Philippines as one of the member countries of ASEAN

1. Philippines
in the ASEAN

2. Demographic Profile
• Population:
103,775,002 (July 2011 est.)
• Population growth rate:
1.873% (2011 est.)
• Birth rate:
24.98 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
• Death rate:
4.98 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)

3. Demographic Profile
• Life expectancy at Birth:
total population: 71.94 years
male: 68.99 years
female: 75.03 years (2011 est.)
• Fertility rate:
3.15 children born/woman (2011 est.)

4. Demographic Profile
• Infant mortality rate:
total: 18.75 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 21.21 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 16.18 deaths/1,000 live births
(2011 est.)
• Net migration rate:
-1.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011
est.)

5. Demographic Profile
• Language:
Official languages: Filipino, English
• Religion:
Christians - more than 90% of the
population
Muslim - Between 5 and 10% of the
population

6. Economic Profile
• GDP: $227.584 billion nominal(2012)
$411.903 billion PPP (2012)
• GDP growth rate:
7.1% (3rd Quarter of 2012)
• GDP per capita:
$2,328 (2012) (nominal)
$4,214 (2012) (PPP)

7. Economic Profile
• GDP composition by sector:
agriculture: 12.8%
industry: 31.5%
services: 55.7% (2012 est.)
• Inflation rate:
2.8% (November 2012)
• Debt - external: $62.41 billion (31 December
2011 est.)

8. Economic Profile
• Unemployment rate: 6.8% (October 2012)
• Labor force: 59.81 million (2011 est.)
• Labor force by occupation:
agriculture: 33%
industry: 15%
services: 52% (2010 est.)
• Population below poverty line:
32.9% (2006 est.)

9. Economic Profile
• Exports: $54.17 billion (2011 est.)
commodities: semiconductors and electronic
products, transport equipment, garments,
copper products, petroleum products, coconut
oil, fruits
partners: China 19%, United States 13.4%,
Singapore 13.2%, Japan 12.8%, Hong
Kong 7.6%, Germany 4.2%, South Korea 4.1%
(2010)

10. Economic Profile
• Imports: $68.84 billion (2011 est.)
commodities: electronic products, mineral
fuels, machinery and transport equipment,
iron and steel, textile fabrics, grains,
chemicals, plastic
partners: Japan 14.1%, China 13.6%, United
States 9.9%, Singapore 9.3%, Thailand 6.5%,
South Korea 5.6%,Indonesia 4.1% (2010)

11. 4 Sectors of the Economy
• Agriculture
• Energy
• Service
• Transportation

12. Agriculture
• made up of 4 sub-sectors: farming, fisheries,
livestock, and forestry
• Agriculture grew by 1.93% during the first nine
(9) months of 2012
• On the average, farmgate prices declined by
2.11% during the period
• Majority of Philippine farms remains basically
engaged in smallhold agriculture

13. Agriculture
• Crops subsector - average price cut of 4.78%
• Livestock subsector - average price down by
2.17%
• Poultry subsector - up by 0.19%
• Fisheries subsector - average price increase of
5.82%

14. Emerging Trends
• Markets, not production, increasingly drives
agricultural development
• Former R&D clients are now becoming
important partners
• Development potential of the agricultural
sector in the international arena
• New fields of science such as biotechnology,
value chain, indigenous knowledge systems
are greatly influencing agriculture

15. Concerns and Challenges
• the rampant conversion of agricultural land
into golf courses, residential subdivisions, and
industrial parks or resorts
• continued reliance on chemical-based
fertilizers or pesticides
• Typhoons and El Niño
• Inadequate resources for funding the
construction of efficient irrigation systems

16. Energy
• Electricity production: 59.19 billion kWh (2009
est.)
• Electricity production by source:
fossil fuel: 55.6%
hydro: 17.5%
nuclear: 0%
other: 26.9% (2001)
• Electricity consumption: 54.4 billion kWh
(2009 est.)

17. Energy
• Exports: $54.17 billion (2011 est.)
$50.68 billion (2010 est.)
• Commodities: semiconductors and electronic
products, transport equipment, garments,
copper products, petroleum products,
coconut oil, fruits
• Partners: China 19%, US 13.4%, Singapore
13.2%, Japan 12.8%, Hong Kong 7.6%,
Germany 4.2%, South Korea 4.1% (2009 est.)

