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Philippines

The Philippines (officially called the Republic of the Philippines) is an island nation in Southeast Asia.

Content

Main article: Countries of the world

Population

Population

2022:113 million people

Data for September 2022

Migration

2021: Net outflow over 4 years

Son

2018: Average sleep duration 6 hours 37 minutes

2018 data

US military bases

2023: Philippines pinpoints location of four new U.S. military bases

On April 3, 2023, the Philippines identified the location of four new military bases to be accessed USA as part of an expanded defense agreement that analysts say aims to combat. China

The four bases include three on the main island of Luzon, near Taiwan, and one in Palawan Province in the South China Sea.

The new locations, opened as part of the 2014 Expanded Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), will allow the U.S. to rotate troops at nine bases in the Philippines, including the strategically important Balabac Island, located near Chinese facilities in the South China Sea.

Data for April 2023

Economy

GDP

2022

Philippines share of global PPP GDP exceeds 0.71%

Main article: World Economy

Source: Spydell Finance
GDP size forecast - $0.41 trillion
Countries by GDP size in 2022, according to the IMF midyear forecast

2021: GDP size - $0.39 trillion

GDP countries in the world in 2021 according to the estimates of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

National debt

2023: State debt - 58% of GDP

Data for September 2023

Inflation

2024: 3.9% in May

Power

2020: Low per capita energy consumption

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Energy consumption per capita, including electricity, transport heating in 2019-2020

Foreign trade

2024: China is the main export destination

2023: World number 2 rice importer - 3.8 million tonnes

2022: China is the biggest export destination

According to data available for August 2023.

Unemployment

2020: Unemployment rate - 10.4%

Countries around the world in terms of unemployment in 2020

Incomes of the population

2023: Minimum wage - $141

Minimum wage in countries of the world for January 2023

R&D

2020: R&D expenses - $887 million

R&D expenses as of 2020

Banking system

Main article: Central Bank of the Philippines (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas)

Electronic Payment Systems of the Philippines

2020:33% of Internet users prefer cashless payment
Share of respondents preferring cashless payment over cash payment in 2020

Tax system

Philippines introduces 12% additional tax for foreign Internet services

On October 2, 2024, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed a law providing for the introduction of a 12 percent value added tax (VAT) for foreign digital services. We are talking about search engines, online stores, cloud platforms, online media, etc. Read more here.

Investments

2023: Abandonment of Chinese investment in rail construction

A few days after the collision of Chinese and Philippine ships in the disputed water area of ​ ​ the South China Sea in November 2023, the Philippine Department of Transport announced the rejection of Chinese investments in three railway construction projects. In fact, this can be considered the beginning of Manila's withdrawal from the PRC's Belt and Road Initiative.

The main reason for refusal is the lack of progress in the development of logistics. According to the Philippine government, China is not interested in building railways in the country, and therefore Manila needs new sources of funding. However, perhaps the reason lies in another.

When the country entered Belt and Road, the president of the Philippines was Rodrigo Duterte, remembered for deepening relations with the PRC and distancing himself from the United States. An unspoken condition for obtaining Chinese investment was concessions to China in the South China Sea, and the Duterte administration, although not fully, provided them.

By 2023, the situation has changed - under the new President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in the Philippines, they began to actively develop a narrative about the infringement of national interests by China.

The coming of Marcos Jr. to power marked a return to active support for territorial claims, which means the rejection of Chinese investment, although not in all sectors, but what happened will clearly undermine the influence of the PRC in the country.

The main beneficiaries of the measures taken were Britain the United States, which had previously allowed the development of the logistics infrastructure of the Philippines-controlled China, and now switched the implementation of these tasks to other allies, Rybar wrote. Philippine authorities are already considering new lenders for projects, including,, and other South Korea Japan EU countries, saying they have much better credit conditions than they do. China

Agriculture

2019: Low use of pesticides in agriculture

As of 2019

Consumption

Meat

2023: Fish consumption is higher than meat consumption
The most consumed type of meat (including fish and seafood) according to data available for June 2023.

Education

2019: Number of years of education by citizens over 25

The number of years of education by citizens over 25 years old, as of 2019

Culture

Language

2022: Number of English speakers - 70.4 million

Data for 2022

Health care

Main article: Health care in the Philippines

Crime

2023: Thousands of cyber slaves found in Philippines

On June 27, 2023, Philippine police, with the support of special forces, conducted a large-scale raid, during which thousands of cyber slaves were released. Read more here.

Prisons

2019: The minimum age for children to be jailed is 15

Data for 2019

2021: Number of prisoners - 215,000

According to data available for 2021

2018: Number of prisoners per 100 thousand citizens

World Prison Brief data for 2018

Communication

Main Article: Communications (Philippine Market)

Earthquakes

Ecology

2021: Among the anti-leaders for clogging the world's oceans with plastic

The volume of plastic that annually enters the world ocean in countries of the world in thousands of metric tons according to data for 2021. Later, researchers had to apologize for not including Western countries in their article and infographics and, above all,
The United States, which ranks third in the scale of clogging of the world's oceans. Researchers have acknowledged that the US and Britain are taking huge amounts of plastic for burial to other countries and their contribution to clogging the world's oceans is key.]]

Sport

2022: The most popular sport is basketball

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Самый популярный вид sport countries of the world to to data June 2022

Calendar

Какой день считается первым в неделе в countries of the world, 2022