Country Statistical Information
Philippines

Basic Country Information
Region	EAP	Population (in million)	90.3
Lending Category	IBRD	GNI per capita ($US)	1890

2009 Statistical Capacity Indicator (on a scale of 0-100)
Indicator	Philippines	All Countries**
Overall	86	65
Methodology	80	56
Source Data	100	63
Periodicity & Timeliness	78	77
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Statistical System Information
Legal/Strategic Framework	Statistical Law	Commonwealth Act No. 591, enacted on August 19, 1940
	NSDS/Statistical Master Plan	Philippine Statistical Development Program (1999-2004); NSO Five-Year Development Program (2002-2006)
	NSDS Status	Being designed
Statistical Practice	National accounts methodology	SNA68
	National accounts base year	1985
	Balance of payments manual in use	BPM5
	External debt reporting status	Actual
	Govt finance accounting concept	Budgetary
	CPI base year	2000
	SDDS/GDDS subscription	SDDS
Data Collection	Population census(es) (since 1995)	2007 - Census of Population 2000 - Population and Housing Census 1995 - Population and Housing Census
	Vital registration system coverage	Complete
	Agricultural census(es) (since 1995)	-
	Household survey(s) (since 1995)	2007 - Labour Force Survey (Quarterly) 2007 - Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 3 2007 - Rapid Health Facility Assessment 2006 - Family Income and Expenditure Survey 2006 - Labour Force Survey (Quarterly) 2005 - Labour Force Survey (Quarterly) 2004 - Annual Poverty Indicators Survey 2004 - Labour Force Survey (Quarterly) 2003 - Philippines Family Income and Expenditure Survey 2003 - Demographic and Health Survey 2003 - Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2003 - Labour Force Survey (Quarterly) 2002 - Agricultural Census 2002 - Annual Poverty Indicators Survey 2002 - Labour Force Survey (Quarterly) 2002 - World Health Survey 2001 - Labour Force Survey (Quarterly) 2000 - Family Income and Expenditure Survey 2000 - Family Planning Survey 2000 - Labour Force Survey (Quarterly) 1999 - Annual Poverty Indicators Survey 1999 - Family Planning Survey 1999 - Labour Force Survey (Quarterly) 1999 - Maternal and Child Health Survey 1999 - Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 1998 - Annual Poverty Indicator Survey (APIS) 1998 - Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - Enterprise Labour Flexibility Surveys 1998 - Labour Force Survey (Quarterly) 1998 - National Nutrition Survey 1997 - Family Income and Expenditure Survey 1997 - Family Planning Survey 1997 - Labour Force Survey (Quarterly) 1996 - Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 1996 - Updating of Nutritional Status of Filipino Children at the Provincial Level 1995 - Family Planning Survey 1995 - Survey of Children 5 - 17 Years Old
World Bank Statistical Projects	STATCAP	-
	IBRD/IDA (Non STATCAP)	National Program Support for Environment and Natural Resources Management Project
	TFSCB	Improving the Quality and Usefulness of the Philippine System of National Accounts Statistical Capacity Building in the Rural Sector Strengthening Statistical Capacity in Priority Sectors Strengthening Statistical Capacity in the Philippines with National Statistical Coordination Board
Statistical agencies/ publications	CSO	National Statistical Cooperation Board Midland Buendia Bldg., 403 Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue Makati City Philippines Phone (632) 895-2767 Fax (632) 890-8456 Email info@nscb.gov.ph Web http://www.nscb.gov.ph National Statistics Office Solicarel Building Ramon Magsaysay Boulevard Sta. Mesa, Manila 1008 P. O. Box 779 Manila Philippines Web http://www.census.gov.ph/
Statistical agencies/ publications	Statistical publications	Catalog and online publications are available at CSOs website
Relevant documents	PRSP	-
	CAS	2005, Progress Report (2007)
	DQAF/ROSC Report (IMF)	2004
	Article IV Staff Report (IMF)	2006
	MDG report (UNDP)	2003
Other		CSOs history, activity and organizational chart are available from CSOs website.

** All countries include low- and middle-income IDA/IBRD countries with a population of over 1 million.