GDP Expands by 7.6 Percent in the Third Quarter of 2022

Reference Number: 

2022-454

Release Date: 

Thursday, November 10, 2022
 

The Philippine Gross Domestic Product (GDP) posted a growth of 7.6 percent in the third quarter of 2022.

The main contributors to the third quarter 2022 growth were:  Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles, 9.1 percent; Financial and insurance activities, 7.7 percent; and Construction, 12.2 percent.

Major economic sectors, namely: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, Industry, and Services all posted positive growths in the third quarter of 2022 with 2.2 percent, 5.8 percent, and 9.1 percent, respectively.

On the demand side, Household Final Consumption Expenditure (HFCE) grew by 8.0 percent in the third quarter of 2022. The following items also recorded growths: Government Final Consumption Expenditure (GFCE), 0.8 percent; Gross capital formation, 21.7 percent; Exports of goods and services, 13.1 percent; and Imports of goods and services,
17.3 percent.

Net Primary Income (NPl) from the Rest of the World grew by 94.6 percent bringing the Gross National Income (GNI) to grow by 10.5 percent in the third quarter of 2022.

 

DENNIS S. MAPA, Ph.D.
Undersecretary
 National Statistician and Civil Registrar General

 

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