The Producer Price Index for manufacturing remained at downtrend with an annual rate of -2.4 percent in December 2020.

The Philippine Gross Domestic Product (GDP) posted a growth rate of -8.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2020, resulting in the -9.5 percent full-year growth rate for 2020.

The industry section on education (Section P) includes six industry group covering the activities of education at any level or for any profession, oral or written, as well as by radio and television or other means of communication. It includes…

The industry section on human health and social work activities (Section Q) includes industry groups covering the activities on the provision of health care by trained medical professionals in hospitals and other facilities and social work…

The industry section on Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (Section R) includes five industry groups covering the activities to meet varied cultural, entertainment and recreational interests of the general public, including live performances,…

In the fourth quarter of 2020, the value of agricultural production at constant 2018 prices decreased by -3.8 percent. Production declines were noted for crops, livestock, poultry, and fisheries.

The country’s total external trade in goods in December 2020, which amounted to USD 13.66 billion, dropped at an annual rate of -5.6 percent. This was slower than the annual decrease in the previous month at -9.9 percent. In December 2019, the…

The third quarter 2020 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate was revised upward at -11.4 percent. Major contributors to the revision were Real Estate and Ownership of Dwellings, from -22.5 percent to -19.4 percent; Education, from -21.4 percent…

In 2019, a total of 1,673,923 live births were registered, which is equivalent to a crude birth rate (CBR) of 15.6 or 16 births per thousand population. The number of registered live births showed a generally decreasing trend, noticeably from 2013…

In 2020, the total volume of fisheries production was estimated at 4,403.71 thousand metric tons was reduced by -0.3 percent from the previous year’s record of 4,415.00 thousand metric tons.