CONTRY ANALYSES Phil.

India Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Thailand Vietnam

Form of Govt. Republic Federal Republic Parliamentary Republic Constitutional Monarchy Republic constitutional Communist
Population 92,226,600 1.17 T 4,657,542 (July 2009 est.) 25,715,819 (July 2009) 240,271,522 monarchy
65,905,410 86,116,560 (July 2008
est.)
Population growth 2.04% 1.55% 0.998% (2009 est.) 1.723% (2009 estimate) 1.136% (2009 est.) 0.64% 0.99% (2008 est.)
0 -14 yrs. Old 35.5 (M 31.10% 14.4% (male 31.40% 28.1% (M 34,337,341/F 20.8% (M 25.6% (2008)
17,392780/F16,708,255) 348,382/female 324,050) 33,162,207 7,009,845/Female
(2009 est.) 6,691,470)
14- 65 yrs. Old 60.4% (M 28,986,232/F 63.60% 76.7% (male 63.60% 66% (M 79,549,569/F 70.5% (M 22,977,945/F 68.6% (2008)
29,076,329) 1,737,972/female 78,918,321) 23,512,538)
1,833,415) (2009 est.)
65 yrs. & above 4.1% (M1,682,485/F 5.30% 8.9% (male 5% 6% (M 6,335,208/F 8.7% (M 5.8% (2008)
2,215,602) 184,393/female 229,330) 7,968,876) (2009 est.) 2,594,387/F3,119,225)
(2009 est.)
Literacy level 88.60% 79.90% 96% 93% 92.74 (2007) 92.60% 94%
Masteral 24,401 868,000
No of Ph.D graduates 7,511 36,000
scientist./ Inventors 2 2,846 scientists,
no. of sea ports 49 15 1 25 10 4 114
# Int'l & Dom. Airports 8 & 28 346 (5 I, 87 D) 8 57& 4 669 (with paved runways 62 9 (I) / 15 (D)
163) ; (with unpaved
runways 506)
No of Universities 16 (U) / 460 © 353 (U) /17,800 (C ) 4 62 51 state/public 146 111 (U) / 119 {C}
universities ; 26
state/public polytechnics
; 1328 private higher
education institutions
Internet users 5M 80 M 2,421,800 (2006) 15.868M (2007) 25 million 8,465,800 17.8 million (2007)
Major Language/s & % 24% Tagalog; 21 % Hindi 41%, Bengali Mandarin 35%, English Bahasa Malaysia(official) Bahasa Indonesia Thai, English, Mandarin, Vietnamese, English,
Cebuano 8.3% Ilocano, 8.1%, Telugu 7.2%, 23%, Malay 14.1%, (official), English, Dutch, Vietnamese, Isan French
46.7 % others Marathi 7%, Tamil Hokkien 11.4%, Javanese,
5.9%, Cantonese 5.7%,
Teochew 4.9%, Tamil
3.2%, other Chinese
dialects 1.8%, other 0.9%
(2000 census)
English, Chinese and more than 580 other chinese, malayo-
languages and dialects polynesian
Religion & % breakdown 80.9% Roman Catholic Hindu 80.5%, Muslim Buddhist 42.5%, Muslim Muslim 60.4% Muslim 86.1%, Protestant Buddhist 94.6%, Cao Dai 1.1%, Hoa Hao
13.4%, Christian 2.3%, 14.9%, Taoist 8.5%, 5.7%, Roman Catholic 3%, Muslim 4.6%, Christian 1.5%, Buddhist 9.3%,
Sikh 1.9%, Hindu 4%, Catholic 4.8%, Hindu 1.8%, other or 0.7%, other 0.1% Protestant 0.5%,
other Christian 9.8%, unspecified 3.4% Catholic 6.7%, Muslim
other 0.7%, none 14.8% 0.1% and none 80.8%
(2000 census)
5% Muslim; 14.1% Buddhist 19.2%, Christian
others 9.1%
GDP $320.384 B $3.267 trillion $0 $386.6B (2008) $915.9 billion (2008 EST.) $272.1 billion (2008 222.5 billion (2008)
est.)
