MDGWatch
Statistics at a glance of the Philippines' Progress based on the MDG indicators
as of July 2008

Goals/Targets/Indicators		Baseline	Target	Latest	Probability*
GOAL 1. ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY AND HUNGER
target 1	Halve, between 1990s and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than one dollar a day
indicator 1a	Proportion of population below national poverty threshold	45.3 1991	22.7 2015	32.9 2006
indicator 2	Poverty gap ratio	13.0 1991	6.5 2015	7.7 2006
indicator 3	Share of poorest quintile in national consumption	4.7 1991	increasing	4.8 2006
target 2	Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger
indicator 4	Prevalence of underweight children under 5 years of age	34.5 1990	17.3 2015	24.6 2006
indicator 5	Percent of household with per capita energy less than 100% adequacy	69.4 1993	34.7 2015	56.9 2003
GOAL 2. ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
target 3	Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling
indicator 6	Net enrolment ratio in primary education	84.6 1990	100.0 2015	83.2 2006
indicator 7a	Proportion of pupils starting grade 1 who reach grade 6	69.7 1990	100.0 2015	73.4 2006
indicator 7b	Primary completion rate	64.2 1990	100.0 2015	71.7 2006
indicator 8	Literacy rate of 15 to 24 years old	96.6 1990	100.0 2015	96.6 2003
GOAL 3. PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN
target 4	Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education preferably by 2005 and to all levels of education no later than 2015
indicator 9a	Ratio of girls to boys in primary education	1.0 1996	1.0 2015	1.0 2006
indicator 9b	Ratio of girls to boys in secondary education	1.1 1996	1.0 2015	1.1 2006
indicator 9c	Ratio of girls to boys in tertiary education	1.3 1993	1.0 2015	1.2 2005
indicator 10	Ratio of literate females to males of 15-24 year-olds	1.0 1990	1.0 2015	1.0 2003
indicator 11	Share of women in wage employment in the non-agricultural sector	40.2 1990	50.0 2015	42.3 2006
indicator 12	Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament	11.3 1992	50.0 2015	17.6 2004
GOAL 4. REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY
target 5	Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate
indicator 13	Under-five mortality rate	80.0 1990	26.7 2015	31.0 2006
indicator 14	Infant mortality rate	57.0 1990	19.0 2015	23.0 2006
indicator 15	Proportion of 1 year-old children immunized against measles	77.9 1990	100.0 2015	83.2 2006
GOAL 5. IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH
target 6	Reduce by three-quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio
indicator 16	Maternal mortality	209.0 1990	52.3 2015	162.0 2006
indicator 17	Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel	58.8 1990	100.0 2015	70.4 2006
GOAL 6. COMBAT HIV/AIDS, MALARIA AND OTHER DISEASES
target 7	Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS
indicator 19a	Condom use rate of the contraceptive prevalence rate	1.0 1993	increasing 2015	1.6 2006
indicator 19c	Contraceptive prevalence rate	40.0 1993	100.0 2015	50.6 2006
target 8	Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases
indicator 21a	Prevalence associated with malaria	118.7 1990	0.0 2015	27.6 2006
indicator 21b	Death rate associated with malaria	1.5 1990	0.0 2015	0.3 2003
indicator 23a	Prevalence associated with tuberculosis	246.0 1990	0.0 2015	153.5 2006
indicator 23b	Death rate associated with tuberculosis	39.1 1990	0.0 2015	33.0 2003
indicator 24a	Proportion of tuberculosis cases detected under directly observed treatment shourt course (DOTS)	53.0 2001	70.0 2015	63.0 2006
indicator 24b	Proportion of tuberculosis cases cured under directly observed treatment short course (DOTS)	73.0 2001	85.0 2015	83.0 2006
GOAL 7. ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
target 9	Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies & programmes to reverse the loss of environmental resources
indicator 25	Proportion of land area covered by forest	20.5 1990	increasing	52.6 2006
indicator 26	Ratio of area protected to maintain biological diversity to surface area	8.5 1990	increasing	12.7 2006
indicator 28	Consumption of ozone-depleting CFCs (ODP tons)	2981 1990	decreasing	681 2006
indicator 29	Proportion of households using solid fuels for cooking	66.2 1990	decreasing	42.1 2003
target 10	Halve, by 2015, the proportion of population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and improved sanitation
indicator 30	Proportion of population with sustainable access to improved water source	73.0 1990	86.5 2015	80.2 2004
indicator 31	Proportion of urban population with access to improved sanitation	67.6 1990	83.8 2015	86.2 2004
target 11	By 2020, have achieved significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers
indicator 32	Proportion of households with access to secure tenure	91.0 1990	increasing	81.2 2000
GOAL 8. DEVELOP A GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT
target 15	Deal comprehensively with the debt problems of developing countries thru national & international measures in order to make debt sustainable in the long term
indicator 44	Debt service as a percentage of exports of goods and services	27.2 1990	decreasing	9.86 2007
target 16	In cooperation with developing countries, develop and implement strategies for decent and productive work for youth
indicator 45	Unemployment rate of 15-24 year olds	10.9 1990	decreasing	14.9 2007
target 18	In cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications
indicator 47a	Telephone lines subscribers per 100 population	1.5 1990	increasing	4.4 2007
indicator 47b	Cellular phone subscribers per 100 population	0.1 1991	increasing	64.8 2007

* based on the comparison of actual (from baseline to latest data)
and required (from baseline to target year) rates of progress

Probability of Achieving the Goal
Low ; Pace of Progress is less than 0.5

Medium ; Pace of Progress between 0.5 and 0.9

High ; Pace of Progress is greater than 0.9

Sources of data:
i1a and 2 – National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB)
3, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 19, 19c, 29, 30, 31, 32 and 45 - National Statistics Office (NSO)
4 and 5 - Food and Nutrition Institute (FNRI)
15, 17, 21a, 21b, 23a, 23b, 24a, 24b - Department of Health (DOH)
6,7a, 7b, 9a, 9b - Department of Education (DepEd)
9c - Commission on Higher Education (CHED)
12 - House of Representatives (HOR)
25 - Forest Management Bureau (FMB)
26 - Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB)
28 - Environment Management Bureau (EMB)
44 - Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)

1997-2008, National Statistical Coordination Board
Makati City, Philippines