During the fourth quarter of 2022, Cebu Fringe had the highest vacancy rate of Grade A offices in Cebu in the Philippines. During that quarter, the vacancy of offices in the business district was at 28.8 percent. Cebu is a province in Central Visayas whose capital city, Cebu, is the largest metropolitan area in the country.

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Mandaue City, Philippines metro area from 1950 to 2025. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.

In 2023, one public health nurse was serving 5,863 people in the Philippines. Across regions, CALABARZON accounted for the highest nurse-to-population ratio at 7,963, followed by the Central Luzon Region (Region 3). In contrast, there were 2,547 people for every nurse in CAR.

Philippines Average Family Income: Region VII, Central Visayas data was reported at 239,000.000 PHP in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 209,000.000 PHP for 2012. Philippines Average Family Income: Region VII, Central Visayas data is updated yearly, averaging 110,265.500 PHP from Dec 1988 (Median) to 2015, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 239,000.000 PHP in 2015 and a record low of 27,972.000 PHP in 1988. Philippines Average Family Income: Region VII, Central Visayas data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Philippine Statistics Authority. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Philippines – Table PH.H020: Family Income and Expenditure Survey: Average Annual Income, Expenditure and Saving: By Region.

Abstract

The Labor Force Survey is a nationwide survey of households conducted regularly to gather data on the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the population. It is primarily geared towards the estimation of the levels of employment in the country.

The Labor Force Survey aims to provide a quantitative framework for the preparation of plans and formulation of policies affecting the labor market.

Geographic coverage

National coverage, the sample design has been drawn in such a way that accurate lower level classification would be possible. The 73 provinces, 14 cities of the Philippines are covered.

Analysis unit

• Person/ individual

Universe

The survey covered all persons 10 years old and over. Persons who reside in institutions are not covered.

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

The sampling design of the Labor Force Survey adopts that of the Integrated Survey of Households (ISH), which uses a stratified two-stage sampling design. It is prepared by the NEDA Technical Committee on Survey Design and first implemented in 1984. It is the same sampling design used in the ISH modules starting in 1986.

The urban and rural areas of each province are the principal domains of the survey. In addition, the urban and rural areas of cities with a population of 150,000 or more as of 1980 are also made domains of the survey. These cities are the four cities in Metro Manila (Manila, Quezon City, Pasay and Caloocan); and the cities of Angeles, Olongapo,, Bacolod, Iloilo, Cebu, Zamboanga, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Davao, and Iligan.

The rest of Metro Manila, i.e., Pasig, Makati and the 11 other municipalities, are treated as three separate domains. In the case of Makati, six exclusive villages are identified and samples are selected using a different scheme. These villages are Forbes Park, Bel-Air, Dasmarinas, San Lorenzo, Urdaneta and Magallanes.

Sampling Units and Sampling Frame The primary sampling units (PSUs) under the sample design are the barangays and the households within each sample barangay comprise the secondary sampling units (SSUs). The frame from which the sample barangays are drawn is obtained from the 1980 Census of Population and Housing (CPH). Hence, all the approximately 40,000 barangays covered in the 1980 CPH are part of the primary sampling frame. The sampling frame for the SSUs, that is, the households, is prepared by listing all households in each of the selected sample barangays. The listing operation is conducted regularly in the sample barangays to update the secondary sampling frame from where the sample households are selected.

Sample Size and Sampling Fraction The size of the sample is envisioned to meet the demand for fairly adequate statistics at the domain level. Taking this need into account and considering cost constraints as well, the decision reached is for a national sample of about 20,000 households. In general, the sample design results in self-weighting samples within domains, with a uniform sampling fraction of 1:400 for urban and 1:600 for rural areas. However, special areas are assigned different sampling fractions so as to obtain "adequate" samples for each. Special areas refer to the urban and rural areas of a province or large city which are small relative to their counterparts.

Selection of Samples For the purpose of selecting PSUs, the barangay in each domain are arranged by population size (as of the 1980 Census of Population) in descending order and then grouped into strata of approximately equal sizes. Four independent PSUs are drawn with probability proportional to size with complete replacement.

