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Family Income & Expenditures
2000 Final Results ![]()
December 27, 2001
Total family expenditures reached P1.8 trillion higher by 27.5 percent over the P1.4 trillion level in 1997.
Total saving (Income net of expenditures) at current prices was measured at P397.6 billion in 2000, up by 18.5 percent from P335.4 billion in 1997.
Average family income reached P144,039 in year 2000, increasing by 16.9 percent over the P123,168 in 1997.
Average saving reached P26,037 for an increase of 10.2 percent from the P23,631 in 1997The resulting Gini coefficient was 0.4818 in 2000, down by 1.1 percent from 0.4872. A lower Gini coefficient indicates a movement towards a more equal or less unequal income distribution
Total Family Income and Expenditures
1997 and 2000
(at current prices)
| Item | 1997 (thousand) | 2000 (thousand) | 1997-2000 % Increase |
| TOTAL INCOME | 1,748,060,769 | 2,199,431,875 | 25.8 |
| TOTAL EXPENDITURES | 1,412,677,414 | 1,801,846,426 | 27.6 |
Source: National Statistics Office