44 7.4 7.37 7.38
7.51 7.9 8.54 11.11 16.7 18.61 20.39 20.57 21.09 21.74 24.31 27.48 25.51
27.12 26.42 25.71 26.22 29.47 40.89 39.09 44.19 50.99 51.6 54.2 56.04 55.09
51.31 46.15 44.47 47.64
Import of Goods and Services, Million US$ ------ ------ ------ ------
------ ------ ------ -4771 -5732 -7322 -9166 7646 7667 7487
6070 5111 5044 6737 8159 10419 12206 12051 14519 17597 21333 26391 31885
36355 29524 41244 43827 38012 40366 41525 45021 48528 53573 55513 60555 46215
Import Growth, Percent ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
------ ------ ------ 20.1 27.7 25.2 -183.4 0.3 -2.3
-18.9 -15.8 -1.3 33.6 21.1 27.7 17.2 -1.3 20.5 21.2 21.2 23.7 20.8
14 -18.8 39.7 6.3 -13.3 6.2 2.9 8.4 7.8 10.4 7.5 -2.6 -18.5
Export of Goods and Services, Million US$ ------ ------ ------ ------
------ ------ ------ 3884 4438 5677 7235 5722 5021 5005
5391 4629 4842 5720 7074 7821 8186 8840 9824 11375 13483 17447 20543
25228 29496 35037 38078 32150 35208 36231 39681 41255 47409 50465 49077 38335
Export Growth, Percent ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
------ ------ ------ 14.3 27.9 27.4 -20.9 -12.3 -0.3 7.7
-14.1 4.6 18.1 23.7 10.6 4.7 8 11.1 15.8 18.5 29.4 17.7 22.8
16.9 18.8 8.7 -15.6 9.5 2.9 9.5 4 14.9 6.4 -2.8 -21.9
Current Account Balance, Million US$ ------ ------ ------ ------
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------ ------ -2750 -1116 -103 954 -444 -390 -1456 -2567 -869
-858 -3016 -2950 -3297 -3953 -4351 1546 -2874 -2225 -1744 -279 288 1628
1984 5347 7119 3633 8552
Current Account Balance, Percent of GDP ------ ------ ------ ------
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
------ ------ -8.28 -3.55 -0.34 3.19 -1.34 -1.03 -3.42 -5.79 -1.91
-1.62 -5.55 -4.6 -4.45 -4.77 -5.28 2.37 -3.77 -2.93 -2.4 -0.4 0.36 1.87
 2.01 4.55 4.94 2.18 5.31
Interest rates, Percent ------ ------ ------ 12 12 12 12
12 12 14 14 17.1 18.2 19.3 26.7 28.2 17.3 13.3 16 19.5
24.3 23.5 19.4 14.6 15 14.6 14.8 16.2 18.4 11.75 10.86 12.4 8.9
9.48 10.07 10.15 9.71 8.68 8.76 8.8
Consumer Price Index, 2000=100 3.26 3.96 4.28 4.99 6.7 7.15 7.81 8.58
9.21 10.83 12.8 14.47 15.95 17.55 26.38 32.48 32.72 33.96 36.94 40.85 46.03
54.54 59.23 63.31 68.6 73.2 78.7 83.1 90.8 96.2 100 106.8 110 113.8
120.6 129.8 137.9 141.77 155 160
Inflation Rate, Percent ------ 21.4 8.2 16.58 34.16 6.76 9.2 9.9 7.33
17.53 18.2 13.08 10.22 10.03 50.34 23.1 0.75 3.79 8.76 10.59 12.68 18.49
8.59 6.88 8.36 6.7 7.5 5.6 9.27 5.95 3.95 6.8 3 3.45 5.98
7.7 6.24 2.8 9.3 3.2
Current Gross Domestic Product, Million PhP 42448 50121 56075 72322 99493 114697
135272 154226 177669 217543 243749 281596 317177
369077 524481 571883 608887 682764 799182 925444
1077237 1248011 1351559 1474457 1692932 1905951
2171922 2426743 2665060 2976905 3354727 3631474
3963873 4316402 4871555 5444039 6031164 6647338
7423213 7669144
Government Revenues, Million PhP ------ ------ ------ ------
------ 16856 18089 19959 24073 29470 34731 35933 38206 45632 56861 68961
79245 103214 112861 152411 180902 220788 242714
260405 336160 361220 410449 465026 456355 478502
514762 567481 578406 639737 706718 816159 979638
1136560 1202905 1123211
Surplus/Deficit, Million PhP ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
-1403 -2349 -2852 -2167 -342 -3387 -12146 -14404 -7431 -10065
-11141 -31252 -16693 -23206 -19567 -37194 -26348
-15966 -21891 16286 11074 6254 1564 -49982 -111658 -
134212 -147023 -210741 -199868 -187057 -146778 -64791
-12441 -68117 -298532
Average Tariff Rate, Percent ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
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------ 27.86 27.56 32.2 29.08 27.09 21.91 25.43 21.78 19.37 18.01 17.38
14.1 14.28 14.65 14.36 14.41 ------ ------ ------ ------
Labor Productivity, PhP/Person ------ ------ ------ ------
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------ ------ ------ 31854.71 28134.16 28262.59
29666.89 30635.95 32012.82 31985.18 31181.6 30059.83
30035.43 30452.52 31217.37 30942.39 33661.89 32927.91
33072.55 35030.06 32908.16 34183.8 34388.86 36366.05
36850.25 38455.81 40583.67 41089.74 40363.56
Revenue Effort, Percent ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
14.7 13.37 12.94 13.55 13.55 14.25 12.76 12.05 12.36 10.84 12.06 13.01 15.12
14.12 16.47 16.79 17.69 17.96 17.66 19.86 18.95 18.9 19.16 17.12 16.07 15.34
15.63 14.59 14.82 14.51 14.99 16.24 17.1 16.2 14.65
National Government Deficit as a % of GDP ------ ------ ------ ------
------ -1.22 -1.74 -1.85 -1.22 -0.16 -1.39 -4.31 -4.54 -2.01 -1.92 -1.95
-5.13 -2.44 -2.9 -2.11 -3.45 -2.11 -1.18 -1.48 0.96 0.58 0.29 0.06 -1.88
-3.75 -4 -4.05 -5.32 -4.63 -3.84 -2.7 -1.07 -0.19 -0.92 -3.89
Real Gross Domestic Product, Million PhP 343162 361791 381497 415529
430314 454260 494265 521954 548950 579909 609768
630642 653467 665717 616962 571883 591423 616923
658581 699448 720690 716522 718941 734156 766368
802224 849121 893151 888000 918160 972960 990042
1034094 1085072 1154295 1211452 1276156 1366493
1418952 1431978
Real GDP Growth, Percent ------ 5.4 5.4 8.9 3.6 5.6 8.8 5.6
5.2 5.6 5.1 3.4 3.6 1.9 -7.3 -7.3 3.4 4.3 6.8 6.2 3
-0.6 0.3 2.1 4.4 4.7 5.8 5.2 -0.6 3.4 4.4 3 4.5 4.9
6.4 5 5.3 7.1 3.8 0.9
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