Agricultural Land Area
arable land:
permanent cropland:
permanent meadows/pastures:
forest land:
other lands:
9.671 million hectares (2002 CAF)
4.936 million hectares
4.225 million hectares
0.129 million hectares
0.074 million hectares
0.307 million hectares
About 32 percent of the country's total land area
constitute the agricultural land. Of this, 51% and 44% were arable and
permanent croplands, respectively.
People
Population:
88.57 million persons (2007 Census)
76.50 million persons
(2000 Census)
68.62 million persons (1995 Census)
60.70 million persons
(1990 Census)
Population Density:
296 persons per square kilometer (2007)
Population increase was lowest for the census years 2000 to 2007 at 2.04
percent.
Economy
GNP (at current prices):
(at constant prices):
P 8,250 billion
P 1,588 billion
GDP (at current prices):
(at constant prices):
Share of agriculture in GDP:
P 7,423 billion
P 1,419 billion
18%
GVA in agriculture and fishery:
(at current prices):
(at constant prices):
by sub-sector:
At constant prices, the agriculture and fishery sector had
3.23 percent gain
in 2008. Average annual rate of increase was 3.98 percent over the period
2006 to 2008.
Agricultural Employment
Total employment :
34.09 million persons
Agricultural employment :
Share of agriculture:
12.03 million persons
35%
Agricultural wage rates per day:
Nominal: P 187.94
Real: P 121.25
In 2008, there were 12.03 million persons employed in
the agriculture sector and about three-fourths were male workers.
External Trade
Value of total agricultural exports:
% agriculture in total exports:
Top agricultural exports:
P 173 billion f.o.b.
7.9%
coconut oil (27%), banana fresh (10%),tuna (10%), pineapple and products (7%)
Major Markets
coconut oil:
banana fresh:
tuna:
USA (43%), Netherlands (33%)
France (54%), Japan (17%)
USA (28%), Germany (16%)
Value of total agricultural imports:
% agriculture in total imports:
Top agricultural imports:
P 342 billion c.i.f.
13.5%
rice (25%),wheat and meslin (9%) ,milk and cream and products (8%)
Major suppliers:
rice:
wheat and meslin:
milk and cream and products:
Vietnam (66%)
USA (83%)
New Zealand (45%), USA(26%)
Agricultural trade deficit:
P 169 billion
During the three year period, the annual increases in the expenditures for
agricultural imports were higher than the earnings from agricultural
exports.
Prices
Producer price index in agriculture:
Consumer
price index:
161.9
All items: 155.0
Food, beverages and tobacco:152.3
Food: 153.3
Non-food : 157.6
Headline inflation rate:
All items 9.3%
Rice 29.2%, Corn 23.2%, Eggs 6.9%
Dairy Products 12.8%, Fish 9.1%, Fruits and
Vegetables 11.7%, Meat 8.9%
From 2006, the annual inflation rates slowed down in
2007 but moved up in 2008. In this year, the price change for all items
averaged 9.3 percent. For food alone, this was 13.6 percent
Philippines' Department of Agriculture BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS Ben-Lor Bldg., 1184 Quezon Avenue Quezon City, Philippines Tel No. (632)3712048
