The population 15 years old and over in January 2012 was estimated at 62.7 million wherein approximately 40.2 million persons were reported to be in the labor force, that is, either employed or unemployed (Table 1 and Table 3). These figures placed…

Based on the 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH), the province of Batangas posted a total population of 2,377,395 persons as of May 1, 2010. This is larger by 472,047 persons compared to its total population of 1,905,348 persons counted in…

The level of urbanization in 2010 or the proportion of urban population to the total population was 45.3 percent. This means that of the 92.3 million population in the Philippines in 2010, 41.9 million lived in areas classified as urban (Table A).…

Based on the 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH), the province of Pangasinan posted a total population of 2,779,862 persons as of May 1, 2010. This is larger by 345,776 persons compared to its total population of 2,434,086 persons counted in…

Based on the 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH), the province of La Union posted a total population of 741,906 persons as of May 1, 2010. This is larger by 83,961 persons compared to its total population of 657,945 persons counted in the…

Based on the 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH), the province of Ilocos Sur posted a total population of 658,587 persons as of May 1, 2010. This is larger by 64,381 persons compared to its total population of 594,206 persons counted in the…

Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for the manufacturing industry decreased to 8.5 percent in April 2013 from negative 9.4 percent in March 2013, compared with the year ago level, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Producer Price…

The number of persons in the labor force, or those who are either employed or unemployed, was estimated at 40.6 million out of the estimated 62.8 million population 15 years old and over in April 2012. This translates into a labor force…

The Philippines’ year-on-year headline inflation remained at its previous month’s rate of 2.6 percent. This can be attributed to the mixed movements in the annual growths among the commodity groups. The indices for food and non-alcoholic beverages…

At the national level, the seasonally adjusted CPI for all items moved up by 0.3 percent in May from a zero growth in April.