Secondary sampling units are selected systematiclally with a random start.

Sampling deviation

Replacement of non-responding or transferred sample households is allowed although it is still possible to have non-response cases due to critical peace and order situation or inaccessibility of the selected sample households. If there are unenumerated barangays or sample households, non-response adjustments are utilized.

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

The items of information presented in the April 1991 Quarterly Labor Force Survey questionnaire were derived from a structured questionnaire covering the demographic and economic characteristics of individuals. The demographic characteristics include age, sex, relationship to household head, marital status, and highest grade completed. The economic characteristics include employment status, occupation, industry, nomal working hours, total hours worked, class of worker, etc.

Cleaning operations

Data processing involves two stages: manual processing and machine processing. Manual processing refers to the manual editing and coding of questionnaires. This was done prior to machine processing which entailed code validation, consistency checks as well as tabulation.

Enumeration is a very complex operation and may happen that accomplished questionnaires may have some omissions and implausible or inconsistent entries. Editing is meant to correct these errors.

For purposes of operational convenience, field editing was done. The interviewers were required to review the entries at the end of each interview. Blank items, which were applicable to the respondents, were verified and filled out. Before being transmitted to the regional office, all questionnaires were edited in the field offices.

Coding, the transformation of information from the questionnaire to machine readable form, was likewise done in the field offices.

Machine processing involved all operations that were done with the use of a computer and/or its accessories, that is, from data encoding to tabulation. Coded data are usually in such media as tapes and diskettes. Machine editing is preferred to ensure correctness of encoded information. Except for sample completeness check and verification of geographic identification which are the responsibility of the subject matter division, some imputations and corrections of entries are done mechanically.

Response rate

The response rate for April 1991 LFS was 99.86 percent. The non-response rate of 0.14 percent was due to crticial peace and order situation or inaccessibility of the selected sample or sample households.

Sampling error estimates

Standard Error (SE) and Coefficient of Variation (CV) for the selected variables of the Labor Force Survey (LFS) for April 1991 survey round was computed using the statistical package IMPS. The selected variables referred to include the employment, unemployment and labor force population levels and rates.

A sampling error is usually measured in terms of the standard error for a particular statistic. A standard error is a measure of dispersion of an estimate from the expected value.

The SE can be used to calculate confidence intervals within which the true value for the population can be estimated, while the CV is a measure of relative variability that is commonly used to assess the precision of survey estimates.

The CV is defined as the ratio of the standard error and the estimate. An estimate with CV value of less than 10 percent is considered precise.

In the Philippines' Central Visayas region, the morbidity rate of animal bites per 100,000 population amounted to around 111.2 in 2021. In contrast, the morbidity rate of fever of unknown origin per 100,000 inhabitants was 3.7.

Map shows evacuation centres and affected population. Numbers symbolise camps, colours symbolise population at municipality level.White areas show areas of no data. Please be advised that datasets may not be complete.

In 2023, one doctor of medicine was serving about 25,280 people in the Philippines. Across regions, BARMM accounted for the highest doctor-to-population ratio at 49,400, followed by Region 11 (Davao). In contrast, there were 14,200 people for every doctor in the National Capital Region (NCR).

Cebu Pacific registered a record number of domestic passengers in 2024, in comparison to the previous two years during the global COVID-19 pandemic. In that year, the airline carried about 15 million domestic passengers, indicating an increase from the previous year.

MA013b Map shows number of Evacuation Centres per municipality (top figure) and the population within each evacuation centre (lower figure) for Cebu and Bohol. Percentage of population affected is also shown.Note: data may be incomplete due to access difficulties.

Philippines Number of Teachers: Public: Secondary: Central Visayas data was reported at 15,509.000 Person in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 19,211.000 Person for 2016. Philippines Number of Teachers: Public: Secondary: Central Visayas data is updated yearly, averaging 6,311.000 Person from Mar 1981 (Median) to 2017, with 37 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 19,211.000 Person in 2016 and a record low of 2,069.000 Person in 1986. Philippines Number of Teachers: Public: Secondary: Central Visayas data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Department of Education. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Philippines – Table PH.G030: Education Statistics: Number of Teachers.

