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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 February 2025. Economy of Philippines Metro Manila, the economic center of the Philippines Currency Philippine peso (sign: ₱; code: PHP) Fiscal year Calendar year Trade organizations ADB, AIIB, AFTA, APEC, ASEAN, EAS, G-24, RCEP, WTO and others Country group Developing/Emerging Lower-middle income ...
The figures are from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) World Economic Outlook Database, unless otherwise specified. [ 1 ] This list is not to be confused with the list of countries by real GDP per capita growth , which is the percentage change of GDP per person taking into account the changing population of the country .
The Philippine economy is the world's 34th largest, with an estimated 2023 nominal gross domestic product of US$435.7 billion. [13] As a newly industrialized country, [375] [376] the Philippine economy has been transitioning from an agricultural base to one with more emphasis on services and manufacturing.
Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such as the American Community Survey . [ 1 ]
This is a list of regions and highly urbanized cities of the Philippines by GDP and GDP per capita according to the data by the Philippine Statistics Authority. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Data for 2023 estimates (international US$ using 2023 PPP conversion factor from the International Monetary Fund ).
The economy of the Philippines is an emerging market, and considered as a newly industrialized country in the Asia-Pacific region. In 2024, the Philippine economy is estimated to be at ₱26.55 trillion ($471.5 billion), making it the world's 32nd largest by nominal GDP and 13th largest in Asia according to the International Monetary Fund .
On the second quarter of 2020, the Philippine economy went into a recession for the first time in 29 years, where it shrank by 16.5%, which was one of the biggest falls in the Southeast Asian region. GDP fell by 9%. Seasonally adjusted GDP fell by 15.2 percent in the second quarter from the first three months of the year. [46]
In 1974—two years after Marcos' proclamation of martial law—the Philippine government came up with the Labor Code of the Philippines (Presidential Decree 442, series 1974), which included Filipino migrant workers in its scope. The decree formally established a recruitment and placement program "to ensure the careful selection of Filipino ...