Philippine Statistics Authority

Nisperos 06:15 PM, May 05, 2023

May 5, 2023

Dear Juan Miguel Barrera,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Mar 29, 2023 06:29:47 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You asked for The number of prostitution cases in the Philippines.

Your FOI request is approved. 

In reference to your data request, you may check our available data as follows:

1) Philippine Statistical Yearbook, Chapter 12: SOCIAL SERVICES: https://psa.gov.ph/products-and-services/publications/philippine-statistical-yearbook

Table 12.4 Number of Women in Especially Difficult Circumstances (WEDC) Served by the Department of Social Welfare and Development by Case Category and by Region: 2018: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2021_T12_4.xlsx

2) Statistics on Women and Men in the Philippines: https://psa.gov.ph/gender-stat/wmf 

3) UPDATES ON WOMEN AND MEN IN THE PHILIPPINES under Part 7. Social Welfare and Development: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2023%20Fact%20Sheet%20on%20Women%20and%20Men_0.xlsx

4) Data from OpenSTAT portal

5.2.s2 Number of reported abuse cases for women and children: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3I__G05/0053I3D52S2.px/table/tableViewLayout1/?rxid=4a05c93b-1423-407a-a422-a189d7d9f9af

Number of Clients served by DSWD, by Clientele Category and Sex: 2000 – 2015: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3E__GD__SW/0073E3D0730.px/table/tableViewLayout1/?rxid=4a05c93b-1423-407a-a422-a189d7d9f9af

For this specific data, you may check data to the Department of Social Welfare and Development: https://www.dswd.gov.ph/.

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