INDICATOR REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA

PRICE INDICES ** March 2019 February 2019 March 2018

Consumer Price Index (2012 = 100) 120.5 120.5 116.8

Food, and Non-Alcoholic Beverages 126.4 127.6 121.5

Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco 214.1 208.4 194.7

Clothing and Footwear 109.8 109.2 108.4

Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas & Other Fuels 116.5 116.0 113.3

Furnishings, Household Equipment & Routine Maintenance of the

House 121.7 120.9 119.5

Health 109.0 108.6 107.2

Transport 106.1 102.9 105.0

Communication 100.5 100.5 100.0

Recreation and Culture 110.0 110.0 107.1

Education 114.9 114.9 115.6

Restaurant & Miscellaneous Goods & Services 111.0 111.0 108.5

Inflation Rate 3.2 3.3 4.8

Purchasing Power of the Peso 0.83 0.83 0.86

DOMESTIC TRADE (Quantity in thousand tons; value in P1,000) 4th QTR 2018 3rd QTR 2018 4th QTR 2017

Water Trade

Quantity 387,273 640,025 504,150

Value 20,997,462 24,629,180 28,229,458

Air Trade

Quantity 631 664 463

Value 120,529 118,886 84,686

LABOR and EMPLOYMENT (Source: LFS)6/ Jan 2019P Oct 2018p Jan 2018p

Labor Force (in thousands) 5,519 5,483 5,439

Labor Force Participation Rate 59.6 60.3 62.0

Employment Rate 96.1 94.7 95.1

Unemployment Rate 3.9 5.3 4.9

Underemployment Rate 16.8 12.7 22.9

OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT (Source: SOF)7/ 2018 2017 2016

Total overseas Filipino workers (in thousands) 2,299 2,270 2,240

In percent 8.9 9.7 4.9

CONSTRUCTION (Floor area in square meters; value in P1,000) 4th Qtr 2018 2nd Qtr 2018 4th Qtr 2017

Total (Number) 2,850 2,913 2,946

Total Floor Area 511,532 398,201 667,041

Value 5,886,880 4,016,037 7,198,348

Residential (Number) 2,144 2,156 2,232

Total Floor Area 206,201 215,093 314,445 Value 2,088,517 2,129,856 3,019,920

Non-Residential (Number) 441 487 425 Total Floor Area 303,432 178,650 349,529

Value 3,036,235 1,603,351 3,964,648

Additions (Number) 42 69 64

Total floor area 1,899 4,458 3,067

Value 18,338 42,010 25,004

Alterations/repairs (Number) 223 201 225

Value 743,790 240,820 188,776

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BUSINESS and INDUSTRY (Source: ASPBI) 2016 2015p 2014 NUMBER of ESTABLISHMENTS (Total employment w/ 20 or more workers)

Agriculture & Forestry/Agriculture & Forestry/ Agriculture, Hunting & Forestry/Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing

29 25 268

Mining and Quarrying S S 9

Manufacturing 80 85 163

Electricity, Gas & Water/ Electricity, Gas, & Water Electricity, Gas, Steam, & Air Conditioning Supply

13 14 16

Construction 30 16 29

Wholesale & Retail Trade, Repair of Motor Vehicles & Motorcycles 235 237 438

Hotels & Restaurants/ Accommodation & Food Service Activities 251 229 320

Transportation/ Transport, Storage & Communication/ Transport & Storage 23 19 42

Financial Intermediation/ Financial & Insurance Activities 43 47 46

Real Estate/ Real Estate, Renting, & Business Activities / Real Estate Activities

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Education/ Private Education 124 119 202

Health/ Health & Social Work/ Human Health & Social Work 28 26 38

Other Community, Social & Personal Services/ Other Service Activities 11 10 24

Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management & Remediation Activities 10 12 27

Arts Entertainment and Recreation 15 12 12

Information and Communication 23 21 23

Administrative and Support Activities 35 32 55

Number of Establishments by Industry and Employment Grouping (MSME) in Western Visayas: 2016 List of Establishments (LE)

Industry Number Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing 831

Mining and Quarrying 51

Manufacturing 6,893

Electricity, Gas, Steam & Air Conditioning Supply 97

Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management & Remediation Activities 101

Construction 137

Wholesale & Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles, Motorcycles 24,756

