It always comes late, due to the work needed to disaggregate all of the data compiled for the national accounts, but the information is still very useful.
This pie chart by the PSA shows the share of each region to services. The National Capital Region eats up two-fifths of the pie. Services is the biggest employer in the Philippines, providing high paying jobs in sectors such as Business Process Outsourcing. It also includes hospitality, transportation, media, healthcare and finance. They naturally congregate near centers of population.
The Department of Public Works and Highways, and the Department of Transportation are getting huge budgets for this purpose. But there are other roadblocks to their progress, headlined by corruption and red tape. This chart shows the growth in consumption in households, the main driver of the economy. Region 9 or the Zamboanga Peninsula led the way in 2019 with a growth of 7.3 percent. Region 2 or Cagayan Valley came in second at 7.0 percent.
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