NSCB - 2000 Family Income and Expenditures Survey (FIES) - Average Annual Family Income and Expenditures by Major Expenditure Group

Average Annual Family Income and Expenditures
by Major Expenditure Group

Average family income reached P144,039 in year 2000, increasing by 16.9 percent over the P123,168 in 1997. Inflation adjusted estimates indicate a decrease of 4.1 percent.

In terms of growth of average family income at current prices over that of the 1997, Eastern Visayas had the highest increase of 35.0 percent, followed by Western Visayas (26.3%), Cordillera Administrative Region (24.3%), Cagayan Valley (24.9%) and Southern Tagalog (22.4%)

Average Annual Income and Average Annual Expenditures
by Region: 1997 and 2000
(at 1997 prices)

Region	1997		2000
Region	Average Income	Average Expenditures	Average Income	Average Expenditures
PHILIPPINES	123,168	99,537	118,065	96,723
Urban	178,121	140,955
Rural	73,319	61,966
NCR - Metro Manila	270,993	217,840	247,571	201,352
CAR - Cordillera Administrative	112,361	86,924	115,097	90,963
I - Ilocos	102,597	83,307	99,016	78,423
II - Cagayuan Valley	86,822	68,556	87,938	71,902
III - Central Luzon	133,130	105,558	124,037	98,283
IV - Southern Tagalog	132,363	104,002	131,570	109,702
V - Bicol	77,132	67,012	71,899	62,278
VI - Western Visayas	86,770	78,612	91,257	78,854
VII - Central Visayas	85,215	69,569	77,819	65,398
VIII - Eastern Visayas	67,772	53,039	74,955	59,042
IX - Western Mindanao	87,294	67,456	71,245	57,446
X - Northern Mindanao	99,486	76,715	90,363	69,187
XI - Southern Mindanao	94,408	76,136	95,373	77,203
XII - Central Mindanao	81,093	68,519	76,541	62,998
XIII - CARAGA	71,726	61,815	61,035	50,834
ARMM	74,885	57,546	67,204	59,446

Source: National Statistics Office

Net of inflation, Eastern Visayas still led the others with an increase of 10.6 percent, followed by Western Visayas (5.2%), Cordillera Administrative Region (2.4%), Cagayan Valley (1.3%) and Southern Mindanao (1.0%).

However, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao registered the biggest loss of 18.5 percent, after adjusting for inflation. Other regions which experienced big declines, included Western Mindanao (-18.4%), Northern Mindanao (-9.2%), Central Visayas (-8.7%) and National Capital Region (-8.6%).