At the national level, a kilogram of regular milled rice had an average retail price of PhP 41.47 during the second phase of July 2023 (15 to 17 July 2023).

Based on the results of the 2022 National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS), live births in the two years preceding the survey delivered in a health facility increased from 83 percent in 2017 to 88 percent in 2022.

The top three causes of death in the country from January to December of 2022 were ischaemic heart diseases, neoplasms, and cerebrovascular diseases. The leading causes of death in the same period in 2021 were ischaemic heart diseases,…

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) – Civil Registration Service processes Civil Registry Documents (CRDs_ through Electronic Endorsement (EE). EE is a decentralized, and on-line process of endorsing birth, death, and marriage certificates…

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reaffirmed its commitment to promote financial inclusion through the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) after the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported an increase of 170 percent in the number…

The data on the number of births, marriages, and deaths (vital events) presented in this regular monthly release were obtained from the vital events registered, either timely or belatedly, at the appropriate Office of the City/Municipal Civil…

In the second quarter of 2023, the volume of crops production was recorded at 17,879.44 thousand metric tons. This exhibits an annual decline of -0.9 percent compared with the same period of the previous year at 18,050.56 thousand metric tons. The…

In July 2023, the country’s unemployment rate decreased to 4.8 percent from 5.2 percent in the same month last year.

In July 2023, the country’s total external trade in goods amounted to USD 16.49 billion, which indicates an annual decline of -10.5 percent from its level of USD 18.43 billion in the same period of the previous year.

The VaPI for manufacturing continued to increase at an annual rate of 5.7 percent in July 2023. This was faster compared with its annual growth of 4.2 percent in the previous month. In July 2022, VaPI recorded a double-digit annual increment of 12.1…