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The Philippines - Key Indicators
[Indicators are for year 2019 unless otherwise stated]
Economic Indicators
GDP (PPP current int'l $): 1,003 bn
GDP growth rate: 6.0%
GDP per capita (PPP current int'l $): 8,908
GDP per capita (current US$): 3,485
Unemployment (ILO estimate): 2.2%
Population below poverty line (2017):
21.6%
Ease of Doing Business ranking: 95th (out
of 190)
Procedures to register a business: 13
Cost of business start-up procedures (%
of GNI per capita): 23.3%
Mobile subscriptions / 100
inhabitants: 155
Internet users as % of population: 43%
Broadband subscriptions / 100
inhabitants: 3.87
Demographic Indicators
Population (2020 est.): 109.18m
Population growth rate (2020 est.): 1.52%
Languages: Filipino (based on Tagalog),
English
Urban population: 50.98m (47% of total)
Philippines age breakdown (2019)
Percentage
35%
30.48%
30%
27.53%
19.98%
13.68%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
0-14
15-29
30-44
45-59
60-74
75+
Age (range)
6.66%
1.68%
Healthcare Indicators
INSEAD
Healthcare expenditure as % of GDP
(2017): 4.45%
Healthcare expenditure per capita (2017,
current US$): 132.90 USD
Human Development Index ranking: 106th
(out of 189)
Life expectancy at birth: 70 years
Infant mortality rate: 20 deaths/1,000 live
births
Physician density: 0.6 physicians/1,000
population
Hospital bed density: 1 bed/1,000
population
Private sector share of hospital beds
(2016): 53%
Major causes of death: 1) Heart disease, 2)
Stroke, 3) Lower respiratory infection, 4)
Chronic kidney disease, 5) Tuberculosis
Sources: CIA Factbook, World Bank
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