FEATURES PHILIPPINES THAILAND NETHERLANDS

POPULATION  108,116,615  69,625,582  17,113,030

GROSS  $3,290  $7,470  $48,860
DOMESTIC
PRODUCT (per
capital)
RATES OF  increased to 5.40  dropped to 0.90  dropped to
UNEMPLOYMENT % in Jul 2019 % in Oct 2019 4.30 % in Oct
2019,
ECONOMIC  grew year-on-  economic  year-on-year
GROWTH year by 6.2 growth is change in
percent in the estimated at GDP was
third quarter of 3.3%, down from 1.8%, 2 -
2019 3.6% in 2018. tenths of one
percent more
than the 1.6%
recorded in
2019.
DEPENDENCE  Agriculture: 7.4%  Agriculture:  Agriculture:
ON PRIMARY  Industry: 34% 8.4% 1.6%
SECTOR  Services: 58.6%  Industry: 39.2%  Industry:
 Services: 52.4% 17.9%
 Services:
70.2%
HUMAN  0.699 medium  0.755medium  0.931 very
DEVELOPMENT (2017) (2017) high (2017)
INDEX  113th  83th  10th
INFLATION OF  1.7% (August 2019)  1.064% (2018)  2.500% (201
CONSUMER  5.212% (2018)  1.598% (201
PRICE INDEX
(CPI)

POVERTY  21.6% below poverty line  7.2% (2015)  5% (2017)

LINE (2015)

EMPLOYMENT  57.6% employment rate  66.1 % employment  79.2% employ

(2018) rate (2019) (2018)

ECONOMIC  $1.67 billion  none  €4 billion or

AID 4,402,380,00
MAJOR  electronics assembly  Automobiles and  agriculture-re
INDUSTRIES  aerospace automotive parts industries
 business process  financial services  oil and natur
outsourcing  electric appliances  metal and e
 food manufacturing and components products
 shipbuilding  tourism (6%)  electronic m
 chemicals  cement and equipme
 garments  auto manufacturing  chemicals
 metals  heavy and  petroleum
 petroleum refining light industries  construction
 fishing  appliances  microelectro
 steel  computers and parts  fishing
 rice  furniture
 plastics
 garments
 agricultural processing
 beverages
 tobacco