18. Energy
• Imports: $68.84 billion (2011 est.)
$61.07 billion (2010 est.)
• Commodities: electronic products, mineral
fuels, machinery and transport equipment,
iron and steel, textile fabrics, grains,
chemicals, plastic
• Partners: Japan 14.1%, China 13.6%, US 9.9%,
Singapore 9.3%, Thailand 6.5%, South Korea
5.6%, Indonesia 4.1% (2009 est.)

19. Service
Subsectors
• Transport, Communications and Storage - 10.0%
• Finance - 9.0%
• Private Services - 7.1%
• Government Services - 3.9%
• Real Estate - 3.2%

20. Service
• The Philippine economy is considered a service
economy with a contribution to GDP of
55.7%(2011)
• Services had an annual average employment
growth of 2.2 percent over the years 2002 to
2005
• Real estate had the largest growth (8.3 percent)
• Wholesale and Retail Trade – biggest employer
(38.3 percent)

21. Service
• Services trade has overtaken trade in goods in
economic importance.
• As of December 2010 the Philippines has
surpassed India as the world leader
in business process outsourcing
• Majority of the top ten BPO firms of
the United States operate in the Philippines

22. Service
• BPO facilities are located mainly in Metro
Manila and Cebu City although other regional
areas such as Baguio, Bacolod, Cagayan de
Oro, Clark Freeport Zone, Dagupan, Davao
City, Legazpi, Dumaguete, Lipa, Iloilo City,
and CamSur
• Call center services – major source of
employment

23. Service
• In 2011, the business process outsourcing
industry in the Philippines generated 700
thousand jobs and some US$11 billion in
revenue
• By 2016, the industry is projected to reach
US$27.4 billion in revenue with employment
generation to almost double at 1.3 million
workers

24. Transport
WATER TRANSPORT
Waterways
• Length of waterways total: 3,219 km (CIA
World Factbook, 2008)
• 178 million metric tons of cargo throughput
recorded by the Philippine Ports Authority
(PPA) in 2011

25. Transport
LAND TRANSPORT
Roads
• Length of roads total: 199,000 km (ILO, 2006)
• Length of roads paved: 21,677 km (CIA World
Factbook, 2008)
• Length of roads unpaved: 180,233 km (CIA
World Factbook, 2008)

26. Transport
RAIL TRANSPORT
Railways
• Length of railways total: 897 km (CIA World
Factbook, 2008)

27. Transport
• Building of paved roads needs fast-tracking
from the existing 25,916 kilometers in 2011 to
31,242 kilometers in 2016. This will require
spending annually for 1065 kilometers of
paved roads from now to 2016.
• The National Government Budget for 2012
only allocates 1.91% of the government
budget for the Department of Transportation
and Communication

28. The Economy of the Philippines
• 43rd largest in the world, according to
2011 World Bank statistics
By 2050:
• 16th largest economy in the world
• 5th largest economy in Asia; and
• the largest economy in the South East
Asian region

29. Challenges in the Economy
• slowdown in China's economy
• the continuing euro zone problem
• higher oil prices

30. Contribution of
the Philippines
to the ASEAN

31. The ASEAN Foundation Project
Fund
• In 2009, the Government of the Philippines
contributed US$ 100,000 to the endowment
fund of the ASEAN Foundation, the first and
only ASEAN country to do so under the second
round of voluntary contribution to the
endowment fund of the ASEAN Foundation

32. Accreditation Scheme for Information
Certifiers of E-signatures
• pursuant to Republic Act (R. A.) 8792 or the
Electronic Commerce Act of 2000, The Bureau
of Product Standards of the Department of
Trade and Industry (BPS-DTI), lays the
groundwork on the Accreditation Scheme for
Information Certifiers of Electronic Signatures

33. • This aims to “encourage and promote the
development of electronic commerce in the
Philippines; enhance the country’s
competitiveness in the new economy”; and
most importantly, “protect the consumer
through efficiency and transparency in
commercial transactions”.

34. The Philippines as the first ASEAN
Culture Capital for 2010 and 2011
• It is the first country given this distinction in
the 10-member association
• Pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No.
1262, March 21-27 every year is observed as
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and
Cultural Organization and International
Theater Institute (UNESCO-ITI) World Theater
Week in the Philippines

35. Fourth ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on
Youth
• Manila Declaration on strengthening
participation in sustainable youth
employment
• The Philippines is one of the participants of
the meeting held at Manila on September 3-4,
2003