The country’s total external trade in goods in January 2018 totaled $13.75 billion, posting a positive growth of 7.0 percent from $12.85 billion registered during the same month in 2017.

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) granted clearance to the conduct of the 2017 Annual Survey of Philippine Business Industry (ASPBI) on 26 February 2018. The survey will be conducted from 16 April to 13 July 2018 in about 30,000…

The employment rate in January 2018 was estimated at 94.7 percent. In January 2017, the employment rate was 93.4 percent. Regions with lowest employment rates were National Capital Region (NCR) (92.2%), Ilocos Region (93.3%), and CALABARZON (93.3…

Total number of constructions in the Fourth Quarter of 2017 reached 33,445, according to the preliminary results of construction statistics from approved building permits.

At the national level, the monthly adjustment of the seasonally adjusted CPI for all items moved up at a faster pace of 0.8 percent in February from 0.7 percent in January.

On 21 February 2018, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) clears the conduct of the Impact Evaluation Study on the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in Davao Region. The proponent of the survey is the National Economic and Development…

The Value of Production Index (VaPI) for manufacturing rose to 20.4 percent in January 2018 from 13.7 percent growth inthe same month of the previousyear, based on the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (…

Results of the 2015 Census of Population (POPCEN 2015) revealed that of the country's 24.22 million housing units, 92.57 percent or 22.42 million housing units were occupied by households or household population. This translated into an occupancy…

The country’s year-on-year headline inflation rate picked up by 3.9 percent in February 2018 which was higher than the 3.4 percent growth in January 2018 and 3.1 percent during the same period a year ago.

In support of this year’s upcoming celebration of Women’s Month, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has issued a Factsheet on Women and Men in the Philippines, which focuses on the latest statistical updates on women and men in the country.