GDP per capita (PPP) $3,546 $2,800 $0 $15,300 (2008) $3,900 (2008 est.) $8,500 (2008 est.) $2600 (2008)
% agriculture sector 13.80% 17.20% 0.0% 9.70% 13.50% 11.40% agriculture: 56.8%
% industry sector 31.70% 53.70% 33.2% 44.60% 45.60% 44.50% industry: 37%
% service sector 54.50% 29.10% 66.8% 45.70% 40.80% 44.10% services: 6.2%
main nat. res. copper, nickel, iron, iron ore, bauxite, and Fish and Deep Water petroleum, natural gas petroleum, tin, natural fluorite, lead, gypsum, Coal, crude oil, zinc,
cobalt, silver, gold copper ore, Gold, silver, Ports gas, nickel, timber, lignite, tin, tungsten, copper, silver, gold,
and diamonds, coal bauxite, copper, fertile rubber, nat gas manganese, iron,
soils, coal, gold, silver phosphates, gas,
hydropower
main industry textiles and garments; Textiles, Chemicals, electronics, chemicals, furnitures, palm oil, tin, petroleum and natural automobiles & auto steel, coal, electricity,
BPO, Electronics and Food processing, Steel, financial services, oil rubber, Electrical & gas, textiles, apparel, parts, financial services, oil, food processing and
Semiconductor Cement, Mining, drilling equipment, electronic goods footwear, mining, cement, tourism, electronics, machinery, fertilizer,
Petroleum, Software petroleum refining, chemical fertilizers, furniture, textiles and cement, paper, shoes
rubber processing and plywood, rubber, food, garments, agri and garments
rubber products, tourism processing
processed food and
beverages, ship repair,
offshore platform
construction, life
sciences, entrepot trade
Balance of Trade ($-6.351 B) ($111.80 B) $16 Billion $39.5B $8 billion ($0.60) B (12.45 B)
Total Exports $49.32 B $175.7 billion f.o.b. $235.8 Billion (2008 est) $195.7B $136.8 billion f.o.b. $178.4 billion f.o.b. 48.3 billion (2008)
(2008 est.)
Total Imports $57.56B $287.5 billion f.o.b $219.5 Billion (2008 est) $156.2B $128.8 billion f.o.b. $179 billion f.o.b. (2008 60.75 billion (2008)
est.)
Total foreign investments $26.344 B $15 B $225.7 Billion (2008 est) $142.84B $17 billion (2008) $80.83 billion (2007 US$8.7 billion (half
est.) 2009)
Labor Force 36.22 M 523.5 million 2.96 Million (2008 est) 11.2M 112 million 37.78 M (2008 est) 46.42 million (2007
Unemployment Rate 7.40% 7.32% 3.1 3.70% 8.40% 1.2 % (2008 est) est.) est.)
4.3% (2007
Remittances fr. Abroad $18.26 B $27 B $5.7B $6 billion $ 1.707 B US$6.8 billion in 2007
Inflation rate 1.5%-2% 9.29% 6.5 5.80% 11.1% / 3.65% 5.8% (2008 est) 8.3% (2007 est.)
Pop. below poverty line 30% 25% 5.10% 17.80% 10% (2004 est) 14.8% (2007 est.)
C. B. discount rate 6% 5.50% 3.50% 10.83% 3.25% 31 December 6.5% (2008)
2008
Comm'l B lending rate 8.6 8.5% 5.38% 6.41% 6.41% 7.25% 31 December 11.18% (2008)
2007
Revenue Budget $26.75B $153.5 billion $28.6 Billion $44.32B $101.1 billion $49.37 B (2008 est) $11.64 billion (2007)
Expenditure Budget $28.2 B $205.3 billion $27.5 Billion (2008 est) $55.01B $101.6 billion $54.29 B (2008 est) $12.95 billion (2007)
Public debts 56.5% of GDP 78% of GDP 113.7% of GDP (2008 42.7% of GDP 30.1% of GDP 42% of GDP (2008 est.) 42% of GDP (2007 est.)
est)
External Debts $53.48 B $163.8 billion 96.3% of GDP (2007 est) $54.11B $151.7 billion 67.01 B (as of Dec $21.83 billion (2008
Oil Production (bbl/day) 29,930 bbl/d 880,500 bbl/day 8,550 (2007) 753,700bbl/day 977,000 bbl/day 348,600 2008) est.) (2007
bbl/day (2007 350,700 bbl/day
(2008est.) est.) est.)
