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| Introduction - Philippines: | | Location - Philippines: | | People - Philippines: | | Government - Philippines: | | Economy - Philippines: | Economy overview | The Philippines was less severely affected by the Asian financial crisis of 1998 than its neighbors, aided in part by its high level of annual remittances from overseas workers, no sustained runup in asset prices, and more moderate debt, prior to the crisis. From a 0.6% decline in 1998, GDP expanded by 2.4% in 1999, and 4.4% in 2000, but slowed to 3.2% in 2001 in the context of a global economic slowdown, an export slump, and political and security concerns. Average GDP growth accelerated to about 5% between 2002 and 2006 reflecting the continued resilience of the service sector, and improved exports and agricultural output. Nonetheless, it will take a higher, sustained growth path to make appreciable progress in the alleviation of poverty given the Philippines high annual population growth rate and unequal distribution of income. The Philippines also faces higher oil prices, higher interest rates on its dollar borrowings, and higher inflation. Fiscal constraints limit Manilas ability to finance infrastructure and social spending. The Philippines consistently large budget deficit has produced a high debt level, and this situation has forced Manila to spend a large portion of the national government budget on debt service. Large unprofitable public enterprises, especially in the energy sector, contribute to the governments debt because of slow progress on privatization. Credit rating agencies have at times expressed concern about the Philippines ability to service the debt, though central bank reserves appear adequate and large remittance inflows appear stable. The implementation of the expanded Value Added Tax (VAT) in November 2005 boosted confidence in the governments fiscal capacity and helped to strengthen the peso, making it East Asias best performing currency in 2005-06. Investors and credit rating institutions will continue to look for effective implementation of the new VAT and continued improvement in the governments overall fiscal capacity in the coming year. | | Gdp purchasing power parity | $449.8 billion (2006 est.) | | Gdp official exchange rate | $116.9 billion (2006 est.) | | Gdp real growth rate | 5.4% (2006 est.) | | Gdp per capita ppp | $5,000 (2006 est.) | | Gdp composition by sector | agriculture: 14.2%
industry: 32.1%
services: 53.7% (2006 est.) | | Labor force | 35.79 million (2006 est.) | | Labor force by occupation | agriculture: 36%
industry: 15%
services: 49% (2004 est.) | | Unemployment rate | 7.9% (2006 est.) | | Population below poverty line | 40% (2001 est.) | | Household income or consumption by percentage share | lowest 10%: 2.3%
highest 10%: 31.1% (2003) | | Distribution of family income gini index | 46.1 (2003) | | Inflation rate consumer prices | 6.2% (2006 est.) | | Investment gross fixed | 14.6% of GDP (2006 est.) | | Budget | revenues: $19.53 billion
expenditures: $20.74 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.) | | Public debt | 61.6% of GDP (October 2006 est.) | | Agriculture products | sugarcane, coconuts, rice, corn, bananas, cassavas, pineapples, mangoes; pork, eggs, beef; fish | | Industries | electronics assembly, garments, footwear, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, wood products, food processing, petroleum refining, fishing | | Industrial production growth rate | 4.8% (2006 est.) | | Electricity production | 56.57 billion kWh (2005) | | Electricity consumption | 49.75 billion kWh (2005) | | Electricity exports | 0 kWh (2005) | | Electricity imports | 0 kWh (2005) | | Oil production | 25,320 bbl/day (2004 est.) | | Oil consumption | 342,000 bbl/day (2004 est.) | | Oil exports | 34,900 bbl/day (2004) | | Oil imports | 353,700 bbl/day (2004) | | Oil proved reserves | 152 million bbl (31 December 2006) | | Natural gas production | 2.9 billion cu m (2004 est.) | | Natural gas consumption | 2.9 billion cu m (2004 est.) | | Natural gas exports | 0 cu m (2004 est.) | | Natural gas imports | 0 cu m (2004 est.) | | Natural gas proved reserves | 106.8 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) | | Current account balance | $4.9 billion (2006 est.) | | Exports | $47.2 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.) | | Exports commodities | semiconductors and electronic products, transport equipment, garments, copper products, petroleum products, coconut oil, fruits | | Exports partners | China 24.5%, US 15.2%, Japan 12.2%, Singapore 8.3%, Hong Kong 7.6%, Malaysia 4.4%, Netherlands 4% (2006) | | Imports | $51.6 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.) | | Imports commodities | electronic products, mineral fuels, machinery and transport equipment, iron and steel, textile fabrics, grains, chemicals, plastic | | Imports partners | Japan 15.9%, US 13.7%, China 10.1%, Singapore 8.9%, Taiwan 7.2%, Saudi Arabia 4.8%, South Korea 4.7%, Hong Kong 4.6%, Thailand 4.6% (2006) | | Reserves of foreign exchange and gold | $22.97 billion (2006 est.) | | Debt external | $54.06 billion (September 2006 est.) | | Economic aid recipient | ODA, $532.4 million in commitments (2005) | | Currency code | Philippine peso (PHP) | | Exchange rates | Philippine pesos per US dollar - 51.246 (2006), 55.086 (2005), 56.04 (2004), 54.203 (2003), 51.604 (2002) | |
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