US$12 billion – amount of annual remittances by OCWs (2006)
US$55 billion – outstanding foreign debt
32% – percentage of budget used for debt servicing in 2006, the biggest share
80% – percentage of the population that subsist on less than US$2 a day
46 million – number of Filipinos who do not meet 100% dietary energy requirements
87 million – Philippine population (2006 est)
12 – ranking as the most populous nation in the world
19 – ranking of Metro Manila as the most populous metropolitan area
3,000 – estimated number of Filipinos who leave everyday to work abroad
1 million – estimated number of Filipinos who leave annually to work abroad