Oil 340,100 bbl/d 2.722 million bbl/day 916,000 (2007) 501,100bbl/day 1.564 million bbl/day 928,600 bbl/day (2006 271,100 bbl/day (2007
consumptions(bbl/day) est.) est.)

Oil Exports 41,640 bbl/d 450,700 bbl/day 1.27 Million bbl/day 546,300bbl/day 85,000 bbl/day 207,400 bbl/day (2005 394,400 bbl/day
(2007) (2005)
Oil Imports (bbl/day) 355,800 bbl/d 2.159 million bbl/day 2.44 Millionbbl/day 308,500bbl/day 672,000 bbl/day 832,900 bbl/day (2005) 271,100 bbl/day
(2007) (2007)
Oil Reserves (bbl) $138.5 M bbl/d 5.625 billion bbl 0 4B bbl (2008 est.) 4,370,000,000 176 million bbl (1 600 million bbl (2008
January 2008 est.) est.)
Foreign Exchange Res.($) $33.75 B $250 billion $168.8 Billion $104.4B (31 Dec 2008) $51.54 billion $106.3 billion (31 $20,700 billion (2008)
December 2008 est.)
Gold Reserves 153.9 T/12.3% FOREX 357.7 tonnes/ 4.2% 127.4 tonnes 36.4T/1.2% FOREX 73.1 TONNES / 4.1% OF 84.0 T/2.2% FOREX 300 tons
FOREX FOREX
Foreign equity 40% Open no restriction on foreign 30% Conditional, Based on with restrictions based NONE
restrictions ownership of business, Law No. 25 of 2007 on on Foreign Business Act
except for national Investment (1999)
security reasons and in
certain specific areas
such as air transport,
public utilities,
newspaper publishing
and shipping
% corporate tax 30% 30% 17% 25% 30% 30% (normal), but rates 25% from 28%
depend on the
Intellect'l Property rights YES YES YES YES YES taxpayers
yes YES

Anti money laundering YES YES YES YES YES yes (anti-money YES
laws laundering of 1999)
 Anti - trust laws YES YES YES YES YES yes YES
corruption index 2.3 3.4 9.2 (4th CPI Ranking 5.1 2.6 3.6, ranked 63rd 2.7 (2008)
2008)
Threats to the future Inadequate Agricultural Environmental Manufacturing industry Ethnic clashes, Vulnerability to external political instability abrupt climate change
Financing degradation, Unstable partly moves to Asean and political shocks and rising of ocean
relations with Pakistan, (esp. Malaysia, China and (earthquakes, volcanoes, level
Climate change Philippines) world commodity prices,
Low Metal Prices Increased number of financial crises, terror
(Mining) illegal workers attacks, separatist
conflicts)
Opportunities 2 b ICT & BPO Sectors, Attract more FDI, Strong Growth Potential Tourism Infrastructures, food and fuel supply attract more FDI,
explored Tourism Medical tourism, for Logistics Outsourcing Telecommunication/ICT, tourism, improved
Pharmaceuticals & in Asia, Biomedics and BPO, Tourism, Energy, agriculture
Biotechnology field Chemicals, Support for Agriculture, Automotive,
Offshore Trade, Logistic Education
Hub
Mining, Reg. Facilities Automotive, IT, Civil tourism, automotive
Center Aviation and Airports exports, agriculture
Events -global impact Increased Foreign The U.S.-India Nuclear SINGAPORE could lose a Human Trafficking, Terrorist Bombings, SBY current financial crisis current financial crisis,
Tourist, Increase of OFW Deal, Actively engaging total of 99,000 jobs Current financial Crisis won, Enactment of increased agriculture
Remittances with the forum of G-20, during the current Investment Law of 2007 exports
Indo-Africa summit recession,