A total of 38,235 occupational accidents occurred in 2017. These work-related accidents were reported by about 16.3 percent of the total 32,288 establishments employing 20 or more workers in 2017.

Among the total 32,288 establishments employing 20 or more workers covered by the survey in 2017, 98.1 percent had conducted various preventive and control measures/activities to protect workers from unnecessary danger and harm in their workplaces.

There were 28,189 establishments (87.3%) of the total 32,288 establishments employing 20 or more workers in 2017 that are aware of the Employees’ Compensation Program (ECP). The ECP is a government program designed to provide a compensation package…

More than half (54.4%) of the total 32,288 establishments employing 20 or more workers in 2017 implemented various productivity improvement programs (PIPs)

Survey results showed that 6.3 percent (2,039) of establishments with 20 or more workers (32,517) had unions in 2018, a decrease of 0.4 percentage points from the 6.7 percent share in 2016. (Figure 1)

The Food Balance Sheet (FBS), compiled by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), is an aggregated and analytical data set that presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country’s food supply during a specified reference period.

The country’s total external trade in goods in October 2019 amounted to USD15.89 billion, which posted a decrement of 6.7 percent from the USD17.03 billion external trade in the same month of the previous year.  Of the total external trade, USD6.32…

The full year 2018 poverty incidence among population, or the proportion of poor Filipinos whose per capita income is not sufficient to meet their basic food and non-food needs, was estimated at 16.6 percent. This translates to 17.6 million…

The full year 2015 poverty incidence among population, or the proportion of poor Filipinos, was estimated at 23.3 percent (revised from the 21.6 percent released last 27 October, 2016).

The employment rate in October 2019 was estimated at 95.5 percent. In October 2018, the employment rate was 94.9 percent. Seven regions had employment rates lower than the national estimate: Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) (…