PSA Releases 2016 Philippines in Figures in Handy Pocket-Size Booklet

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) released a handy pocket-size booklet which contains more than two hundred indicators of the country’s socio-economic activity.

According to Lisa Grace Bersales, National Statistician and Civil Registrar General,  the data presented in the 2016 Philippine in Figures (PIF) are based on the current three year series which were gathered and researched from the different government agencies concerned and from PSA as well.

Topics often asked by the general public and students, such as population and demographic characteristics; labor and employment; education and literacy; health and welfare; trade and tourism; and developments in other 15 sectors including agriculture, fishery forestry, transportation, communications, banking and finance, energy and water and industries like manufacturing, mining, and quarrying are published in the booklet.

“A short historical background of the country, its government and its latest geographic composition are also incorporated in this issue,” Bersales said.

For interested parties, the soft copy may be obtained from Knowledge Management and Communications Division (KMCD), 5th Floor PSA-CVEA Building, PSA Complex, East Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City with telephone number 4626600 locals 833 and 839.

The hard copy may be secured at PSA Publication Sales Unit (PSU) located at the Ground Floor PSA-CVEA Building, PSA Complex, East Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City with telephone number 4626600 local 839.

The PIF can also be downloaded from the PSA website: http://psa.gov.ph/content/philippines-figures. (PSA/RJB/SDL/PIA-NCR)