The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) today release its 2021 Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) Accomplishment Report, highlighting the agency’s extensive preparation for the first ever synchronized nationwide conduct of CBMS.

The country’s total external trade in goods increased to USD 106.87 billion in the first semester of 2022, from USD 89.90 billion in the same semester of 2021. This indicates an annual increase of 18.9 percent in the first semester of 2022. In the…

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) announces the conduct of the Press Conference on the October 2022 Inflation Report, which will be held on 04 November 2022 (Friday) at 9:00 AM. Media personnel can attend either onsite at the Media Room,…

Based on standing crop as of 01 August 2022, the estimated palay and corn production in the period July to September 2022 may increase from its level in the same period of 2021.

The digital economy in 2021 amounted to PhP 1.87 trillion, contributing 9.6 percent to the country’s economy or to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This represents an increase of 7.8 percent from the PhP 1.73 trillion recorded in 2020. (Tables 1, 2…

The country’s total agricultural trade in the second quarter of 2022, which amounted to USD 6.95 billion, grew at an annual rate of 25.0 percent. In the first quarter of 2022, the total agricultural trade recorded an annual increment of 30.9 percent…

In 2021, biological disasters posted the highest number of deaths at 57,544 or 99.1 percent of the 58,082 total number of deaths due to natural extreme events and disasters. Most of the deaths recorded were due to the Coronavirus disease (Covid-19…

The top three causes of death in the country from January to July of 2022 were ischaemic heart diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, and neoplasms. Incidentally, these were also the leading causes of death in the same period in 2021. From January to…

The data on the number of births, marriages, and deaths (vital events) presented in this regular monthly release were obtained from the vital events registered, either timely or belatedly, at the appropriate Office of the City/Municipal Civil…

Persons with functional difficulty posted at 8.7 percent 1. Of the 97.60 million household population five years old and over, nearly nine in every 100 persons (8.7%) had at least one domain of functional difficulty, that is, any of the six…