GENERAL ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF THE PROVINCE

  
Table 2.1 AVERAGE FAMILY INCOME  Expenditures and Savings, (1994 and 1997)
Province of Zamboanga del Norte
INDICATORS 1997 1994 % INC.(DEC.)
(1994 - 1997)
       
Total No. of Families           159,851        146,814                8.88
Average Income                  (P)             73,448          59,958              22.50
Average Expenditures        (P)             61,875          50,510              22.50
Average Savings                 (P)             11,573            9,448              22.49
       
Source of  Basic Data :  NSO, Dipolog City
Table 2.1  LABOR FORCE AND EMPLOYMENT RATE, BY PROVINCE, 1999
Region IX - Western Mindanao
CATEGORY BASILAN Zamboanga Zamboanga Zamboanga
del Norte del Sur City
         
Total 15 years old and over           194,000        543,000              1,177                      343
LFPR 51.50 67.80 62.70 54.00
Employment 96.80 92.80 94.60 93.30
Unemployment Rate 3.20 7.20 5.40 6.70
Visible Underemployment Rate 4.00 14.90 14.00 -
         
Source of Basic Data : Integrated Survey of Households (ISH) NSO, Dipolog City
Table 2.2  EMPLOYMENT STATUS, 1998-2000
Province of Zamboanga del Norte
YEAR TOTAL POPULATION EMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED
IN THE LABOR FORCE
         
1998 297,230 265,426 31,804
%     89.30 10.70
         
1999 305,050 280,036 25,014
%     91.80 8.20
         
2000 313,099 290,556 22,543
%     92.80 7.20
         
Source :  National Statistics Office, Dipolog City
Table 2.3  CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, Monthly, 1997 - 2000
Province of Zamboanga del Norte
MONTHS 1997 1998 1999 2000
         
January 213.7 131.4 152.9 161.1
February 212.8 134.4 152.4 162.0
March 214.9 134.7 153.7 161.6
April 218.5 133.4 152.4 161.2
May 217.4 133.7 152.0 161.4
June 214.4 135.2 155.0 162.0
July 218.6 135.9 155.9 162.2
August 223.8 140.5 156.2 162.7
September 224.9 148.5 158.2 164.6
October 224.2 148.7 n.d. n.d.
November 232 150.2 n.d. n.d.
December 234.9 151.6 n.d. n.d.
         
Total Average 220.8 139.9 154.3 162.1
         
Note : No data available yet for October - December 1999
Source of Basic Data :  National Statistics Office, Dipolog City