Agriculture ALABARZON, also known as Region IV-A is located in the Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) southwestern part of . It is bounded by the National Top 3 Agricultural Commodities in 2020 2020 by Sector at Constant 2018 Prices Share to Capital and Central Luzon Regions in the north and (in terms of share to total value of production, at constant 2018 prices) Commodity C Total MIMAROPA and Bicol Regions in the South. is the  GRDP is valued at PHP 2.53 trillion Hog 29.62% fifth smallest region in terms of land area but has the largest Ranks 2nd among regions in size of GRDP population as of 2015 with 14.41 million.  PHP 43,951M PHP 27,179M Chicken 18.32% PHP 16,886M  Ranks 1st in industrial output Demography Chicken eggs 11.38%  Ranks 2nd in services output Growth Ave. Popula- th Population No. of  Ranks 4 in agriculture, forestry and Region/ Rate House- tion Highest Minimum Wage Rate in Region IV-A by Households fisheries output Wages Province 2010- hold size Density category effective April 28, 2018 (2015) 2010 2015 2015 (2015) (2015) Non-Agriculture PHP 317 - 400 CALABARZON 12,609,803 14,414,774 2.58 3,395,383 4.23 870 Strengths Agriculture Cavite 3,090,691 3,678,301 3.37 877,767 4.20 2,410 Investment Plantation PHP 303 - 372 - Agribusiness, Manufacturing, Logistics Non-Plantation PHP 303 - 372 2,669,847 3,035,081 2.47 765,513 3.90 1,574 - Information-Technology Business Process Management and creative industries Batangas 2,377,395 2,694,335 2.41 613,825 4.40 865 - Diverse tourism, recreation, leisure facilities and infrastructure 2015 2018 Interconnectivity Rizal 2,484,840 2,884,227 2.88 652,605 4.40 2,439 - Completed major infrastructures Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold (PHP) 25,641.80 27,927.85 Human Resources Quezon 1,987,030 2,122,830 1.27 425,837 4.30 212 - High convergence of population, high family income and presence of *Poverty incidence among families (%) 9.2 5.1 social services Market Potential *Poverty incidence among population (%) 12.5 7.1 Land and Political Subdivision - Investment and consumption from Overseas Filipinos remittances

Land Area No. of No. of No. of Income and Prices Region/ 2015 2018 (sq. km) Barangays Municipalities Cities Ecozones Province (2016) (2018) (2019) (2019) Annual average family income (in PHP ‘000; at constant 295 333 Sixty-three (63) percent of the economic zones in the Region are 2012 prices) CALABARZON 16,576.26 4,018 122 20 Manufacturing Special Economic Zones. Annual average family expenditure (in PHP ‘000; at constant Cavite 1,526.28 829 16 7 254 264 2012 prices) Economic Zones per Type 2019 Laguna 1,928.23 681 24 6 Annual average family savings (in PHP ‘000; at constant 2012 prices) 40 69 Total Ecozones 56 Batangas 3,115.05 1,078 30 4 Information Technology (IT) Center 10 IT Park 6 2018 2019 Rizal 1,182.65 188 13 1 Manufacturing Special Economic Zone 35 Annual Average Inflation rate (%) 4.8 2.6 Quezon 8,743.84 1,242 39 2 (1 is HUC) Agro-industrial Economic Zone 2 Medical Tourism Park 1 Annual Average Purchasing Power of the Peso 0.87 0.85 Tourism Economic Zone 2

Employment 2017 2018 2019

Investments and Exports Population 15 Yrs old & Over (in ‘000) 9,787 10,096 10,300

Top Industries Labor force participation rate (%) 63.7 62.7 64.1

Value of Investments Top Exports Employment rate (%) 93.0 93.4 93.9 Type of (in US$) Value of Exports Industries Unemployment rate (%) 7.0 6.6 6.1 2018 2019 Type of (in US$) Industries Underemployment rate (%) 14.0 13.4 11.8 Manufacturing 24,580.16 20,152.99 2018 2019

