WTLG Intelligence

Philippines Relocation Intelligence

A data-driven view of Philippines as a relocation destination across the cities covered by WhereToLiveGuide.

Median City RAS 66.1 across 5 covered cities
Cities Covered5
Highest-Ranked CityDavao
Migration Momentum34.2
MethodologyRAS-1.0
Median Coverage100.0%

Destination summary

Philippines at a glance

All values describe the WTLG cities currently covered in Philippines. They are not a new country attractiveness score.

Cities covered
5
Median city RAS
66.1
Mean city RAS
64.9
Highest city RAS
67.0
Lowest city RAS
58.8
RAS range
8.2

Covered-city distribution

RAS across Philippines's covered cities

Stored RAS-1.0 results, sorted highest to lowest.

Davao67.0
Cebu66.5
La Union66.1
Makati65.9
Manila58.8

City universe

Philippines city rankings

Complete City Intelligence profiles are linked where available; other cities retain their city-guide links.

Philippines RankCityRASGlobal RankData Coverage
#1DavaoIntelligence profile67.0#237100.0%
#2CebuIntelligence profile66.5#251100.0%
#3La UnionIntelligence profile66.1#260100.0%
#4MakatiIntelligence profile65.9#264100.0%
#5ManilaIntelligence profile58.8#355100.0%

Destination profile

Philippines covered-city component medians

Component medians remain separate measures and are not combined into a country score.

ComponentPhilippines medianGlobal 404-city medianDifferenceObservations
RAS66.168.3-2.25
Cost98.070.0+28.05
Safety61.076.0-15.05
Healthcare55.071.0-16.05
Visa55.065.0-10.05
Tax48.058.0-10.05
Internet94.091.0+3.05
Climate71.072.0-1.05

Cost range

Covered-city cost context

Monthly budget range
$1,100-$3,600
Budget observations
5 cities
Median 1BR rent
$700
Rent observations
5 cities

Based on WTLG cities currently covered in Philippines. These are not official national cost statistics.

Country-level signal

Philippines Migration Momentum

MMS-1.0 score
34.2
Comparison
2024 vs 2020
International migrant stock
87,212
Share of population
0.1%

Migration Momentum is a country-level structural signal based on changes in international migrant stock. Migrant stock is not annual flow and does not describe migration into a specific city.

Variation

Component dispersion

Minimum, median and maximum normalized scores show which factors vary most among the covered cities.

ComponentMinimumMedianMaximumRange
Cost83.098.0100.017.0
Safety51.061.061.010.0
Healthcare55.055.055.00.0
Visa55.055.055.00.0
Tax48.048.048.00.0
Internet71.094.0100.029.0
Climate55.071.073.018.0

Market context

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