Human and Social Statistics

The following table gives some information on human and social statistics in the Philippines.

Basic Literacy Rate (%) [2000]: The percentage of the population that can read and write and understand a simple message in any language or dialect.

Functional Literacy Rate (%) [2000]: The percentage of the population that have not only reading and writing skills but also numeracy skills. The skills must be sufficiently advanced to enable the individual to participate fully and efficiently in activities commonly occurring in his life situation that require a reasonable capability of communicating by written language.

Unemployment Rate (%) [April 2003]: Proportion in percent of the total number of unemployed persons to the total number of persons in the labour force.

Crime Rate (Crimes / 100,000 population) [2006]: The total number of reported crimes per 100,000 population.

Poverty Incidence (%) [2006]: The percentage of the population with per capita annual income less than the per capita poverty threshold/line.

Province	Basic Literacy Rate (%)	Functional Literacy Rate (%)	Unemployment Rate (%)	Crime Rate (Crimes / 100,000 population)	Poverty Incidence (%)
Abra	93.51	90.11	8.2	72	60.7
Agusan del Norte	93.65	88.16	19.8	69	40.0
Agusan del Sur	88.21	71.84	6.1	34	56.2
Aklan	92.35	83.01	9.1	63	52.0
Albay	94.19	82.31	16.5	35	46.2
Antique	91.78	78.45	19.2	46	51.6
Apayao	87.64	70.35	5.3	56	63.1
Aurora	94.54	84.16	18.4	70	36.8
Basilan	72.23	48.08	17.5	62	45.5
Bataan	95.93	88.74	15.1	61	10.5
Batanes	97.39	92.68	2.4	37	†
Batangas	94.38	90.40	13.3	36	30.7
Benguet	91.15	83.89	13.4	120	11.1
Biliran	90.80	79.45	14.9	107	42.2
Bohol	92.42	84.86	13.0	119	46.9
Bukidnon	88.01	83.15	4.8	87	37.2
Bulacan	95.87	90.59	10.3	30	13.4
Cagayan	91.40	86.72	3.0	37	23.1
Camarines Norte	93.00	90.01	8.3	57	49.3
Camarines Sur	93.06	85.97	8.1	38	49.9
Camiguin	96.44	85.90	2.9	59	42.1
Capiz	92.04	76.45	6.9	44	30.2
Catanduanes	94.27	87.01	7.4	78	46.8
Cavite	96.52	92.80	15.6	74	11.2
Cebu	91.45	80.18	14.7	255	28.2
Compostela Valley	88.64	*	*	*	47.1
Cotabato (North Cotabato)	86.69	73.39	6.8	60	34.6
Davao del Norte	92.39	85.49	11.2	94	44.8
Davao del Sur	84.47	74.61	10.0	100	27.4
Davao Oriental	88.94	68.78	9.8	50	48.8
Dinagat Islands	*	*	*	*	*
Eastern Samar	91.79	86.25	5.7	57	51.9
Guimaras	94.97 ¹	83.59	13.6	135	39.6
Ifugao	70.56 ²	51.07	9.2	40	40.3
Ilocos Norte	94.71	84.69	8.5	38	21.2
Ilocos Sur	94.09	83.29	7.8	63	32.6
Iloilo	93.79	83.59	17.6	54	30.4
Isabela	92.06	89.45	15.4	47	30.7
Kalinga	87.69	70.35	8.8	46	51.9
La Union	95.89	87.43	11.7	57	32.6
Laguna	96.22	86.09	16.5	58	13.2
Lanao del Norte	85.04	72.76	12.0	95	52.2
Lanao del Sur	80.12	59.31	11.8	31	58.5
Leyte	91.07	79.45	9.6	70	47.3
Maguindanao	66.27	68.71	8.0	7	64.9
Marinduque	93.94	91.25	10.0	57	50.6
Masbate	87.23	75.21	5.7	25	59.5
Metropolitan Manila	98.80 ²	92.41	17.0	172	10.4
Misamis Occidental	91.99	84.83	9.3	62	56.3
Misamis Oriental	91.68	84.54	14.4	105	37.5
Mountain Province	86.34	81.08	1.9	54	50.4
Negros Occidental	91.21	78.30	10.1	34	42.0
Negros Oriental	86.02	73.82	11.8	63	48.1
Northern Samar	88.33	73.63	10.1	60	61.1
Nueva Ecija	93.47	92.42	7.5	47	37.7
Nueva Vizcaya	91.43	78.20	6.0	46	16.7
Occidental Mindoro	88.33	83.12	16.3	60	57.0
Oriental Mindoro	88.05	91.54	5.6	42	55.1
Palawan	87.52	77.35	17.9	55	49.3
Pampanga	93.94	79.23	9.6	61	10.8
Pangasinan	95.45	87.38	14.4	75	35.0
Quezon	90.89	87.25	11.2	57	47.7
Quirino	91.51	80.14	12.5	54	22.4
Rizal	96.55	89.17	11.0	55	8.9
Romblon	94.65	85.92	8.6	32	51.7
Samar (Western Samar)	85.42	76.41	6.7	62	47.6
Sarangani	80.39	73.63	11.8	67	52.0
Shariff Kabunsuan	*	*	*	*	*
Siquijor	94.67	86.27	5.7	69	21.5
Sorsogon	94.23	79.38	8.0	33	55.3
South Cotabato	89.44	73.63	19.7	80	37.3
Southern Leyte	92.19	86.35	15.7	39	36.0
Sultan Kudarat	83.96	88.24	6.3	91	47.4
Sulu	58.29	57.73	3.8	17	52.2
Surigao del Norte	92.57	81.64	7.4	35	60.2
Surigao del Sur	91.87	82.43	15.2	25	55.1
Tarlac	94.42 ²	82.22	16.7	75	27.6
Tawi-Tawi	73.48	52.67	4.2	11	78.2
Zambales	95.82	81.71	19.5	73	28.9
Zamboanga del Norte	86.32	74.49	8.9	39	67.5
Zamboanga del Sur	86.41	77.23	7.2	96	33.8
Zamboanga Sibugay	*	*	*	*	40.5
Philippines	92.30	83.79	12.2	82	32.9

* New province: see mother province.
† No household was classified as poor in 2006.
¹ 1990 Simple Literacy Rate.
² 1994 Simple Literacy Rate.

Data Sources:

National Statistical Coordination Board: The Philippine Countryside in Figures, 2006 Edition and Poverty Statistics

National Statistics Office: Quickstats

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