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• The Republic of Philippines
  • General Information
    • Introduction
    • Geography
    • Socio-economic Profile
    • Government
    • National Social Welfare System
    • Education Profile
    • Health Profile
    • ICT
  • Statistical Data on Disability Profile
  • Current Situation of Persons with Disabilities
  • The Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 2003-2012
  • Profile of Disability-related Organizations
  • Appendix I
  • Appendix II

1. General Fact Sheet

Figure 1

Government (ii)
Type		Republic
Chief of State Head of Government		President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (since January 2001)
Capital		Manila
Administrative Divisions		79 provinces and 116 chartered cities
Demographics
Mid - 2005 Population (thousands) i	85,237	Age Structure (2005) i
Annual Growth Rate i	2.0%	0 - 14 years	35.0%
Urban Population (2005) i	63.0%	15 - 64 years	61.0%
Nationality	Filipino	Over 65 years	4.0%
Ethnic Group (2000 census) ii		Sex Ratio (2005 est.) ii	1 male(s)/female
Tagalog	28.1%	Unemployment Rate (2004 est.) ii	11.7%
Cebuano	13.1%	Population below poverty line (2001 est.) ii	40.0%
Llocano	9.0%
Bisaya/Binisaya	7.6%
Hiligaynon Ilonggo	7.5%
Bikol	6.0%
Waray	3.4%
Other	25.3%
Education (iii)
Adult Literacy (M) (2002 - 2004 est.)	92.5%	Enrolment Ratios (2002/2003)
Adult Literacy (F) (2002 - 2004 est.)	92.7%	Primary	112.0%
Public expenditure on Education:total government expenditure (2002/03)	17.8%	Secondary	84.0%
		Tertiary	30.0%
		Compulsory	Ages 6-12
Health
Life Expectancy (M) (2005) i	65 years	HIV/AIDS Prevalence (2003 est.) ii	Less Than 0.1%
Life Expectancy (F) (2005) i	71 years	HIV/AIDS Figures (2003 est.) ii	9,000
		Infant Mortality (per 1,000) i	26
Economic (ii)
GDP - per capita (2004 est.)	$ 5,000	Contributions to GDP ( 2004 est.)
GDP Growth (2004 est.)	5.9%	Agriculture	14.8%
Budget (2004 est.)		Industry	31.9%
Revenues	$ 12.22 billion	Services	53.2%
Expenditures	$ 15.84 billion
Disability
Major Legislation		The Magna Cara for Disabled Persons (R.A. 7277)
Disability Prevalence - (2000) iv	1.2%	Disability by Type - (2000) iv
Disability Figure - (2000) iv	942,098	Low vision	37.4%
Disability by Sex (M) iv	50.4%	Oral Defect	5.4%
Disability by Sex (F) iv	49.6%	Partial blindness	8.1%
National Coordination Committee on Disability	The National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons (NCWDP)	Mentally ill	7.1%
		Mentally retarded	7.0%
		Quadriplegic	5.9%
		Hard of hearing	4.7%
		Others	24.2%

Source

1. 2005 ESCAP Population Data Sheet, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
2. CIA-The World Factbook 2005 - Philippines (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/rp.html)
3. UNESCO : Institution for Statistics - education sector (www.uis.unesco.org)
4. Disabled Persons by Type of Disability and Sex (2000 Census), NSO, 2000 Census of Population and Housing