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CaseStudy:MetroManila 257
Gross domestic product
The gross domestic product (GDP) of the NCR reached P835.6
billion (US$28.4 billion) in 1997. The share of Metropolitan Manila
in the total economy's GDP initially went down from 30.1 percent in
1980 to 28.3 percent in 1985 before recovering to 32.7 percent in
1997 (Table 2). Thus, it appears that although the NCR was more
badly affected by the economic crisis that confronted the Philippines
in 1983-1985, it was also the major beneficiary of the turnaround in
the economy in the late 1980s and the 1990s. In more specific terms,
the annual rate of growth of NCR's real GDP declined from 6.3
percent in 1975-1980 (compared to the Philippines' real GDP growth
rate of 6.2 percent) to negative 1.9 percent in 1980-1985 (compared
to the national average of negative 0.5 percent) but bounced back to
3.9 percent in 1985-1997 (compared to the national average of 3.2
percent). Consequently, the region re-established its hold on
economic primacy (in contrast to urban primacy) in 1986-1997.
Table 1. Demographic Facts About Metro Manila
1948 1960 1970 1980 1990 1995 1998 _'
Total Metro Manila
Population ('000) 1,569 2,462 $,967 5,926 7,948 9,454 10,012
Urban Metro Manila
Population 1,526 9,427 $,967 5,926 7,948 9,454 i0,012
Level of Urbanization _-
Total Metro Manila 97.3 98.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Level of Urbanization -
27.0 29.8 31.8 $7.1 47.0 55.0
Total Philippines
Metro Manila Primacy 29.4 30.1 34.0 33.2 27.8 25.1
Metro Manila Population
as % of Total Philippine 7.9 9.0 10.8 12.3 13.1 15.8 13.7
Population
Growth Rate of Total
Metro Manila Population 3-8 4.9 4.1 3.0 3.3 1.9
Growth Rate of Total
2.9 3.1 2.7 2.4 2.3 2.1
Philippine Population
Growth Rate of Urban
3.9 5.0 4.1 3.0 3.3 1.9
Metro Manila Population
Growth Rate of Urban
Philippine Population 3.8 3.8 4.3 4.8 5.7
Total Philippine
Population ('000) 19,234 27,088 36,684 48,098 60,703 68,617 73,131
* 1998 figures arc based on NSO medium assumption projections.