ECONDEX

Economic and development data for every country, explained with the numbers checked.

Philippines

East Asia & Pacific. Upper middle income. Capital: Manila. Population 116,786,962 (2025).

Key trends

GDP per person (PPP) (constant international $)
4,602 7,613 10,623 1995 2025 10,748
GDP growth (%)
−9.2 −1.0 7.2 1995 2025 4.4
Inflation, consumer prices (% annual)
1.0 5.0 9.1 1995 2025 1.7
Life expectancy at birth (years)
66.4 68.2 70.0 1995 2024 69.9

Indicators

Each country reports for different years, so check the year beside every figure. Rank 1 is the highest value among countries with recent data.

Economy

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
GDP per person (PPP)constant international $ 10,748 2025 +2,292 +3,056 131 of 199
GDP growth% 4.4% 2025 +13.9 pp −1.9 pp 66 of 209
GDP per person growth% 3.6% 2025 +14.1 pp −1.2 pp 64 of 209
GNI per person (Atlas method)current US$ 4,850 2025 +1,500 +1,570 130 of 201
Trade% of GDP 66.8% 2025 +8.6 pp +7.7 pp 117 of 183
Foreign direct investment, net inflows% of GDP 1.7% 2025 −0.2 pp −0.2 pp 118 of 195
Central government debt% of GDP 43.4% 2014 * −9.0 pp −28.2 pp –

Prices and jobs

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Inflation, consumer prices% annual 1.7% 2025 −0.7 pp +1.0 pp 129 of 180
Unemployment (modelled ILO estimate)% of labour force 2.2% 2025 −0.3 pp −0.8 pp 166 of 186

People and health

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Populationpeople 116,786,962 2025 +4,705,698 +11,473,970 14 of 217
Population growth% annual 0.8% 2025 −0.3 pp −0.7 pp 113 of 217
Urban population% of total 55.8% 2025 +1.7 pp +4.6 pp 140 of 217
Life expectancy at birthyears 69.9 2024 +0.3 +0.6 154 of 217
Infant mortalityper 1,000 live births 21.7 2024 −0.9 −0.4 65 of 196
Health spending% of GDP 5.1% 2023 +1.1 pp +0.8 pp 124 of 193

Education

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Adult literacy rate% of people aged 15+ 98.5% 2020 * +0.3 pp +1.4 pp –
Government spending on education% of GDP 4.0% 2025 +0.1 pp +1.1 pp 95 of 171

Access and infrastructure

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Internet users% of population 67.3% 2024 +24.2 pp +32.6 pp 129 of 185
Access to electricity% of population 94.8% 2024 −0.5 pp +5.0 pp 155 of 215

Inequality and poverty

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Gini index (inequality)index, 0 to 100 39.3 2023 −3.0 −7.2 23 of 85
Poverty headcount ratio% of population, at the World Bank international poverty line 5.3% 2023 −3.0 pp −16.0 pp 20 of 85

Environment and energy

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Renewable energy% of final energy consumption 28.0% 2021 −0.6 pp −5.8 pp 85 of 212

* Latest figure is too old to be included in rankings or peer medians.

Advanced metrics

Indicator Own history Versus peers (latest) Growth and catch-up
10-yr meanZ-score Income group medianRegion medianVolatility (σ) 10-yr CAGR% of high-income median10 yrs earlier
GDP per person (PPP) 8,992 +2.1 17,730 13,961 822 +3.4% 22% 17%
GDP growth 4.8% −0.1 3.2% 3.6% 5.1 – – –
GDP per person growth 3.6% 0.0 3.2% 3.4% 5.0 – – –
GNI per person (Atlas method) 3,716 +2.7 7,775 7,690 420 +4.0% 13% 12%
Trade 65.7% +0.2 79.8% 98.8% 5.0 – – –
Foreign direct investment, net inflows 2.4% −1.6 2.4% 2.1% 0.5 – – –
Central government debt 54.8% −1.4 – – 8.1 – – –
Inflation, consumer prices 3.4% −0.9 3.3% 2.1% 1.9 – – –
Unemployment (modelled ILO estimate) 2.6% −0.9 5.5% 3.0% 0.4 – – –
Population 111,031,980 +1.6 6,549,143 1,418,517 3,561,813 +1.0% 3,985% 4,008%
Population growth 1.1% −1.1 0.5% 0.6% 0.3 – – –
Urban population 53.7% +1.5 65.4% 65.4% 1.4 – – –
Life expectancy at birth 69.4 +0.6 74.5 73.0 1.0 – – –
Infant mortality 22.4 −2.6 11.2 13.9 0.2 – – –
Health spending 4.4% +0.9 6.2% 5.9% 0.7 – – –
Government spending on education 3.6% +1.0 4.1% 4.2% 0.4 – – –
Internet users 51.3% +1.0 82.0% 84.6% 16.2 – – –
Access to electricity 94.0% +0.3 100.0% 100.0% 3.0 – – –
Renewable energy 30.4% −0.9 13.8% 11.4% 2.8 – – –

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