September Updates

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 6.5 percent in the second quarter of 2017. This is below the 7.1 percent growth of the same period last year. The fastest-growing sector in second quarter are Mining and quarrying (13.7%) and agriculture and forestry (8.1%) are the fastest-growing sectors in the second quarter of 2017. Growth in manufacturing (7.9%) remains robust. Construction sector has decelerated by almost half the growth in the same period last year.
Source of data: Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)
The latest data on GDP and GNI are now available at Economic and Social Database section of the PIDS website.
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