The Philippines Foodservice Market is segmented by Foodservice Type (Cafes & Bars, Cloud Kitchen, Full Service Restaurants, Quick Service Restaurants), by Outlet (Chained Outlets, Independent Outlets) and by Location (Leisure, Lodging, Retail, Standalone, Travel). Market Value in USD is presented. Key data points observed include the number of outlets for each foodservice channel; and, average order value in USD by foodservice channel.

In 2023, Quezon was the wealthiest city in the Philippines, with approximately 449 billion Philippine pesos worth of assets. Following by a large margin was Makati City. In that year, the province of Cebu was the wealthiest province in the country.

In 2023, Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) reported having served about 2.51 million international passengers, indicating a significant increase compared to the previous year's total. The volume of international passengers in the Mactan-Cebu airport plummeted in 2020 and 2021 due to the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

For the 2022 national elections, the most vote-rich province in the Philippines was Cebu, with around 3.29 million registered voters. This was followed by Cavite and Pangasinan with 2.3 million and 2.1 million registered voters, respectively.

Tourist arrivals to the Philippines slowly picked up after significant disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021. From roughly 1.48 million tourists in 2020, international visitor numbers rose to around 5.44 million in 2024. Despite the increase, this number remains much lower than the pre-pandemic level. State of inbound tourism in the Philippines  The tourism industry has shown significant improvements in the past three years, with flights returning to normal and tourists reviving their travel interests. Although domestic travelers continue to outnumber inbound ones, the number of international tourists in the Philippines has seen gradual growth recently. In 2023, tourism receipts also slightly surpassed the 2019 values. On average, international tourists in the Philippines stayed for about 11 nights in November 2023, spending less than 8,000 Philippine pesos daily. In 20234, more than a quarter of tourists arriving in the country came from South Korea, followed by those traveling from the United States and Japan. Airlines for international tourists  In 2023, most international passengers who traveled to the Philippines were carried by Philippine Airlines (PAL), which is the country’s flagship airline. The majority of visitors entered the country via Manila, followed by Cebu. Aside from PAL, international tourists also traveled through Cebu Pacific, which is a low-cost airline that offers both domestic and international flights.

In 2024, the total number of hogs in farms in the Philippines amounted to approximately 9.57 million heads, reflecting a decrease from the previous year's inventory. The provinces of Central Luzon, CALABARZON, Western Visayas, and Northern Mindanao were the primary sources of the country's total hog population.

In 2022, Cebu had the highest number of condominium take-up among other provincial residential hubs in the Philippines at 6,900 units. Meanwhile, condo take-up in the province of Davao reached 3,150 units in that year.

The love of meat products by local consumers in the Philippines saw a rise in meat consumption, most specifically for pork meat. By 2023, it was forecasted that pork would be the most consumed type of meat in the Philippines at approximately 15 kilograms per person.

Understanding the meat industry

The leading meat products consumed in the country are chicken and pork based. In 2022, the pork consumption per capita in the Philippines was about 1.53 million tons per person, while 1.74 million tons of poultry meat per capita were consumed per person.

Despite the growing market for the meat industry, a critical virus strain outbreak should be considered by businesses venturing into the meat industry. For hog raisers, swine flu can be a threat to pork production, and salmonella bacteria for chicken meat producers. Compliance with the provisions on food safety is vital. As such, those in the meat shop business must stick to the regulations of the meat inspection code of the Philippines.

Pricing

In situations where animal feeds are in a shortage due to adverse weather conditions, or rising fuel prices halt the deliveries of meat, ripple effects are manifested mainly in pricing. This has been reflected in the gradual increase in the domestic retail price of lean pork meat from hog livestock, which amounted to approximately 312 Philippine pesos per kilogram in 2022.

The province of Cebu topped the ranking of the wealthiest provinces in the Philippines, with assets amounting to approximately 310 billion Philippine pesos in 2023. Following by a large margin were the provinces of Rizal and Camarines Sur.