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How much did each region contribute to the Philippine economy in 2025?

GROWTH in Metro Manila’s economic output slowed to a five-year low of 4.4% in 2025, dragged down by the flood control scandal and severe weather effects, the Philippine Statistics...

Philippines ranks 78th in Best Countries list

The Philippines ranked 78th out of 100 countries with an overall score of 46.2 out of possible 100 in the latest annual Best Countries rankings by US News & World Report. Movin...

March jobless rate reaches 5%

THE Philippine unemployment rate in March rose to 5%, as the number of jobless Filipinos jumped to 2.58 million amid the oil crisis, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said....

Philippines leaps in risk and resilience index

The Philippines climbed 40 spots to 74th out of 150 countries with a score of 60.35 in the latest update of the Global Investment Risk and Resilience Index (GIRRI) by Henley &...

6,700 Filipinos return from Middle East

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has repatriated 6,706 nationals from several Middle Eastern posts as of Friday amid ongoing regional tensions, the Department of Migrant Worke...

Malaysia’s population rises to 34.4m in Q1 2026, DOSM says growth slows to 0.5pc as ageing trend accelerates

PUTRAJAYA, May 14 — Malaysia’s total population was estimated at 34.4 million in the first quarter of this y...

UNESCO: More young Filipinos п¬Ѓnish college than the previous generation

About 34.6% of Filipinos aged 25-34 were able to п¬Ѓnish college, according to the latest data from the Global Education Monitoring Report published by the United Nations Education...

PSA: 2.58 million Filipinos jobless in March

THE Philippine unemployment rate in March rose to 5%, as the number of jobless Filipinos jumped to 2.58 million amid the oil crisis, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said.

Record-low fertility rate puts Philippines’ growth window at risk

THE PHILIPPINES must act fast to harness its demographic dividend and reach high-income status, analysts said, as a record-low fertility rate raises the risk of falling into the “a...

Qatar Population Hits 3.37 mn in March 2026

Qatar’s population reached 3,370,611 in March 2026, according to the latest figures released by the National Planning Council, reflecting a 5.6% increase compared to the same perio...

How miserable is the Philippines compared to its neighbors in 2025?

The Philippines ranked 131st out of 178 countries in the 2025 edition of the Hanke’s Annual Misery Index (HAMI) by Johns Hopkins University economics professor Steve H. Hanke. The...

PHL workforce second-happiest in Asia-Pacific

ABOUT 77% of Philippine employees consider themselves on the happy scale in their respective workplaces, making the country’s workforce the second-happiest in the Asia-Pacific, acc...

Philippines’ labor productivity eases in Q1

Labor productivity in the Philippines picked up by 2.2% year on year to P115,281 in the п¬Ѓrst three months of 2026. This was slower than the 4.2% growth recorded a year ago, and t...

How much did each region’s economy grow in 2025?

GROWTH in Metro Manila’s economic output slowed to a five-year low of 4.4% in 2025, dragged down by the flood control scandal and severe weather effects, the Philippine Statistics...

Philippines Q1 GDP up 2.8% on year, lower than expected

Philippine factory output expands 7.8% in March

MANUFACTURING output growth accelerated to a more than two-year high in March, as manufacturers began bracing for the economic fallout of the Middle East crisis, the Philippine Sta...

Philippines inches up in global state and governance ranking

The Philippines rose one spot to 58th out of 137 countries in the Status Index and also climbed a notch to 82nd in the Governance Index in the latest edition of the biennial Bertel...

Philippines gross foreign reserves at $107.5 billion at end-March

MANILA — The Philippines’ gross foreign reserves PHFXR=ECI dropped to $107.5 billion at the end of March, from the revised $113.3 billion a month earlier, the central bank said on...

Philippines’ digital evolution ranking improves

The Philippines’ ranking improved in the latest edition of the Digital Evolution Index by Digital Planet, a research program under The Fletcher School at Tufts University. With a s...

Philippines' jobless rate eased to 5.1% in February

MANILA, Philippines – The country’s labor market saw modest relief in February after the unemployment rate eased from the pandemic-era high recorded in the previous month, the Phil...

Financial account ownership among Filipinos at 50% — BSP

HALF of Filipino adults had formal financial accounts in 2025, with gains recorded among the youth and women, a Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) survey showed. According to the BS...

Population may hit 390m by 2050

Around 256 million, more than current inhabitants, will be seeking jobs

Philippines lands 34th in Resilient Food Systems Index

The Philippines placed 34th out of 60 countries in the inaugural Resilient Food Systems Index (RFSI) by the Economist Impact, scoring 63.82 out of 100 — below both the Asia-Paciп...

Nearly 1 in 5 Filipino jobs now tied to digital economy

MANILA – The digital economy accounted for 9.8 percent of the Philippine economy in 2025, according to data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The sector genera...