Real Estate 17,951.48 19,670.73 Manufacturing 25,771.67 24,491.84 Migration Activities Transportation 2,361.00 2,702.97 CALABARZON has been the top sending region of Overseas Filipino Electricity, Gas, 79.76 2,144.63 & Storage Workers (OFWs). It has five migration centers, one for each province, Steam & Air the highest number among regions. Conditioning I.T. Services 405.02 382.45 2018 2019 Supply OFWs from CALABARZON (% share) 17.9 20.7

*2019– accounted OFWs from April 1-September 30, 2019 Tourism Infrastructure CALABARZON, top destination for same day tourists. Expressways (2020) 4 2018 2019 Registered motor vehicles  South Luzon 1,633,594 Overnight Tourists 7,489,563 8,943,397 (2019) Expressway (SLEX)  Manila-Cavite Same Day Tourist Arrivals 51,212,675 61,075,494 Expressway (CAVITEX) Top 10 Tourist Destinations in 2019  Apolinario Mabini National Road Length Super Highway 2,542.45 km. (2019)  Muntinlupa-Cavite Expressways (MCX)

Ports (2020) Our Lady Our Lady of Peace and Telecommunications facilities (2019) Good Voyage / Boso Boso Church (RORO & Non-RORO) Antipolo City, Rizal  Private 37

AM Radio Stations 6  Government 10

FM Radio Stations 41 Energization (2019) Kamay ni Hesus / Pahiyas Padre Pio Shrine Daranak Falls / Regina Rica Festival |Lucban, Quezon Santo Tomas, Batangas Tanay, Rizal Television Stations 17 Municipalities/Cities 100.0% Barangays 99.9% Cable Television 198 Connections 104.4% Stations

Type of Banks (2019) Tagaytay Ridge & Highlands Taytay Tiangge & Fabric / Hot Spring Universal and 775 Tagaytay City, Cavite Shops | Taytay, Rizal Resorts | Calamba, Laguna Commercial Banks Cellsites 4,416 Thrift and Savings Banks 556 Rural and Cooperative 541 Banks

Enchanted Kingdom / Nuvali Shrine of Jesus in the Holy Seven Lakes / Doña Camp, Republic Wakepark Sepulchre / San Pedro Parish Leonila Park Power Situation Santa Rosa City, Laguna San Pedro City, Laguna San Pablo City, Laguna

(As of December 2019) Social Services 2018 2019 No. of Power Plants Capacity (MW) Percent Share (%) Fuel Type Hospitals 56 44 Grid Government Embedded Installed Dependable Installed Dependable 164 172 Connected Private Coal 11 - 3,365.0 2,697.9 40.5 38.8 Hospital Bed-Population Ratio 1:1,135 1:1,515 Oil Based 4 - 712.4 208.0 21.2 3.0 Diesel 3 - 62.4 58.0 0.78 0.8 2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020 Oil Thermal 1 - 650.0 150.0 7.8 2.2

Schools Natural Gas 5 - 3,451.5 3,286.1 41.6 47.3 Elementary Government 2,757 2,758 2,748 Hydroelectric 3 4 773.3 756.0 9.3 10.9 Private 2,411 2,300 2,667 TOTAL 23 4 8,306.2 6948.0 100.0 100.0 Secondary Government 822 832 859 Private 1,604 1,531 1,585 DATA SOURCES BLGF, BSP, BOI, BIR, CHED, DBM, DepEd, DOE, DENR, DILG, DOH, DOT, DPWH, DTI, LTO, NEA, PPA, PSA, NTC, PEZA, PNP, RTWPB, Provincial Offices - CALABARZON Number of Higher Education Institutions (2020) 348

1:41 Teacher-Pupil Ratio - Elementary (2018) PUBLISHED BY CONTACT DETAILS National Economic and Development Telefax no. (049) 502 0289 Teacher-Student Ratio - Secondary (2018) 1:62 Authority IV-A (CALABARZON) Email address: Milagrosa, National Highway, [email protected] Simple Literacy of Household population 10 Years Old And Over (2019) Calamba City, Laguna, Website: http://rdccalabarzon.gov.ph Female 98.40 Male 97.70