Philippines

HDI ranking: 90

HDI value: 0.771

Life Expectancy at Birth: 71

Adult Literacy Rate from 15 years of age onwards: 92.6%

GDP per Capita: US$5,365.287

Total GDP:$466.632 billion

Combined primary, secondary and tertiary gross enrolment ratio: 81.1%

Background of Philippines:

• Capital: Manila
• Official Spoken Languages: Filipino, English
• Spanish colony in 16th century
• US territory after Spanish-American War
• Independent on July 4, 1946
• Population in 2006: 88.701 million
• World's 12th most populated country
• The government plans to accelerate the country's GDP growth by 7% in 2007, 8% in 2008 and 9% by 2009, also known as the 7, 8, 9 project.
• 2 largest Economic partners and contributors: USA, Japan