Based on the 2018 National Migration Survey (NMS 2018), about 55 percent of Filipinos age 15 and over have ever moved to or resided in another city/municipality, province, region or country for three months or more since birth.

International labor migration has been a part of Filipino family life. The 2018 National Migration Survey (NMS) found that 12 percent of Filipino households had a member who was or had been an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW).

Remittances are often associated with foreign currency inflows, or the money that Filipinos abroad send to their families in the Philippines. However, remittances are money transfers that can come from both domestic and foreign sources. The 2018…

Results of the first National Migration Survey conducted in the country indicated that NCR and CALABARZON are the top lifetime migrant destination regions in the country, followed by Central Luzon, Davao Region and Central Visayas (Table 1).

The seasonally adjusted palay production in the fourth quarter of 2019 was 4,864 thousand metric tons, higher by 6.1 percent or 281 thousand metric tons than the preceding quarter’s output of 4,583 thousand metric tons. Year on year, this quarter’s…

The Philippine Statistics Authority announces the opening of nominations for the 30th National Statistics Month (NSM) Awards. The NSM Awards System has been instituted since 2002 as a means of providing recognition to participating agencies/…

The year-on-year inflation for the bottom 30% income households at the national level picked up further by 2.6 percent in December 2019. In the previous month, the annual growth rate was observed at 1.7 percent, while in December 2018, it was posted…

Based on the earlier press release issued on 28 March 2018 with reference number 2018-052 under the PSA’s Statistical Survey Review and Clearance System, the results of the 2018 Consumer Finance Survey (CFS) was expected to be released in…

During the fourth quarter of 2019, the renaming of Compostela Valley into Davao de Oro was ratified through a plebiscite held on 07 December 2019. The province was renamed by virtue of Republic Act No. 11297 – “An Act Renaming the Province of…

In the fourth quarter of 2019, agriculture inched up by 0.4 percent. Crops, poultry and fisheries posted increases in production while livestock production contracted.