Climate | We have tropical marine; northeast monsoon (November to April); southwest monsoon (May to October) |
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Revenue from forest resources | 0.18% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Revenue from coal | 0.07% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 14,631,923 tons (2016 est.) |
Total renewable water resources | 479 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Major rivers (by length in km) | |
Total water withdrawal | |
Municipal | 8.16 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Industrial | 9.88 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Agricultural | 67.83 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Air pollutants | |
Particulate matter emissions | 22.45 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
Carbon dioxide emissions | 122.29 megatons (2016 est.) |
Methane emissions | 51.32 megatons (2020 est.) |
Land Use | |
Agricultural land | 41% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 18.2% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 17.8% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 5% (2018 est.) |
Forest | 25.9% (2018 est.) |
Other | 33.1% (2018 est.) |
Urbanization | |
Urban population | 48.3% of total population (2023) |
Rate of urbanization | 2.04% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
Major urban areas (Pop) | 14.667 million MANILA (capital), 1.949 million Davao, 1.025 million Cebu City, 931,000 Zamboanga, 960,000 Antipolo, 803,000 Cagayan de Oro City, 803,000 Dasmarinas (2023). |
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