Transportation & Storage 382

Accommodation & Food Service Activities 8,006

Information and Communication 2,002

Financial and Insurance Activities 2,960

Real Estate Activities 429

Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities 988

Administrative and Support Service Activities 893

Education 1,152

Human Health and Social Work Activities 1,627

Art, Entertainment, and Recreation 1,036

Other Service Activities 2,858

TOTAL 55,199

FAMILY INCOME AND EXPENDITURES (Source: FIES) (in thousand pesos, at current prices) 2015 2012 2009

Annual Average Family Income 226 204 159

Annual Average Family Expenditure 176 159 143

Annual Average Family Savings 50 45 16

DEMOGRAPHY (Source: CPH) 2015 20108/ 20078/ 2000 Total Population 4,477,247 7,089,739 6,827,633 6,211,038

Urban - 2,446,1099/ 2,205,5309/ 1,883,766 Rural - 4,636,3299/ 4,638,1139/ 4,327,272 Male 2,271,672 3,597,923 50.9% 50.4% Female 2,205,575 3,491,816 49.1% 49.6% 0 – 14 years 1,792,217 2,271,963 35.4% 36.5% 15 – 64 years 2,830,913 4,399,419 59.0% 58.5% 65 years and over 3,605,821 418,357 5.6% 5.0%

Sex Ratio 103 103 104 102 Population Density (persons per square kilometer) 351 342 329 307

Average Household Size 4.4 4.6 4.9 5.1

Growth Rate 1.2512 1.4111 1.35 1.35

2018 2017 2016 Population Projection (Medium Assumption)1/ 8,029,000 7,919,800 7,811,700

VITAL STATISTICS (Source: Vital Statistics Report) 2017 2016 201514/ 2014 Registered births2/ 104,279 114,774 71,065 119,231

Male 54,417 60,179 36,885 62,174

Female 49,862 54,595 34,180 57,057

Registered marriages2/ 36,143 35,546 21,574 20,475

Registered deaths2/ 50,703 51,256 29,082 49,460

Male 29,043 29,203 16,505 28,356

Female 21,660 22,053 12,577 21,104

Infant deaths .. 1,383 895 1,346

Male .. 775 495 761

Female .. 608 400 585

Fetal deaths13/ .. .. - 429

2010-2015 2005-2010 2000-2005 Crude Birth Rate (per 1,000 population) 1/ 25.4 26.8 27.8 Crude Death Rate (per 1,000 population) 1/ 6.3 6.7 7.4 Crude Rate of Natural Increase (per 1,000 population) 1/ 19.1 20.1 20.5 Total Fertility Rate (number of children per woman) 1/ 3.4 3.6 3.9 Life Expectancy at Birth (in years) 1/

Male 68.0 66.5 64.5 Female 74.2 73.0 71.5

FAMILY PLANNING (Source: 2011 FHS, 2013 and 2017 NDHS) 2017 2013 2011

Modern Method 3/ 39.9 34.3 34.9

Traditional Method 3/ 19.1 21.0 13.2 EDUCATION (Source: FLEMMS) 2013 2008 2003

Basic Literacy Rate (10 years old and over)4/ 95.4 94.5 92.8 Functional Literacy Rate (10 to 64 years old)5/ 84.8 82.6 81.5

LEGEND 1/ -Source: 2010 Census-Based National, Regional and Provincial Population Projections * -Quantity less than 0.5 tons. 2/ -Based on civil registration. Not adjusted for under registration. ** -Includes the province of Negros Occidental. 3/ -Based on currently married women aged 15-49 years. ..- Data Not Available

4/ -Basic reading and writing skills. S –Data suppressed.

5/ -Basic reading, writing, and computational skills. CPBI –Census of Philippine Business and Industry.

6/ -Estimates are preliminary and may change. Figures were estimated using the 2000 Census-based CPH –Census of Population and Housing.

7/ -Source: Survey on Overseas Filipinos. ASPBI –Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry.

8/ -Based on Household Population NDHS –National Demographic and Health Survey. 9/ -Based on Actual Population FHS –Family Health Survey. 10/ -Based on Census of Philippine Business and Industry FPS –Family Planning Survey. 11/ -Based on Population Growth Rate 2000-2010 FLEMMS -Functional Literacy, Education, and Mass Media Survey. 12/ -Based on Population Growth Rate 2010-2015 FIES -Family Income and Expenditure Survey. 13/ -Place of occurrence. LFS –Labor Force Survey. 14/ -Excludes the province of Negros Occidental. VSR –Vital Statistics Report. r/ -Revised. n.a. -not yet available. p/ -Preliminary.

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